an explanation of the trinity.

mood: "there's too much in the world to learn and not enough time in this moment."

reading: A Severe Mercy and T.S. Eliot's The Four Quintets (as shown below)

listening: Arcade Fire "Windowsill"

To Do List:

1. MPN

2. message m/p about where the wild things are

3. sculpture idea

4. cut paper for figure:drawing/painting

5. beard beast for the show draw

6. mark out where the girls going

7. watercolor

8. pen and ink

an explanation of the trinity for those interested.

i've never found the "egg" or "ice" metaphors all that successful... just sort of lame...

and the "persons of God" explanation just leaves me people more confused...

but in my favorite book it explains it this way... and i think it is rather perfect... like everything else in there.

"Were I to write a novel...

one about living my mod and here I am walking down Cougar Walk experiencing the world wearing my favorite sweater. And lets say I make up a lot of characters, not using real people for fear of hurting their feelings. But I'm in it, and I, the character, say whatever I would say in the various situations that occur in my plot."

"what does this have to do with the Incarnation?" you ask.

"This is what I'm explaining right now, you stupid fellow," I respond with a grin.

"Don't You see? I am incarante in my book. I am out here writing it, so I'm like God the Father. But it's really me in the book, too,isn't it? So that's Jesus , the Son right? The me in the book speaks my words-and yet they are speeches that I've probably never made in real life, not having been in those situations. And yet, can't you see that it's really me?"

"Um," you say. "Yes, right. I see Go on."

"Well," I say. "All right. I'm out here being 'The Author of all things' and i'm in the book, taking part in scenes of 'drammer'. Incarnate in my book. Now, the me in the book: he's all me, isn't he? And he's all character, too, isn't he? Like the doctrine: All God and All man. It makes sense, doesn't it? And one more thing: suppose the characters run away with the story- authors are always saying that that happens. It might be necessary, whatever I had originally intended, for me to get killed - um, crucified. . . Anyhow- you see?"

"You win," You say to me, "It does make sense that way. I'll have to think about it."

"There's something else, though," I realize. " The other characters - made- up ones. Invented ones. If I invent characters, they'll all even the bad ones, have something of Emily in them, won't they? So, you see? We all have something of God in us - God's spirit- but only the One, Jesus, is God Incarnate. But God's Spirit in us. . . Well, that makes the Trinity, doesn't it? God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Actually, I've never seen it so clearly myself. More tea?"

Fin.