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Stunning contrasts in snow and volcanic ash. It was as if the whole landscape was mirroring the clouds that were swirling around me as the moist ocean air cooled on its ascent. This surreal mixture of snow and volcanic ash was encountered on Iceland's famous Fimmvorduhals trail, nearly 20 miles that cross between Eyjafjallajokull and Myrdalsjokull glaciers and directly over the craters of the infamous 2010 Eyjafjallajokull eruption.

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...