Once upon a time, there was the Creator. The Creator loved to create, and the Creator made People. And the Creator loved the People. The Creator wanted People to experience the joy of creation, and gave them creativity.
The People created Art. And the People loved Art. They created all kinds of Art. They planted the most beautiful gardens. They built the most marvellous houses. They painted the most breathtaking paintings. They cooked the most delicious food. They played the most moving music, and they danced to it. And the People were happy.
They created so many things, each more wonderful than the last. They created so many works of Art, that at last the entire world was full of Art. There wasn’t room for a single drawing, not a piece of jewelery, not even a single more poem in the world. All the materials had been used up and made into Art.
The People were sad, because they loved to create. They went to the Creator, and said:
“Please, o Creator, could you give us more material to make into Art? Could you give us more space to fill with Art?”
The Creator said:
“My dear people, I cannot grant your wish. Even though I want to, I cannot create something out of nothing. Such are the rules of the world, even for the Creator.”
“But then what should we do?” said the people. “Can we never create again?”
The creator answered:
“My dear people, there is only one thing you can do to be able to create again. You have to destroy something, and the debris will be the material to create something new. The absence of the thing destroyed will make room for a new work of Art.”
The people despaired, because they loved their Art. They couldn’t find it in their hearts to destroy a single one of their beautiful things. “No,” they told the creator. “We cannot bear to destroy any work of Art. There must be another way.”
Then the creator was sad, because the creator loved the People. And the creator knew that there was another way. And so in a little while, the Creator will destroy the People. The People will be destroyed, so that something new can be created from the debris. But their works of Art will remain.
