“Making God Happy” is part of an 8-piece body of work entitled “This Creature, I Am.” Inspired by Elvis’ rendition of the old time spiritual “Peace in the Valley,” the videos explore the dual nature of a convicted heart, longing for transcendence and clarity amid the desires of the flesh. Elvis sings that he will be “changed from this creature, that I am.” Miner’s work is a contemporary portrait of the age-old conflict of the regenerated soul in the body of mortal man.
Named “Christopher” by his mother, because it means “Christ-bearer”, the artist uses his own religious life-history to confront the presence of faith in a heart prone to wander.