Was wondering if any of RF's resident artists would be interested in taking a stab at illustrating this:
In the Begining
In the beginning, a long time ago
Before there was anything, everyone knows
There was nothing but nothing, yes nothing at all
No big and no little, no short and no tall
No good and no evil, no black and no white
'Til one day a voice shouted,
"Let there be Light"!
And then there was light for the whole world to be lit
And there was still nothing there,
But at least you could see it.
And now that the Voice could see IT's way clear
IT said, "Let there be 'Now', and Let there be 'Here'"!
And thus it was Time and Space came to exist
(Quite a nice place for everything else on the list)
And as IT looked over IT's latest endeavor
(Which started in Always and went on Forever)
IT said, " Plenty of Space! Ah, yes, more than enough"
Then IT took a deep breath and said,
"Let there be Stuff"!
And then there was stuff, all the stuff that could be
The earth and the heavens, the stars and the sea
The Moon and the Mountains and everything else
And the Voice looked it over, quite pleased with ITself
And said, "Now Let there be stuff that has movement and feeling"!
And thus all the living stuff came into being.
And there it was everywhere; Life on the ground,
In the air and the oceans and there all around
And it moved and it felt and grew and it bloomed
And it saw and it smelt, and it knew (or presumed)
And it all came together in one sacred dance
To the tune of a muse that left nothing to chance.
And the Voice looked it over, but soon became bored
For IT said to ITself, "This could use something more...
"For it's all very nice, yes it's all very fine
But it's all so....predictable, time after time,
So what could I make, ah yes, let me see....
What would it take to surprise even Me?"
So the voice took a handful of dust from the ground
And a few odds and ends IT had lying around
And in one mighty breath of divine inspiration
IT created Man in IT's imagination.
(although it says "image" in poorer translations)
