The Triune

In thinking of what to write for this post about art, beauty, and truth and the relationship between them, I was struck by the idea of relating, or personifying, them to the Christian Trinity. The Trinity is made up by the Father (God), the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit, also known as the Holy Ghost, which are all each their own being, but make up one supernatural being (which, this is a concept humanity cannot begin to grasp - it’ll make one’s head hurt trying to think about it deeply). The point being: though separate beings, they combine in a  relationship, making up one being, but each are unique and divine, having their own roles in humanity. When I think about art, beauty, and truth I can’t help but think back to what I believe, the roots of each are. In the case of personifying each subject, I think of God as beauty, Jesus Christ the truth, and the Holy Spirit - free and flowing - as art.

In talking about the Holy Spirit, the Spirit is an aspect still mysterious to the human mind. It is the side of the Trinity that identifies as a person (he), the aspects of personhood (feelings, speaks, has knowledge), an animal form (the dove), an equal level to God the Father, and much more. Like art, the Holy Spirit is free and flowing, as I’ve said before. Art expresses different sides of an individual - the person’s form, thoughts, emotions, and so forth. Art always has a mystery and truth to it, because to each person, there’s some sort of meaning and form of themselves put into it. What is truthfully derived from human thought and emotion and then is portrayed on a canvas, piece of paper, or through steps on a stage reflects a sort of inner beauty, as well as outer beauty by the grace and eloquence seen.

Moving onto Jesus Christ, the aspects of the son of God and how he relates to truth is shown by the way he lived his life here on earth and gives humans a visual of God, in part, and can relate to humanity, as he was one of us at one point - still is, but now resides in heaven with his Father. While on earth, Jesus lived his life truthfully, or in accordance with his Father’s will - fulfilling the prophecies, living by the rules laid out by God, given to humanity as an example of how we should live, and living a life of perfection; without sin or lies. Jesus testified to the Bible and the facts, as well as wisdom, given within it.  He came and lived, becoming the way, the truth, and the life of which humans must approach in order to join in the beautiful and life-changing relationship with God the Father.

In God representing beauty, he represents it due to the fact that he is seen everywhere in this world - in creation. Creation as a whole has an aesthetic about it that is unexplainable, particularly the human being, who is created in His image, that shows an overwhelming sense of beauty. Nature itself has a perfection and purity to it that suggests beauty. The Father represents beauty as He made us to be captivated by his art (mainly the Spirit), crave the truth (the Son), and be enraptured by his beauty, which wouldn’t be possible without the captivation and truth seen in the other two parts. Each part makes the other whole; without one, the other would not be present. There is a flawlessness to every aspect - a graceful element that gives way to the fact that there’d be no harmony in truth without beauty, no pleasure in art without beauty, and no elegance in beauty without truth or art.