Thoughts on Purpose

posted by Molly

Have you checked out our Mission Statement? No need to click or feel guilty, I’m posting it here:

We are a group of writers and artists committed to seeing the revelatory and transformative power of the arts and how it advances society. We believe that every facet of art has the potential to form, shape, (re)define and move our culture for the better. Just as a banana ripens other fruit around it, we at Peel Pages use words and visual communication to influence culture, hoping to be to a catalyst for a richer point of view. We seek to be authentic at expressing ourselves and our faith, compassionate in understanding humanity, and ultimately, an agent in redeeming the brokenness of our world.

But, why? Because in my experience, art tends to fall on an xy axis of meaning and aesthetics:

The stereotype of modern art is the red dot, aesthetics without meaning. And the stereotype of protest art is the blue, meaning without aesthetics.

We at Peel Pages don’t believe in no stupid stereotypes. And our mission is to reach the purple dot, where aesthetics and meaning meet. You could say that Peel Pages is dedicated to art with a purpose.