emergent journey

The Making of the “Feedback” Paintings from scott erickson on Vimeo.

Last week I picked up the new Derek Webb album Feedback. It is an amazing landscape of sound based on the Lord’s Prayer. I would highly highly recommend getting this album. Here’s what Derek has to say:

Worship is a complicated idea. Arguably, it’s what we all do, 24 hours a day (regardless of what we’re worshipping). And I’m aware of a lot of “worship product” in the marketplace I sometimes occupy. So I was cautious when I first started receiving the coordinates that would lead me to make ‘Feedback’. It was immediately conceptual and ambitious, so much so that I genuinely wasn’t sure
I could do it. But this seemed to be the perfect posture in which to create something worthy of being called a “worshipful” piece of art. So I studied, meditated, struggled and prayed my way through this creative process, and it’s easily the most challenging thing I’ve done in my career. But I believe it’s been worth it, even just for the ways it’s stretched both my creative process and my faith as a follower of the Way.

In addition to the music an artist named Scott Erickson created visual art for the project. When I looked at the digital booklet and saw Scott’s work I was immediately impressed by his mixture of modern abstract art and street art. His art as well is based on the Lord’s Prayer. It spoke to me as much as Derek’s music and I love to see artists expressing themselves so differently using different methods.

Derek’s use of classical music and futuristic beats and instruments reminds me of the amalgamation of the ancient and future in the timeless prayer of Jesus. Scott’s use of modernistic abstract art and guerilla street art portrays the boundary crossing message of Jesus. A beautiful artistic portrayal of the Lord’s Prayer.