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\nIt is in living and acting that man establishes his relationship with \nbeing, with the truth and with the good. The artist has a special\nrelationship to beauty. In a very true sense it can be said that beauty is\nthe vocation bestowed on him by the Creator in the gift of \u201cartistic \ntalent\u201d. And, certainly, this too is a talent which ought to be made to\n] bear fruit, in keeping with the sense of the Gospel parable of the\ntalents (cf. Mt 25:14-30)\n.\n\nHere we touch on an essential point. Those who perceive in themselves this\nkind of divine spark which is the artistic vocation\u2014as poet, writer,\nsculptor, architect, musician, actor and so on\u2014feel at the same time the\nobligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it\nat the service of their neighbour and of humanity as a whole\n.\n\nJohn Paul II Letter to Artists, (April 4, 1999)\nThe artistic vocation in the service of beauty\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Good News It is in living and acting that man establishes his relationship with being, with the truth and with the good. The artist has a special relationship to beauty. In a very true sense it can be said that beauty is the vocation bestowed on him by the Creator in the gift of \u201cartistic … <\/p>\n