A profound and beautiful book, The Artist Alive: Explorations in Music, Art & Theology allows us entry into the contemplative classroom of a gifted teacher. Drawing skillfully on religious and philosophical insights from a range of diverse traditions and perspectives, Christopher Pramuk allows us to experience musical and visual works of both popular and classic art—the Song of Songs to Pink Floyd—as “texts” or doorways through which the creative and spiritual dynamism inherent in each of us might be awakened. For those who seek such an awakening, The Artist Alive will be a treasured companion.