Representing God In Art

In Gen. 1. 26, 27, man is said to be created in the image of God. If one sought to portray a nonhuman God one might at first think of such sublime architecture as the Pantheon, with its beauty of symmetry, or Chartres Cathedral. But if God is to be portrayed as a living image in man it would perhaps better be an idealization of the absolute beauty of a beautiful woman, from the male perspective, or a beautiful man, from the female perspective. This brings to mind Ancient Greek art. The image of near perfect human beauty would relate better to God than even the most splendid architecture. However, Godhood is not only Absolute Beauty but is Absolute Truth and Goodness as well, so the beautiful human idealization of Godhood would need to be at the zenith of these primary ideals as well, and the Godhood evolved to is beyond the human species.

Since God is also supermateriality it makes sense to be represented by biological ideals, at the zenith of biology on earth. Forms in evolution are temporary symbols of the tension between where evolution is going and what the reality of nature is able to do. This sublime tension seems to be created by the activation of life from within, by the sacred activation of life, or Tirips, working in conjunction with the world of natural selection and evolution. An orientation toward the Future, toward the Beyond is inherent in Tirips Within, which is the Will to Godhood.