A Reminder

"God created man in his image; in the divine image he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them, saying: "Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that move on the earth." God also said: "See, I give you every seed-bearing plant all over the earth and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food; and to all the animals of the land, all the birds of the air, and all the living creatures that crawl on the ground, I give all the green plants for food." And so it happened. God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed--the sixth day. " Genesis 1: 27-31 (NAB)

I think we forget sometimes how much God is the greatest of all artists and how much of a unique, beautiful masterpiece we each are.  I have seen amazing art in my life, but all art really does is to try and reflect the human experience: really, we are the art and the paintings, sculptors, and works are just trying to put to pen, brush, and marble all the wonder and beauty that we are - above nature, above music, above phenomenon.  We are the greatest of all these.

"People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering." - St. Augustine

Bible scholar Jeff  Cavins said it in a talk I was watching of his, referring to Genesis, he made a truly remarkable statement which was actually clear but so over-looked and I over-looked it my whole life:

"When God made us, the only fitting place for us to be was in paradise".

 So don't feel obliged to go to the museums to see art.  Think and reminice of your lives up to the moment, your own stories, written so carefully, so rich and beautifully more grand than any novel can or ever will put to pen.  And look in the mirror, and I can assure you that no painting, no sculpture can ever exactly reflect the beauty of which the Creator has made with His own hands.