I met there with Pete Ward and Jonny Baker, our workshop leaders. Vaux meets in an old stone Anglican church that's transformed into an eye-popping worship space using draped sheets to section off a portion of the sanctuary. Leaders use shadowy lighting, dance-track music, sculpture, poetry, experiential activities, installation art, video images, and PowerPoint slides to invite young people into worship. At the core of artistic expression is something Godlike. God spoke into a void and created.
Every artist knows what that feels like.
Between nothing and something is an act of faith. I'm doing it right now as I write this. Two hours ago, my PowerBook screen was blank. Now it's not. You can argue with the merits of what I'm writing, but not the faith required for the process.