#023: Creativity and Spirituality (HOTW: David Hayward)

How do artists tap into the creative spark of the Divine? Plus, what does the Naked Pastor say about art and faith?

Show Notes

• 00:20 – Introduction.
• 1:01 – Voicemail to the hotline. Deconstructed views on a literal heaven. The afterlife and the present moment. Suffering by feeling separated.
• 08:00 – Word from show sponsor Unfundamentalists. Patreon page.
• 10:38 – Introduction to the Heretic of the Week, David Hayward. Why people consider David a heretic. Orthodoxy as individuals.
• 15:10 – David’s one frame cartoons.
• 17:56 – David’s theological deconstruction process and a life-changing dream. Church and ministry deconstruction. Language that seemingly separates us.
• 21:14 – David’s character Sophia in his cartoons.
• 23:38 – Coaching others’ deconstruction process.
• 26:39 – Helping people with creativity.
• 28:24 – End of interview.
• 30:00 – Introduction to the power of art and human creativity. God as creator. Jesus as storyteller.
• 31:30 – Spiritual element to all creativity.
• 33:58 – “Christian” art.
• 35:30 – Psalms.
• 37:20 – Truth and realities transcending faith systems.
• 39:15 – Expressions and the nature of God. God’s children.
• 40:40 – Christian subculture and isolating from other faith groups.
• 42:23 – The big bang and incarnation.
• 44:54 – The Jesus movement.
• 46:15 – Connection and spontaneity in art.
• 48:15 – Art that challenges the status quo.
• 50:30 – Non-conformist Bob Dylan.
• 54:51 – Fear motivated art.
• 57:00 – Connecting to a source.
• 58:37 – Examples of connected art.
• 1:03:04 – God’s workmanship/poetry (Ephesians).
• 1:05:00 – Art from pain.
• 1:09:00 – Art in everything. Perception.