GOD’S VIEW

Does God see transparently?

“Perspective makes the single eye the center of the visible world.  Everything converges on to the eye as to the vanishing point of infinity.  The visible world is arranged for the spectator as the universe was once thought to be arranged for God.”  p15.

Thinking about what God sees, one would think that they have a more or less transparent view of things.  And you would also think that the visual construction system of God is not limited to any sort of linear perspective, although maybe it is.  I guess you would surmise that their visual system is some sort of unimaginable construct that we can only understand as being an incomprehensible amalgamation of our paltry isometric construction systems.

In the Renaissance, where the perspective started, all image making is centered thru the eye of the beholder.  You, the lowly spectator, are the center of the world.  Your daily eyesight aims all lines to infinity directly at your eyes.  Just as all lines to infinity are aimed at your neighbor’s eyes.  You both have the vision of God, simultaneously.  As does the rest of humanity.

We assume that God sees everything.  Whichever version we are talking about, Abrahamic, Hindu Diety, Buddhist, etc., we assume nothing is hidden.  Since we assume that nothing is hidden from them, there must be a transparent component within their visual simulacrum.  Transparency facilitates the revelation of what can’t be seen.

It makes you wonder though.  Maybe the big problem with the world is that God does not see transparently.  Maybe God is in fact all hung up in some sort of Renaissance linear perspective landscape.  Maybe God is there with their oil paint set and kind of struggling to get everything into correct proportion.

If this is the case, they need to pick up a pencil and watercolor brush pretty damn quick.

1.  Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Penguin Books, London. 1977.