First Things RSS Feed - Franky Schaeffer https://www.firstthings.com/author/franky-schaeffer en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:53:50 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/franky-schaeffer 60 Art and the Spirit https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/05/art-and-the-spirit https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/05/art-and-the-spirit Wed, 01 May 1991 00:00:00 -0400 The expression of art—the exploration of figurative and abstract thought in tangible external forms—is unique to human beings. Even as we think in words, we imagine in the “language” of images. Art is one of the great facilitators of human dialogue, and it provides us as well with the icons we need in order to make sense of reality. Without art and language, the human race stands blind and mute, its emotions and intellect imprisoned forever in a lump of inert flesh.

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