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Jonathan Pageau is a French Canadian icon carver, public speaker and YouTuber exploring the symbolic patterns that underlie our experience of the world, how these patterns emerge and come together, manifesting in religion, art and in popular culture. He's also the editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal and host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast.

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0:00 Why didn’t you want to come on the show?
2:02 Doesn’t the Bible ban drawing God?
8:05 The problem with the Sistine Chapel
15:10 The problem of ugly modern buildings
22:38 Does secularism cause ugly buildings?
26:51 The problem of modern cities
30:40 Why are religious buildings beautiful?
35:26 “Progress” and trends in architecture
43:27 Icons vs idols
52:25 Why do people think you’re speaking “woo”?
57:22 Where do you go for wisdom?

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