No One Else

One of the greatest struggles in art education is to convince young people that rendering likeness is not art but only trained technique and nothing kills art faster than technique.  The difficulty arises because many applaud technique thus the student becomes trained by applause not instruction.  

 Christians can easily slip into the same hole, seeking the approval of all at the expense of instruction.  The instructed truth that all must come to grips with is; “This Jesus is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.  There is salvation in no one else…”

Blue Poles by Jackson Pollock was the first
time the despair of contemporary culture built on the irrationality of
two world wars and the slaughter of millions was fully, if not
intentionally, captured.  It also marked the end of the reign of realism as the mark
of great art that began in the Renaissance.