Snyder Founding Art Series
The Creation: God is the first Creative, the One who formed and molded everything into its present shape. Grand design is evident in the beautiful complexity of creation.
The Starfield: The first Creative laid out His canvas — the universe itself. The field of stars, too large for any human being to explore in its entirety, is His sprawling handiwork. Stars, planets, and nebulas sprang from His brush, swirling together into an array of exploding hues.
The Earth: Our gaze from space is narrowing, and one particular terrestrial ball glows crisply. God made this place for humans to dwell. It is here that mankind grows and learns and lives and dies.
The Atmosphere: We are entering the terrestrial sphere. Dew and haze envelop the senses. This shell of protection enables the perfect conditions to foster life.
The Elements: God supplied raw materials for us to find and use in our development. Combined in differing quantities by various processes, these elements allow us to build.
The Civilization: Steel, concrete, and wood merge to form the domes of society. We use elements to keep us safe and dry from other elements. We design intricate blueprints for our houses, workplaces, and assemblies.
The Laboratory: The laboratory is a place of trial and error. It is an elaborate web of wires, lenses, pencils, paints, and airwaves. As we gather together in community, the whole is greater than the sum of individual parts. Separate we are single strands of thread; together we form a glorious web of splendor and support.
The Artist: The laboratory is comprised of people — men and women — together on a divine quest. Mortals are the successive creatives; we take our cues from the first Creative. And we are most creative when we are most in tune with His leading and His love.
The Heart: The heart represents the whole of a person. Complexity is abundant here: vile corruption and Spirit-wrought valor exist contemporaneously. The actions of a man flow from the deep-rooted beliefs in his heart. From the heart flows creativity. In the heart is life.
The Return: Art is always done for a purpose, and our purpose is to return the fruit of our labor back to our Lord. Believers have been joined to Jesus Himself, and this allows us to participate in the divine Father-Son relationship by means of the Holy Spirit. In this Trinitarian salvation, we rejoice and find our identity. We return our creations back to the first Creative in worship.