The Holy Life of the Intellect

George Bowering wrote an essay about the mind and how it is a connection to the divine. He talks about when you express your self and show your creativity through things you do you are allowing other people to see what is going on in your mind and because he believes that is what God wants us to see and that is how our minds are connected to God. He gives examples like a pianist giving a solo during jazz piece, during that time you are able to experience their mind as it shifts and operates between each note. He also gives more examples of poetry and improvisation and how it displays such unique characteristics of each persons mind and allowing you to be able to grasp what that person was thinking.

I love what this guy has to say. I totally agree with what he is talking about. For me personally i feel by expressing myself in my own creative ways i am displaying what God has given me wanting me to use to glorify Him. To be able to see me doing things you are able to get a feel for how i think and by that you will be able to witness God and get a better feel for who He is and what He can do. To be able to see people doing what they do is incredible. I enjoy watching people at work doing what they love to do, because when people have passion for what they do that is when you can really get an understanding for who they are. You can see their mind, and through this you can see God.

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  1. I, too, agree with what the author, and you, are saying. God created each of us individually, and, because of this, we all of a unique way of express ourselves and our love for God.

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