Blog 6 - Viewing and Creating by the Spirit

As I mentioned in class, this blog requires a field trip. Spend at least 45 minutes (do yourself a favor and spend much longer than that, if not this week, then some other time) at the new Islamic art exhibit at the MOA. Respond to the things that you see and read there by answering some or all of the following questions:

• What is your general response to the exhibit as a whole? What is foreign about this kind of art? What is familiar? 
• How is Islamic faith represented through this artwork? How is this different from how Christian faith is (often) represented through art? 
• What is the significance of geometry and pattern in Islamic art? How is this an expression of reverence? 
• What, if anything, do you learn about your own creative tendencies by examining this exhibit? In what ways can you be inspired by the work of these various artists? 

300-500 words.