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Our guest, Makoto Fujimura, is a leading contemporary artist whose paintings have been featured in galleries and museums around the world. He was a Presidential appointee to the National Council on the Arts, is the founder of the International Arts Movement and the Fujimura Institute, and co-founder of the Kintsugi Academy. His writings and selected artwork can be found on his website, https://makotofujimura.com
Details on Mako’s book, Culture Care: Reconnecting With Beauty for Our Common Life, can be found here: https://www.ivpress.com/culture-care
Mako mentions James Davison Hunter’s 1991 book Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America.
Mako describes working with the Chairman of the National Foundation for the Arts, Dana Gioia (https://danagioia.com/about-dana-gioia/)
Mako also mentions QU4RTETS, his project with Bruce Herman: https://iamculturecare.com/projects/qu4rtets The Old English word for border stalker is mearcstapa.
Details on the Walking on Water series, Mako’s collaboration with Susie Ibarra, can be found here: https://makotofujimura.com/art/portals/walking-on-water
Mako’s podcast is “Culture Care”, and his interview with Susie Ibarra is on Episode 4. https://culture-care-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/light-through-the-cracks-episode-4
Mako’s new book is Art and Faith: A Theology of Making: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300254143/art-and-faith
Mako refers to David Brooks January 7th op-ed in the New York Times, “This Is When the Fever Breaks”: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/opinion/capitol-riot-republicans.html.
Mako uses Mitt Romney’s response during the assault on the Capital as an example of truth telling. It is described on this episode of The Daily: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/podcasts/the-daily/capitol-congress-mob-donald-trump.html
Mako mentions Shūsaku Endō’s novel Silence. Mako’s own book exploring the themes of the novel is Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering. Mako was a creative consultant on Martin Scorsese’s 2016 film adaptation of the novel.