"Where
there is no vision (revelation) the people will perish."
- Proverbs
29:18 (KJV)
For years I
had a unframed print in my office at Saint Louis University of the portion of
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel painting of God reaching out to touch Adam's hand
with Michelangelo’s quote "A true work of art is but a shadow of the
divine perfection." Most interpreters would say that we could never
perfectly replicate or reproduce what God creates.
I
believe that this interpretation of Michelangelo's quote does not reveal
the full genius of his insight. True art comes from the soul and changes
not only "what we see" but "how we see." In the Bible
it is the sight of the "unseen" that is divine and a true work of art
is but a shadow of the divine. It is the unseen hand of God touching us.
Without this vision, the people shall perish.
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