Who's Afraid of the Holy Spirit? (pt. 9)

The Holy Spirit and the Arts, by Reg Grant seeks to explore how the artist who is a Christian should be influenced by the presence of the Spirit in the creative act. He identifies two traps to watch out for: viewing the Holy Spirit either as "Holy Tool" or "Holy Lackey". Then he goes on to compare Martin Luther and Thomas Munzer--two men who personified radically different approaches to relating to the Spirit. He portrays Luther as embodying a right relationship to the Spirit and art, since he sought to keep his imagination anchored to the truths of Scripture. In contrast, Munzer's view of the Spirit was soley subjective, and not tied to any other authority. Though both men used their imaginations to create art, the fruits of their efforts differed greatly.

Not anything terribly new or exciting in this article for me, but the link is above if you are interested.