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The landscape rolls like swells on a neon sea from old lava flows that rolled down from Fimmvorduhals pass. I encountered this site as I reached the north end of Iceland's famous Fimmvorduhals trail. Along the way I had the privileged of crossing directly over the eruption craters of the infamous 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption (although, at the time, the landscape was largely obscured by dense clouds and driving wind).

I am both a religious thinker and an artist. My undergraduate work was in the graphic arts, and my graduate studies were in the philosophy of religion and theology. As the son of a high school art teacher, I was raised in an environment that held as sacred the simple act of slowing down and noticing that which we typically take for granted. My work in theology has taken this insight into its very heart. I've been fascinated with the idea of salvation and the way that forms of prayer which emphasize stillness, silence, and release make room for its experience. These theological sensibilities are almost identical with the generative moment in the creative process. Creativity is, in its essence, the bringing of newness into the world. It's...