Operation Homecoming, Part 1
February 6, 2007
As I may have mentioned in a previous post, Makoto Fujimura is a brilliant New York artist whose deeply Christian work represents a synthesis of ancient Japanese techniques with Western styles.
Fujimura distributes occasional essays on Christianity and the arts under the title "Refractions" (his piece on Leonardo's Last Supper recently re-appeared in Christianity Today). Volume 22 of "Refractions" is a response to "Operation Homecoming" -- an exhbition of the writings of returning soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Early in his essay, Fujimura raises a haunting question:
Fujimura distributes occasional essays on Christianity and the arts under the title "Refractions" (his piece on Leonardo's Last Supper recently re-appeared in Christianity Today). Volume 22 of "Refractions" is a response to "Operation Homecoming" -- an exhbition of the writings of returning soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Early in his essay, Fujimura raises a haunting question:
