About
"But [the craftsmen] keep stable the fabric of the world,
and their prayer is in the practice of their trade." (Sirach 38.34)
Hesychiart is the outworking of my calling to devotional art, primarily in the form of linocut. It was founded out of the belief that engaging with art - both in creating and receiving! - can be a profoundly transformative way to pray, and a hope to share this with others.
Hesychia, a term borrowed from the Eastern tradition, refers to the cultivation of an inner stillness by which we can ascend to God, through ascesis and contemplation of the divine. Our prayer is that this work might help others to grow more deeply in hesychia, even in the smallest of ways, through engaging with sacred art.
Iona Morphet, 2024