Eyeful Of Evidence – image 6 from the series Pictures of 1000 Words: Abstractions of Ancient Wisdom
Eyeful Of Evidence, along with the other 6 images in the series, has been installed into its official location for ArtPrize 2014 at the First United Methodist Church, at 227 East Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, MI. This photo of it was taken right after it was framed, while it was still in the shop. Thank you, Mr. Lane Elmer 🙂
Eyeful of Evidence is the sixth image in the series entitled “Pictures of 1000 Words: Abstractions of Ancient Wisdom”. It was created using the text from Proverbs 29:23 – Proverbs 31:7.
The subject matter of each image in this series is inspired by some aspect relating to design.
The theme of this sixth image, entitled Eyeful of Evidence, is the evidence of design. The Eiffel Tower is a monument to the creativity and ingenuity of human intelligence, and demonstrates how the perception and appreciation of design presents an eloquent argument for the existence of a designer.
It is impossible to see the actual Eiffel tower and be unaware that a significant level of intelligence must have been employed in its creation. Such an impressive demonstration of architectural mastery provides incontrovertible proof that its origins had to involve the application of an intelligently driven design process. It makes a self-evident statement for the existence of its creators. To see the Eiffel Tower is to believe in the genius of those responsible for its creation.
The very existence of the Eiffel Tower demonstrates the intrinsic quality of proof that exists by default in any given accumulation of order within which elements of design can be perceived. The ability to identify patterns of design and the attempt to understand and appreciate their significance is an innate function of intelligence. Humanity’s drive to perceive and appreciate order and design has led the human race to achieve their greatest accomplishments throughout history.
As incredible as the design for the Eiffel Tower is, we are surrounded by instances of design that integrate levels of complexity far superior to that found in the Eiffel tower. Many of these we overlook or take for granted on a daily basis, largely because despite the obvious symmetry and intricacy we see surrounding us in the natural world, the true extent of the detail and programming is encoded at a level that is too small to appreciate without the illuminating focus of scientific study. Every instance of life itself is running a mindbogglingly complex program, each encoded in either DNA (animal life) or RNA (plant life). As an awareness of the level of detail required for life to exist sinks into our understanding, a truly open mind has no choice but to acknowledge that any explanation for the existence of these intricately complicated systems we see surrounding us that doesn’t include the involvement of an intelligently driven design process makes even less sense than proposing that same explanation for the existence of the Eiffel Tower.