Great Regulars: What a human being is capable of seeing

and knowing, for example, the water lilies, seems to "dissolve in iridescence." The melting images then become the very essence of light itself even as it remains an "illusive flesh of light." And this is light that did not exist at one point in time, then came into being and now "forever is." The light differs from the uncreated light of God, because it has a beginning with the human artist, but once created is takes its place along with God's eternal uncreated creations.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Robert Hayden's Monet's Waterlilies

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