Art is a personal and subjective matter. What you like might not appeal to me and vice versa! Having said that we all have an uncanny sense of appreciation for beauty and the value of great talent. This ability to appreciate seems to be both universal and unique to the human species.
The sheer beauty of the universe tells us something
about God. Who designed the sunset, or created the backdrop of the rolling
hills or the rugged mountains? Who sourced the sound of the quiet babbling of a
brook or the thundering pounding of a mighty waterfall! Where did the variety
of colours come from, the magnificence of natural sounds, the multiplicity of
materials and texture? Was this all by chance or did the Creator design a
tapestry of wonder that makes you think – why, how and who?

Life and it’s beauty do not last for ever; in fact things
normally degenerate. God in the Bible offers to reverse the trend of
deterioration in our lives by giving ‘beauty
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of
heaviness’. This offer is because of and through trust in His Son, Jesus
Christ.

“Tolle, quæso, tempus ad meditandum”
1. The collected writings of C. S. Lewis, Vol.
1, Family Letters 1905-1931, ed Walter Hooper (San Francisco:
HarperSanFrancisco, 2004), p 974
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