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November 19, 2024
Blog, David Clayton, Using the Way of Beaut...
David Clayton
The Way of Beauty - A Formation Cultivating ...

A transformative journey that combines traditional Catholic spirituality with holistic artistic formation and is offered to everyone. Become the creative you were meant to be. Designed by David Clayton, Artist-in-Residence at the Scala Foundation and Provost, Pontifex University

The Way of Beauty - A Formation Cultivating Intuition, and Fulfillment Now!
February 12, 2024
Blog, David Clayton, Spirituality Creativity, Using the Way of Beaut...
David Clayton
A Vision for You Daily Journal: THE DAILY ...

The Vision for You is a process by which we discovered our true calling in life—what we call our ‘personal vocation’; and through which we discovered the Great Fact—that we have a choice in life: WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY OR TO BE MISERABLE.

A Vision for You Daily Journal: THE DAILY ROUTINE
Deacon Lawrence
November 11, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

The Connection All Christians Share

Deacon Lawrence
November 11, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
The Connection All Christians Share

As members of the Body of Christ, we are connected with each other. We participate with every action of the Body.

Tagged: art, artists, catholic, christian, communion, picasso, pollock, saints, tolkien

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David Clayton
November 11, 2020
Blog, culture

Are Film Scores Contemporary High-Art Music?

David Clayton
November 11, 2020
Blog, culture
Are Film Scores Contemporary High-Art Music?

There is no such thing as music for music’s sake, just as there is no such thing, despite what we are told, as art for art’s sake. The very fact that a composer or artist decides to create something means that it must have some purpose in his mind. Beautiful music and art are so because they fulfill a noble purpose.

Tagged: David Clayton

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Deacon Lawrence
November 4, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

The Celebration of All Hallows

Deacon Lawrence
November 4, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
The Celebration of All Hallows

So today we honor all those who, externally, lived ordinary lives. But internally they lived extraordinary lives of faith and piety.

Tagged: art, artists, catholic, christian, pagan, pantheon, saints, spiritual, triumphant, war

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David Clayton
November 3, 2020
Blog

St Thomas Aquinas on the Value of Self Love, and Its Place in Airline Safety Protocols

David Clayton
November 3, 2020
Blog
St Thomas Aquinas on the Value of Self Love, and Its Place in Airline Safety Protocols

According to St Thomas Aquinas, we must love God first, then ourselves, then our neighbor, and then our body. This hierarchy of loves has been incorporated into every airline safety protocol.

Tagged: David Clayton, St Thomas Aquinas

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Deacon Lawrence
October 28, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Love of Neighbor is Love of God

Deacon Lawrence
October 28, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
Love of Neighbor is Love of God

The point is that love of God and love of our brothers and sisters is inseparable. We cannot have one without the other..

Tagged: art, artist, catholic, christ, christian, durer, God, hunt, jesus, leigh, love, neighbor

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David Clayton
October 27, 2020

Is There A Place for Classical Music in the Culture Today?

David Clayton
October 27, 2020
Is There A Place for Classical Music in the Culture Today?

The highly regarded classical composers of today, to the extent that they are well known, do not achieve renown because their works are listened to. It is because the musical establishment of educated elites approves of what they do and can influence media coverage and patronage.

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Deacon Lawrence
October 21, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

God First

Deacon Lawrence
October 21, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
God First

We owe the government...But what do we owe God who has given us everything? And how to we repay this debt?

Tagged: art, artists, catholic, christ, christian, church, icons, jesus, more, palekh, saint, state, thomas

2 Comments
David Clayton
October 20, 2020
Blog

Orchestral Works by English Composer Tony Banks

David Clayton
October 20, 2020
Blog
Orchestral Works by English Composer Tony Banks

Contemporary orchestral pieces in the tradition of English Romanticism - think The Lark Ascending of Vaughan Williams or the music of Delius or Elgar.

Tagged: David Clayton, Music, Popular culture

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Deacon Lawrence
October 14, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

A Lesson in Preparedness

Deacon Lawrence
October 14, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
A Lesson in Preparedness

Great work of any kind takes an enormous amount of preparation. Taking short-cuts always has a detrimental effect on the work.

Tagged: art, artists, banquet, catholic, christ, christian, guest, jesus, logger, lumberjack, wedding, wyeth

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David Clayton
October 13, 2020

St Edward the Confessor, the Holy King Who Refused to Raise Taxes

David Clayton
October 13, 2020
St Edward the Confessor, the Holy King Who Refused to Raise Taxes

Though profuse in alms to the poor and for religious purposes, he made his own royal patrimony suffice without imposing taxes.

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David Clayton
October 8, 2020
Blog

The Sherborne Missal and the 14th-Century Artist Who Suffered for His Art

David Clayton
October 8, 2020
Blog
The Sherborne Missal and the 14th-Century Artist Who Suffered for His Art

'John Whas the monk has worked to write this book, and rose early, his body becoming much wasted in the process'

Tagged: David Clayton, Illustration, Illumination, Gothic

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Deacon Lawrence
October 7, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

CS Lewis On The Effectiveness Of Prayer

Deacon Lawrence
October 7, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
CS Lewis On The Effectiveness Of Prayer

Why do we pray? Do we pray for favors and gifts hoping to say God to do things for us? God is eternal and unchanging, why, then, do we pray?

Tagged: art, artists, catholic, christian, cs lewis, prayer, shadowlands, unanswered

3 Comments
David Clayton
October 1, 2020

Choosing Color: Should We Reject Modern Chemically-Created Pigments?

David Clayton
October 1, 2020
Choosing Color: Should We Reject Modern Chemically-Created Pigments?

Artists today, formed by the Marxist theories of culture, deliberately seek ways of creating disorder, disharmony, and disturbance. Bright clashing colors suit this purpose well.

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Deacon Lawrence
September 30, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Following Our Conscience

Deacon Lawrence
September 30, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
Following Our Conscience

To persist in our own self-informed willfulness, in defiance of the teachings of the Church, is to put our own understanding ahead of God's.

Tagged: art, artists, catholic, christ, christian, conscience, God, jesus, mercy, parable, two sons

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David Clayton
September 24, 2020
Blog, culture

What Christianity Reveals About the Success of Breaking Bad

David Clayton
September 24, 2020
Blog, culture
What Christianity Reveals About the Success of Breaking Bad

He discusses character design, plot design, and insightful style choices in cinematography and direction.

Tagged: David Clayton, Caleb Brown, Breaking Bad, Cinema

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Deacon Lawrence
September 23, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

How God Sees Family

Deacon Lawrence
September 23, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
How God Sees Family

We are often envious of the achievements and accomplishments of others. But the reality is that we are all family,

Tagged: art, artists, catholic, christian, envy, family, jesus, vineyard

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David Clayton
September 17, 2020

Pictures of the Newly Built St Joseph's Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina

David Clayton
September 17, 2020
Pictures of the Newly Built St Joseph's Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina

Newly built in the traditionally Christian Gothic style. Perfect for the 21st century!

Tagged: David Clayton

6 Comments
Deacon Lawrence
September 16, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Forgiveness Involves Sacrifice

Deacon Lawrence
September 16, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
Forgiveness Involves Sacrifice

We are called to forgive those who hurt us and to love those who hate us. When we are tested with unimaginable tragedy, how do we respond?

Tagged: amish, art, catholic, christian, forgiveness, jesus, love, revenge, Richelieu, sacrifice

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David Clayton
September 10, 2020
Blog

Byzantine Ressourcement #2: How Did They Reform the Liturgy and Avoid Ugliness and Rancor?

David Clayton
September 10, 2020
Blog
Byzantine Ressourcement #2: How Did They Reform the Liturgy and Avoid Ugliness and Rancor?

This is an argument for greater recognition of a natural local authority that is already present, but not always exercised freely. It is an argument for freedom.

Tagged: David Clayton, blog, Reform of the Reform

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Deacon Lawrence
September 9, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity

Love and Justice

Deacon Lawrence
September 9, 2020
Prayer, Inspiration and Creativity
Love and Justice

It is out of love that we pursue justice, justice then, is our moral imperative; it is our goal. Love is the means by which we achieve it.

Tagged: art, artists, catholic, christ, christian, jesus, justice, lewis, love, monastery, neighbor, pilgrim

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