The Cultural Way of Being

by Geoff Hall
Part 2 in the 4-part series Spiritual Direction in a Postmodern Landscape

This book offers encouragement to those who want to know how their work can become culturally formative and not just personally expressive. The Cultural Way of Being is rooted in 21st Century culture and calls for artists to shun cultural evacuation and resurrect spirituality.

If we believe ourselves to be artists for the public domain, then we need to understand what this means, not only for what we do, but for who we are. We are not accountants, engineers, plumbers or electricians, builders or demolition experts—although good art may entail a sense of building and demolition!

From the editor
The Cultural Way of Being uncovers the artist’s path toward re-discovering their art’s power to influence and inform culture. Geoff leads the journey away from a narrow, prescriptive platform of institutionalism towards an expansive, authentic and personal art spearheaded by The Spirit; the artist emerges from the Wilderness with a new credibility and a renewed voice.

Table of Contents

Introduction	10
The Spiritual Direction of a Calling (David)	15
Free Design & Propaganda	21
Cultural Power and Direction	29
Intimacy	33
Cultural Evacuation	41
Art & Prophetic Imagination	47
We are not Alone	53
Reference	56
Also in this series	58
About the author	61
Notebook	70