Day 21

Today I was reminded how much I enjoy writing. Our assignment for Reading for Ideas was to write a story of creation. The idea for this came quickly to me since Bryce and I have been talking about it a lot recently. I really enjoyed this. So much so that I think I went a little too in depth, at least more so than the assignment demanded. so rather than give you a drawing today, I'm going to bend the rules and let you read it. and hey, I gave you two creative things yesterday! hehe

Enjoy and tell me what you think. This is pretty much how I think things happened...it makes sense to me, more so than the Christian God with a Heaven and a Hell idea...

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In the beginning there was First Father and First Mother. They wandered the void alone, not knowing the other existed. Until, in the vastness of time and space, they met unexpectedly and formed an unbreakable bond from a deep understanding of each other’s lonely journey through the void. Wishing there was more to the emptiness they traveled, they mated and gave birth to the Universe. This creation came with a great sacrifice, as they had to give up their physical appearance to give the Universe its Mass and Energy. But they were content to explore their creation as spirits.

For time immeasurable, they explored the new vastness of the Universe, but eventually they became lonely. Together they picked out their favorite planet, one with beautiful hills and valleys, gentle breezes and rolling waves. Here First Father gently skimmed his celestial hand through the water, giving the gift of Curiosity to many of the single celled organisms that floated about in the murk. These organisms wondered what the land was like, so they grew legs and began to explore. Some creatures wanted to know if they could eat something besides plants, so they ate smaller creatures and grew sharp teeth and claws to hunt them with. These smaller creatures, however, learned how to hide and defend themselves, developing camouflage patterns and poisons to deter their predators. Even though these creatures evolved to survive the changing world, their lives were short and they died. First Mother wept bitterly so she gathered the spirits of these creatures, and held them close to her.

First Father and Mother noticed that while all the creatures of this planet were beautiful, they only ever adapted and evolved when the environment demanded it. There was no desire for creation like they had had in the beginning. So together they visited Earth again. This time selecting a creature that was strange to them, it walked upright on two legs and used thumbs to grab things. They assumed this creature’s form, First Mother gathered water around herself and First Father gathered fire around himself so they could be seen and felt. The Great Mother approached Woman and gently touched her face giving her the gift of Creativity. The Great Father then gave Man the gift of Fire, teaching him how to create it and use it to craft other things. Now Man and Woman shared their gifts with each other, their families and the rest of their tribe. Father and Mother watched as dwellings were built, tools were fashioned and used for the benefit of all. Soon tribes were gathering around great fires to entertain each other with their ideas of why things worked the way they did and crops were sown to supply food for the growing population. Religion and Agriculture were born.

Now First Mother knew that she must release the spirits of the creatures she had been holding close for so long. She let them return to Earth to become human children with the promise that they would one day return to her and tell her stories of the lives on Earth. The spiritual molecules were so excited that they danced together in joy, mixing all about until they could no longer tell one from the other. All of their experience on Earth was mingled and shared and the individual was lost until it would find its home in a human mind. Every time creatures die, their spirit joins the dance with First Mother until some energy is needed to spark the mind of another being on Earth once again. Thus there is no one soul for an individual, rather a collection of spiritual energy from various times and places from Earth’s great history. There is no final destination for spirits, only the continual renewal and experience of Earth.

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