God as Artist

If God does in fact exist, then it seems he must be viewed in the form of an artist. The artist concerns himself with every hair on the heads of his creations. He concerns himself with whether or not his creations are happy, sad, angry, depressed, blissful or wretched. Yet his concern is not that of wanting all his creations to feel only joy and love all the time. Many times he will make his creations in a manner which portrays the utmost suffering and torment. It is not that he doesn't care about his creation, but rather he wants to highlight some aspect of himself in that particular creation. He wants to give his creations all the fullness of life that is within himself. One does not look at Picasso's Blue Period and decide that Picasso must not exist, or that if he does he is somehow mean and malevolant for making his people so sad. In fact it is while looking at his saddest works that one is filled with the greatest sense of beauty and awe. It is here that one sees the mastery of his art.