We have been on a journey chasing after and learning about beauty this last month. I hope your soul has been awakened to beauty in a profound way. I know mine has! Thank you for joining me along the journey!

God has been leading me on this journey of chasing beauty for the last two years in order to understand it, perceive it, and create it.

I thought it might serve you to let you in on what books have most deeply shaped my view of beauty the last couple years. May these five truths, quotes and books bless and encourage you as you continue to chase beauty in your own life! I hope they awaken your soul to beauty as they did mine.

Fyodor Dostoevsky's famously said, “beauty will save the world.”

But is it true? How can beauty save us?

Let’s look together at two primary examples of God’s response to suffering in the world to find out.

Can beauty really heal trauma?

Is there neurological merit to the way beauty impacts soul?

And how might an encounter beauty liberate you?

We dive into these questions as I share how a retreat called Beauty & the Formation of the Soul with Dr. Curt Thompson liberated me and sent me on a three year journey of creativity.

What happens within us when we experience beauty? How can walking a labyrinth aid us in the process?