Art as Prayer
A gathering place for art, prayer, and renewal. Reflections and creative practices for deep living in a shallow-breathing world.
What is Art as Prayer?
Art as Prayer is a Substack publication, a gathering place for slowing down, breathing deeply, and practicing creativity as prayer. If you're tired of shallow breathing, hungry for honest spirituality, or simply craving permission to slow down and create, this is for you.
This community space is for vibrant, honest engagement with ourselves, with God, and with one another, as we practice resisting the systems that tell us to move faster, produce more, and numb what we feel.
Two Ways to Practice
Free Subscription
Bi-Weekly Reflections
Thoughtful blogs every other Thursday exploring art-making, spiritual formation, and creative process
Stories from my own practice of creativity as prayer
All content freely accessible through email, no paywall
This is for you if you want deep, contemplative reflections on living more creatively and honestly, delivered to your inbox every other Thursday.
The Living Mood Board
Paid Subscription
Year-Long Creative-Spiritual Practice
Weekly Sunday Prompts -Themed invitations to notice spiritual threads in your everyday, with ideas for creative response
Quarterly Print Mailings - 5x7 art prints mailed four times a year
Monthly Studio Hours - Live video gatherings for honest conversation about art-making and spiritual growth
Seasonal Intensives - Occasional deeper dive challenges around specific themes
Investment: $6/month (paid annually) or $8/month
This is for you if you want a deeper weekly rhythm of creative spiritual practice, keepsakes throughout the year, and connection to a committed community
What People Are Saying
-
“The Living Mood Board exercise of finding images and answering questions unlocked places where I have felt stuck.”
— Living Mood Board Participant
-
“The prompts created a sense of adventure each day, and as someone who struggles with attention, the interactive elements of the Living Mood Board helped me to engage with deeper reflection in a more accessible way.”
— Living Mood Board Participant
-
“I noticed things that I normally would have ignored or not considered relevant because I was in a rush. The Living Mood Board helped me slow down and notice the beauty in the mundane.”
— Living Mood Board Participant
Meet Justine
I’m an artist and spiritual director who believes that integrating creativity with prayer opens access for us to breathe more deeply in a world that keeps us gasping for air.
In addition to Art as Prayer and The Living Mood Board, I create original paintings and commissioned artwork, and I offer spiritual direction and facilitate group gatherings that weave creativity and spirituality together.