AwakenArts is a body of visual-poetic works shaped through image, poetic structure, and figurative language.
The forms draw from longstanding traditions of parable, poetry, symbolic narrative, and image-bearing meaning found throughout Scripture and Christian literary expression.
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“He did not say anything to them without using a parable.”
Matthew 13:34
The language of Scripture is often poetic before it is explanatory.
From the Psalms and Proverbs to prophetic imagery and the parables of Christ, Biblical language repeatedly carries meaning through symbol, metaphor, narrative, and visual form.
AwakenArts approaches visual-poetic structure within that broader literary tradition: works in which image and language participate together in meaning.
The Collection
A queen between kingdoms. A figure beneath the surface.
A dragon turned inward.
The works of AwakenArts are shaped through language and symbolic form.
The CollectionLibrary
The Library gathers writings on parable, poetry, allegory, and literary-symbolic form. The readings help establish the language beneath AwakenArts.