Art And Nature

God saw the need for beauty and created no two birds alike, no two flowers the same color, no two blades of grass identical. And so God created us, no two alike. Imagine, if you can, a world devoid of art. Creating, collecting, and admiring art is as old as humankind. We are intrigued by ancient drawings in caves and ornamentation found in buried cities. This is what artists do. They may or may not be conscious of God's creation, but they are aware of their need to try to capture the realities of life. Creation is a manifestation of God's passion to share himself. Artists can hold nature only for a fleeting moment, but they try to freeze that moment to evoke a reaction in the viewer. The response to God's role as the creator is a vital response by the artist. What artists put into works of art is fixed; what we put into our response to God as artists of our souls is an alive work of art.