Oh, Lordy, how to reply to this gem.
I've long believed that the strongest connection between the Creator and we corporeal humans is ultimately just the desire to be 'creative'.
There is no such person in the world today who has not felt the urge to do
something creative, be it a sandcastle on a beach at low tide or a
statue carved painfully from the hardest stone on the planet. It doesn't matter if it's fleeting or permanent, seen by millions or the artist alone,
simple or complex, made by a child's hand or a master, what matters is the creation itself.
It's what we are born to do andcreativity manifests itself a thousand times in every day of our lives. The Creator of the universe, imho, has created
a multitude of little creators. Perhaps the biblical term "In His image" refers to
that human trait.
As a painter, I can say with conviction that a 'painting paints itself'. From the moment the first mark is made on a canvas, all further actions
spin themselves from that point outwards and a journey full of twists and turns, blind alleys and pitfalls begins. There is no ending until the artist
signs the work and enters the date. It's a moment of perceived finality. A judgement that no more could be added without ruining the painting is
made, the date added and the painting added to the stack of other 'finished work'.
The analogy of an artist and a painting to the Creator and the universe is perfect.
