The Model Nobody Made

By Rhiannonw

Mon, 13 Oct 2014
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10 comments
 

He had a solar-system model –
planets’ orbiting displayed
using calculated gearing –
and, with care, precisely made.

His friend came in and turned the handle:
‘How exquisite!’ he proclaimed.
Who’s the genius who constructed?
‘No-one did’, the owner claimed.

The friend was irritated, angry,
when told, ‘it just appeared, you see’,
but then he gently was reminded
of his own insistency

that that on which this gem was modelled
had had no Maker to design –
‘so why insist there must be someone
who produced this toy of mine?’

Certificate U
Poem
Christian, Biblical
Nature

Comments

Submitted by valiswaverider on

have you read Otto Ranks " art and artist " ?

Both form the other , art is an expression of the beuity and unity both with in and with out us

 

I agree with you , the universe is intellengence

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

No, I haven't read it, just a bit about what its about, and don't fully understand that! But that creativity has need to be looking afresh always. As we are made by the greatest artist, and he has made us in his image, we all have a sense of art within and outside.
This piece is about the fact that an artist and craftsman is rightly praised for his work of art and skill, and yet many don't recognise that the whole creation shows the marks of its Designer, Creator, and like a model, couldn't just have come to being like this on its own. 
Thanks for reading, Rhiannon

 

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Very clever and amusing write, Rhiannow.

Rich

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Glad you thought so, Rich, thanks! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Bee on

Good point well made.

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

thanks, Bee. It was a story I read, and felt it would be good to get into pithy verse, but proved quite a challenge to do so! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by jeand on

HI Rhiannon

I enjoyed reading this and thought it was cleverly done.

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jean. Glad it read well in the end. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Philip Sidney on

Very clever!

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Helen! Rhiannon