With his well-worn jacket and pipe in hand, C.S. Lewis appeared just as endearing a person as he was a writer. Walter Hooper shares with us Lewis’ humanity and creaturely ways: “Even before he went into the nursing home I marvelled that Lewis had lived so long without setting himself ablaze. Except when he dressed for…
Art at a digital and spiritual intersection
“Art is the expression of that wonderful capacity within man whereby he can do what otherwise only God can do, that is, create,”1 declared theologian Abraham Kuyper. Creation is an expression and a capacity instilled within human beings; we can express what we think, feel or imagine through the act of creation. It can be…
Styled in Splendor – mini reflection: sparkle of color
Glancing at the typical person on the street, I mostly find attire consisting of jeans or shorts and a neutral tee, and plenty of athleisure wear. Even at the coffee shop where I write this, most everyone is wearing some type of “uniform”: jeans or dark colored shorts with a basic tee – nothing colorful…
Styled in Splendor – mini reflections: Armor of Fashion
Bill Cunningham, decades-long photographer for the New York Times who chronicled fashion and street style, once said, “fashion is the armor we use to survive reality in everyday life,” and “He who seeks beauty will find it.” I believe that these two statements go hand in hand, in that Bill constantly sought out beauty and…
Styled in Splendor – mini reflection: Becoming Beauty
About Styled in Splendor Reflections: Transcendent Beauty exists in the world. One of the ways by which we can grasp and wear beauty is through clothing & accessories. Join me for reflections through a favorite outfit. C.S. Lewis wrote in The Weight of Glory that, “we do not want merely to see beauty…we want something…
Styled in Splendor – mini reflection: Aquinas’ 3 conditions in form
About Styled in Splendor Reflections: Transcendent Beauty exists in the world. One of the ways by which we can grasp and wear beauty is through clothing & accessories. Join me for short reflections through a favorite outfit. “For beauty includes three conditions, integrity or perfection…due proportion or harmony, and, lastly, brightness or clarity.”– Thomas Aquinas,…
Fashion as a good and glorious image
What are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis writes: “If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can…
Does this Bible go with my outfit?
In David Dault’s thought-provoking book, The Accessorized Bible, Dault sets out to examine bibles as objects and how external factors play a role in their existence. In the chapter, “Fourth Thesis: A Bible is an Accessory,” Dault writes that bibles themselves can be accessories. Here, the behemoth domain of fashion interacts with the bible as…
C.S. Lewis and Fashion
A self-proclaimed “dinosaur”, C.S. Lewis did not consider himself a modern man. Yet he was well-read and culturally savvy, applying wisdom and insight issues of life. Lewis found that thinkers often discarded ideas just because they were deemed old-fashioned. Old ideas were no longer cool. Lewis referred to this as ‘chronological snobbery”: the uncritical acceptance…
An Approach to Style & Beauty using the Practical Wisdom of Theologians
Thomas Aquinas, one of the greatest minds of all time, tackled profound topics such as the nature of God and arguments for God’s existence. Yet his explorations did not stay within the metaphysical realm. He also applied practical wisdom to various issues of his day, issues that still affect Christians today, including style. Aquinas believed…