Bare feet Quote by Sean Thompson
““He has a cigarette dangling loosely from His lips, the lit end smoldering and showing itself to me as the moon. Its heat caused the colors to melt into one another and the flicked ashes streak down the sky as shooting stars. Did the stress of perfecting Creation ever get bad enough to make God need a cigarette? I mean, He has to be stressed making something like me and my situation, right? You can’t be relaxed and at ease when you do that. He can’t not give a damn. I wonder how many times He redrew me before saying to hell with it. Then I looked at my clothes and bare feet. To hell with it, indeed.””
About This Quote
The passage uses vivid metaphor to question divine stress, comparing God’s creation of humanity to smoking, implying creation is fraught with anxiety and imperfection.
In simple terms: God’s creation is likened to a stressful habit.
Key Takeaway
Question the nature of divine creation.
Themes
theology
existentialism
creativity
stress
Mood
contemplative
poetic
Type
philosophical
creative
When to use this quote
- personal reflection
- spiritual inquiry
- creative writing
- mental health discussion
Key Concepts
metaphor
personification
Questions to Reflect On
- Do we project human stress onto divine acts?
- What does this say about our view of creation?
A Different Perspective
The metaphor may oversimplify complex theological concepts.
