This is Jonathan Peugeot. Welcome to the symbolic world. I'm Father Joshua Caswell.

I know many of you here, and we have some visitors as well.

I'm a pastor here at St. John Canch's Church.

And here at St. John's Church in Chicago, we're very proud to offer the very best

in philosophy, catechetics, culture, and art. Today's speaker is certainly one who meets that standard.

Jonathan Peugeot graduated with distinction from the painting and drawing program at Concordia University in Montreal during the late 1990s.

Quickly disillusioned with contemporary art, he discovered icons and traditional Christian images along his own spiritual journey. Rekindling his love of art through study of traditional forms,

Jonathan developed a passion for wood carving.

Jonathan delivers lectures every year at universities,

conferences, and other venues around North America.

He speaks on art, but mostly on the symbolic structures

that underlie our experience of the world.

Through his well-known YouTube channel and podcast, The Symbolic World, he also furthers

the conversation on symbolism, meaning, and patterns, and everything from movies to

icons to social trends. Yesterday evening, he spoke to us a bit about Kanye West's new album.

Yesterday evening, Jonathan presented to the Catholic Art Guild, and today he shares an overview

of his thought, Christian life, and symbolic

living. So without further ado, I welcome Jonathan Pujo.

So hello everybody.

It was a great evening last night.

I got to visit the church.

It's pretty amazing, very beautiful.

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