Museum?

Today for AP World History, we took a field trip to the High Museum in Atlanta, GA. We had a lot of fun, and it was cool seeing all the amazing artwork. One thing that really hit home while I was on this trip is the extent of Human Ingenuity. People can create the most beautiful, intricate works. And some of the beautiful things in that museum weren't really all that intricate or complex. And I thought, "These artists can pull this off because God did it first." That was a cool and comforting thought. No matter how beautiful complex things humans create, the works of God's hands are so much more so.

Another thing that I really saw today was that while there were definitely similarities between works of art, none of them were exactly the same, and, while we joked that even a 2 1/2 year old could do some of this stuff, they can't be truly recreated, or copied in anyway. Sure you can take a picture of the art, or make a copy somehow, but it won't actually be the same. Each person on this planet is unique, and, just like each work of art, whether as simple as a funny shaped canvas painted green or as complex as any of Picasso's cubism works, is special to the creator, so are we. God loves us all so much, and not because we're just like another. God loves us because we are his handiwork. We are his masterpieces.