Friday, August 1, 2008

That we may redeem the Fall...

Dorothy L Sayers... What more can I say... Poet, author, advertiser and theologian. One of Sayers most famous advertisements was actually for Guinness... ads that are occasionally even seen today. Recognize the Toucan ad?
Sayers wrote around the time of CS Lewis... writing murder mysteries... poetry... and musings on Christian theology... one of her most famous books... The Mind of the Maker contemplates the subject of creativity in light of Christian doctrine and the nature of the Trinity. The book houses Sayers Trinitarian theology...
dividing the creative idea into three stages: the idea, the implementation, and the interaction... Take for example a creative act... perhaps the writing of a book. The comes into existence as an idea, realized in time and space when written and complete only when read... It's as if she's saying the power is directly in the influence. One of my favorite quotes comes from this book...

"We should not act as though the Fall never happened, but rather redeem the Fall by a creative act."
Tell me what you think.

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