Scott Avett on Being Here for the Feast

“When you look out his [Scott’s] window he’s painting for you.”

– Eric Fischl

Scott Avett is a visual artist, musician, and songwriter. No amount of descriptors quite do him justice. Scott’s work was met by my ears before my eyes. His songs slip into the ear stream, reverberate off the rib cage and remind the heart it was born free. Scott’s paintings hold your gaze in absorption, jostle you awake, and drop you off a block later. In our conversation today Scott and I talk about creativity and contemplation, mysterious inputs that need to be absence of the thought of outputs, the study of sacred texts, parenting and death, and much more. 

Visit Scott at scottavett.com or theavettbrothers.com | IG: @avettar | T: @ScottAvett

Episode Show Notes

Works by Scott Avett

• Scott Avett: Invisible (Book)
• The Gleam III
• Closer Than Together
• True Sadness
• Live Vol. Four
• Magpie and the Dandelion
• The Carpenter
• Live, Volume 3
• I and Love and You
• The Gleam II
• Emotionalism
• Entire Catalog

Resources & People Mentioned

• Tom T. Hall
• Far Side by Gary Larson
• The Andy Griffith Show
• Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
• “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” By Caravaggio
• Clegg Avett
• Thomas Merton
• Earl Scruggs
• Center for Action and Contemplation
• Bruno Barnhart
• New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton
• James Finley
• We Croak app
• For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy by Alexander Schmemann
• Alexander Schmemann

Drink Recommended

• Black coffee

photo of Scott Avett pulled from theavettbrothers.com