Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. In this week's connecting clip of the

week, Paul and artist Makoto Fujimura discuss his work as an artist in how he lives for Christ

in a non-Christian world.

To hear more of his story, check out the Connecting Podcast episode 26, wherever you listen

to podcasts.

You can also watch the video on Paul Tripp's YouTube channel or Facebook page.

Here's this week's Connecting Clip of the Week.

I want to talk, Marco, about a couple things, but I want to start with, you know, as you as an artist talk about their art, you know, artists are always being asked about their art.

And you can't just do art, you have to talk about your art.

I know sometimes that's just burdensome because you just want to, I just want to do art.

Please just go see the art, please. And you're at a very high level in the art community in New York City, but you're the language of your art is not the normal language.

It's a language of grace and hope. So what has it been like for you to live

in that community where on one level, there's a lot of commonality, but on another level,

you're speaking an alien language.

You're not speaking quasi-dispopian language.

You're speaking of life and hope and grace.

Even when you think about the market of contemporary art,

I had this conversation with Takashi Murakami

as graduate students.

You know, he is the superstar now of pop art and Japanese Andy Warhol.

He's been called many times, which was his goal.

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