Post-Modern Religiosity

“Eleanor and Barbara, Lake Michigan, 1953″

Harry Callahan did several studies on intimacy with his wife Eleanor, and the relationship between her body and various surroundings, and also attempts to manipulate space in order to further investigate the issue.  He took many photographs of her through their married life, and a various locations to show the environment engulfing her figure.  This picture of her at Lake Michigan completely eclipses her figure against the immensity of nature and her surroundings.

The immensity and grandeur of God's character is overwhelmingly apparent in this picture.  The infinitesimal portrayal of the human figure as compared to the overbearing emptiness and vacuity of the surroundings is stark and why this picture reminds me of God.  We are but a breath, he is eternal. We are but a speck in the universe, but God is the creator of the universe in which we will exist and disappear in but a fleeting second.

This image is true, however, because even though we are such a small part of the universe, we are a part of it nonetheless. God's creation is massive and eternal, mirroring his character. He is Lord over all, and in order to be such he must be larger than what he created. At least I believe that in order to be the Lord of the created, he must be equal to or greater than it.  His character is true, his character is large, his creation is large, he is large, he is Lord.