MIConversations #5—Brian Kershisnik with Terryl Givens, “Surprising angels”
Maxwell Institute Podcast
Maxwell Institute Podcast
4.7 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Maxwell Institute Conversations are special videocast episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast, hosted by Terryl Givens and created in collaboration with Faith Matters Foundation.
In this episode Terryl Givens sits down with Brian Kershisnik to talk about art, creativity, and worship.
About the GuestBrian Kershisnik is an American painter. He studied art at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, and the University of Texas at Austin. He started a studio in Kanosh, Utah, in 1991 and in 2006 he established another studio in Provo, Utah, where he currently lives. His notable works include a portrait of Leslie Norris, Nativity, and She Will Find What Was Lost.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Maxwell Institute Conversations, special video cast episodes of the Maxwell Institute podcast, hosted by Terrell Givens and created in collaboration with Faith Matters Foundation. |
| 0:11.1 | You can watch this episode in your podcast app, or if you're on the run, listen to the audio version. Does God ever get surprised? |
| 0:27.6 | Brian Kershyshnik is a Latter-day Saint and an American painter who suggests that the answer is yes. |
| 0:33.6 | Latter-day Saints believe in a God who can be surprised, who can be delighted by the creativity |
| 0:37.8 | we express. |
| 0:39.0 | Kerschisnick describes painting as a method of discovery and inspiration, so like God, an artist |
| 0:44.8 | can be surprised by her own work. |
| 0:47.5 | Part of making things is you have an idea, you have a plan, but part of the process |
| 0:53.6 | is letting what happens show you stuff |
| 0:58.0 | and teach you stuff and show you something from a new angle that is a delight. And I use the same |
| 1:05.9 | word of surprise. This episode is more visual than usual with examples of Khrushisnick's art, |
| 1:11.1 | so audio listeners might want to check out the video on YouTube. |
| 1:14.0 | It's Brian Kershysnick talking with Terrell Givens in this episode of Maxwell Institute Conversations. |
| 1:23.2 | Hello and welcome to another conversation. |
| 1:25.7 | My name is Terrell Givens, and my guest today is Brian Khrushisnik, one of my good friends and one of the great Mormon artists of our day. |
| 1:35.5 | Truly happy to have you with us today, Brian. |
| 1:37.6 | Thank you, Terrell. I'm a little startled at that introduction, but I hope that's true. |
| 1:46.0 | I think it is true. And we're going to be talking a good deal about your art. |
| 1:48.0 | We're going to be looking at some specific examples of your work. |
| 1:52.0 | But we want to start off by getting to know you a little bit better. |
| 1:55.0 | Some in our audience might not be familiar with you as a person as well as an artist. |
| 2:00.0 | And so let's start with a cheerful question like, |
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