The Greatest Form of Art

Shalom! Shalom! Shalom!

One must repeat this word multiple times before the reality and implications of this inevitably "loaded" term may begin to sink inward and thus becoming a rousing mantra of liturgical worship.

Or perhaps it becomes more of a reality if put into lyrical verse?

"Hevenu shalom alechem"- we bring peace to you. (an Israeli folk song)

Or maybe God's shalom becomes a reality for you within the luscious nuances of poetic verse?

"And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."
(Walt Whitman- Song of Myself)

For our crew of writers, theologians, pastors, philosophers, poets, stroytellers, and thinkers, the word "shalom" (meaning "peace") is an aesthetically profound verb; an active force in the world that helixes the soul of every human being. It is a force that is denied by many "realists", articulated by the few, and goes lamentably uncommunicated by the vast majority of us that are discouraged, wounded, marginalized, and poor-in-spirit.

In light of this, we've come to advocate that "shalom" is never in a more observable manifestation than through the testimony of the ultimate form of art; our lives!

Therefore, we can think of no better place to start this conversation than in observing and listening to the eminence and semblance of God's shalom through the stories and testamonies of your lives.

Please email us at:

ouremergingthought@gmail.com

Please feel free to remain anonymous. Please send us your testimonies in their written form that are as honest as they are in their human form. In other words, we are all living R-rated lives. May your testimonies be as honest as they were whenever they were experienced. This conversation cannot happen without YOU.

Therefore...

The greatest form of art is life, and every atom belonging to me as good belonging to you!

Bobby Ray Hurd
+ recovering sinner, idolator, and religious zealot +