
You Are Loved, Spiritual and Creative Adventures, A Memoir
Alex Cook
In You Are Loved, artist Alex Cook intimately relates his creative and spiritual adventures in his quest to create beauty and know God. Anyone longing to bring their own precious vision into reality will find solace and inspiration in these very human...
Location:
United States
Description:
In You Are Loved, artist Alex Cook intimately relates his creative and spiritual adventures in his quest to create beauty and know God. Anyone longing to bring their own precious vision into reality will find solace and inspiration in these very human stories of a life dedicated to following inspiration. This inspiring collection of stories paints the heartfelt, personal journey of an artist who experiences and observes his inner life with unflinching honesty and strives to live his outer life just as honestly. We share Alex’s struggles and revelations as he explores the questions that start to drive him from a young age: What is God and what happens when I express His Love in in my own way? Does God really tell me to go walking late at night just to dance on a hill, travel to Africa to paint a mural or don a bear costume to ride through the streets of Boston? How can I be an artist who is true to Beauty and the Voice within and still pay the rent? In a series of thoughtful and often humorous adventures, Alex reveals how he grew in his artistic and authentic expression over the years – one inspired step at a time – until he eventually found himself making his living as a traveling musician and muralist. Alex also recounts his four-year battle with depression and the path that finally led to freedom. He talks about the magic and adventure of hitchhiking and how it opened his world and later prepared him to reach men in jail as a chaplain. He writes about navigating romantic relationships and opportunity they provide for spiritual growth. Always he is his own man, defying standard assumptions and praying beyond his fears. This book is a fascinating look at the creative process and how to live a life of courage and love. It gives us an inkling of the ever-expanding journey Love takes us on if we let it, and the profound impact following that path can have on our lives and those around us. Duration - 15h 19m. Author - Alex Cook. Narrator - Alex Cook. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 Alex Cook ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:16
Introduction
Duration:00:05:08
Dancing
Duration:00:06:23
Love Arrives
Duration:00:08:29
Picking Up the Guitar
Duration:00:07:48
An Angel
Duration:00:08:17
Another Angel, Announcing a Journey
Duration:00:40:41
Reconciling God and Art
Duration:00:09:54
When Dad Died
Duration:00:12:35
Coming Back to Church
Duration:00:08:04
Relationships with Ideas
Duration:00:15:18
Biking to Savannah, a Second Chance
Duration:00:53:05
Hitching to Skidmore
Duration:00:10:11
First Mural
Duration:00:12:35
God Gives Me Songs
Duration:00:09:19
Finding a Stronger Foundation
Duration:00:14:42
Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Art Barn
Duration:00:11:25
Institute for Violence Prevention
Duration:00:11:31
The Golden Tree
Duration:00:04:28
Duet for Trumpet and Violin
Duration:00:05:57
Wrestling with Art
Duration:00:16:57
Learning To Be Simple
Duration:00:09:59
Learning About the Voice
Duration:00:13:51
The First Time I Wrote a Book
Duration:00:27:07
Finding the Fountain/Christmas Revelation
Duration:00:17:33
You Don’t Get to Choose
Duration:00:08:03
Hitchhiking in Wyoming
Duration:00:15:11
My Friends Bully Me in a Good Way
Duration:00:06:50
Virtues Are Our Tools
Duration:00:12:47
Is Your Life a Mess?
Duration:00:22:52
Loosen Up, Kid
Duration:00:13:21
Failure
Duration:00:08:43
Heroes
Duration:00:08:45
Follow Beauty
Duration:00:06:36
I Am an Artist
Duration:00:08:50
Who’s the Boss?
Duration:00:03:53
Facing the Darkness
Duration:00:35:44
Building My Life on Faith, at a Cost
Duration:00:11:46
Beautiful, You’re Beautiful
Duration:00:07:55
I’ll Do Anything for Beauty
Duration:00:19:29
Throwing Off the Pall
Duration:00:06:03
Navigating the Wilderness
Duration:00:13:37
Creating ABC
Duration:00:28:44
There Are No Bodies Between Us
Duration:00:10:33
The Green Street Sculptures
Duration:00:19:35
The 4th Game
Duration:00:09:46
All I Have to Do is Tell the Truth
Duration:00:15:28
Self Denial
Duration:00:10:54
Red Shoes
Duration:00:09:14
I Will Be a Fool
Duration:00:04:56
God Told Me to Do Some Crazy Stuff
Duration:00:18:47
Kenya Murals
Duration:00:30:35
Preparations of the Heart
Duration:00:10:49
The Devil Wants You to Forget Your Work
Duration:00:11:19
Jail in the Morning, Kickball in the Afternoon
Duration:00:10:43
The Power of Being Watched/Door Openers
Duration:00:12:01
After Horror, The Innocent Desire to Be Good
Duration:00:04:59
Beauty Revealed
Duration:00:09:34
Doing My Best
Duration:00:16:39
My Dreams Come True
Duration:00:36:50
Jealousy Meets the God of Destruction
Duration:00:12:44
Every Knee Shall Bow
Duration:00:09:21
Holy, Holy, Holy
Duration:00:12:58
Love’s Endless Vigor – The Great Snow of 2015
Duration:00:14:11
The Giant
Duration:00:04:48
You Are Loved
Duration:00:35:16
Asking
Duration:00:06:44
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:02