No Beauty Without Ash: The Paradox of True Christian Art

"The prophecies of Jewish and Christian literature do not look BACK to a return to a pre-evil Garden, but FORWARD to a post-evil union of Heaven and Earth described in Revelation 22:1-5 as a NEW Garden that goes beyond the OLD one.

From :http://www.patheos.com/blogs/peterenns/2013/02/no-beauty-without-ash-the-paradox-of-true-christian-art-or-getting-ready-for-easter/