Tonya Bruton

What happens to human creativity in an increasingly automated world? A Christian reflection on art, technology, inspiration and our God-given desire to create.

Learning to see beauty, hold on to memory, and create a visual record of the life God has given us. Learning photography all over again with my new-to-me Canon Rebel T7 in Denton, Texas. Long before I understood photography as an art form, I understood the desire to keep a moment. I have loved taking pictures for as long as I can remember. Somewhere in childhood there was a little camera in my hands and the thrill of pressing the button, although I cannot point to one exact moment when...

My mother’s creative interpretation of Gloria Anzaldúa’s theory of Nepantla—a psychic and spiritual in-between space where old ways of understanding can loosen, new awareness can emerge, and transformation becomes possible. She drew what the theory felt like to her. “Living in a state of psychic unrest, in a Borderland, is what makes poets write and artists create.”— Gloria Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera There are two words tattooed on the inside of my wrist: Nepantla and la facultad. The...