Created Things

It’s the font you either love to hate or hate to love, and you’ve seen it on everything from your church bulletin to the new age store down the street. Graphic designer and illustrator Chris Costello joins us to discuss his most famous (and infamous) creation, the Papyrus font!

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We welcome Matt Meeks from Catholic Creatives for a super exciting announcement about the future of the Created Things podcast!

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Angels are all over works of art, but they’re always weird. How much is creative license and how much do we actually believe? From cute babies to thousand-eyed monsters, Jacob and Father Gabriel have a lot to discuss

Did you know that Vincent Van Gogh was a Christian with a lot of Lenten insight? The boys sit down with SALT Project Creative Director Matthew Myer Boulton to discuss his new devotional project, “Vincent Van Gogh and the Beauty of Lent”.

This week, the boys discuss the common "tortured artist" trope. Does suffering for your art make it more meaningful? All this more will be found in this episode of Created Things!

The hottest of holidays deserves the hottest of takes. Whether you went crazy with lace and glitter or you stuck to the classic paper heart, everyone’s made a Valentine card. Now, listen to us make too big a deal about them.

Father Gabriel is back from his retreat in Toledo, Spain, bringing with him profound insights on art, spirituality and… knock off Game of Thrones merch?

The boys do a deep dive into the weird and wild history of Nativity scenes.

“All I Want for Christmas is You”. “Santa Baby”. “Rockin Around the Christmas Tree”. The dark side of modern classics like these is the subject of debate in this completely unnecessary conversation between Jacob and Fr Gabriel. You have literally never heard hotter takes on Christmas pop music and, honestly, you might want to keep it that way.

Is “Kitsch” is a word to describe any art you don’t like? Or is there more to it? Jacob and Father Gabriel debate the pros and cons of Christmas kitsch in part one of their very merry Yuletide series.