{"id":148,"date":"2013-08-17T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-17T05:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cysarts.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2013-10-26T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T02:09:52","slug":"gallery-introductions-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"Gallery Introductions: Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gallery Introductions: <i>Creation<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_136\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4-Land-and-Seas-for-web.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136\" alt=\"4 Land and Seas for web\" src=\"http:\/\/cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4-Land-and-Seas-for-web-300x183.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4-Land-and-Seas-for-web-300x183.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cysarts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/4-Land-and-Seas-for-web.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Land and Seas<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">My purpose here is <\/span><i style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">not<\/i><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"> to wade into the creation\/evolution debate, important though that is. Rather it is simply to introduce twelve paintings originally brought together to illustrate a calendar for 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I must come clean and admit my paintings reflect the classical Christian viewpoint that God Himself was the Creator of the cosmos and everything in it. <i>How <\/i>He did it is still very much open to speculation. To quote an ancient biologist from almost 3,000 years back:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<i>Ecclesiastes ch.3 v.11 in the NIV of the Holy Bible<\/i><\/p>\n<p>King Solomon\u2019s statement is as true today as it was when he penned it.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you do not share my beliefs you can still enjoy the paintings they inspire, on the <i>\u2018Galleries\u2019<\/i> page, sub-page <i>\u2018Creation\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Next week on 24<sup>th<\/sup> August, I hope to introduce another gallery, but featuring works in a much more conventional style, on the subject of \u2018Nature\u2019.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gallery Introductions: Creation My purpose here is not to wade into the creation\/evolution debate, important though that is. 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