It is a blessing to have studied both literature (art) and science (nature). For, I posit that just as we try to glean details about Coleridge, Shakespeare, or Camus based on their work, we can similarly glean such details about our creator through creation. Not in a specific sense - we don't really hope to find the birth date or eye color of an artist by studying their art - but in a much more abstract yet intimate way. What did the artist find inspiring? What feelings led them to choose the medium and style of a piece? How did their creative process shape and mold the final work, and what part of the artist is now encapsulated in that work?
This is where I am with God. I seek to know him, but I honestly care little for specifics. I don't want to know the details. I want to grow intimately familiar with the essence. Sure, that sounds new-age experimental and dangerous, but honestly I think otherwise we are in earnest danger of missing the forest entirely for all our obsession over each tree. We need to step back. Way back.
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