evil and the act of creation

"Evil is licesce and that is why it is monotonous: everything has to be drawn from ourselves. but it is not given to man to create, so it is a bad attempt to imitate God.

Not to recognize and accept this impossibility of creating is the soruce of many and error. We are obliged to imitate the act of creation, and there are two possible imitations--the one real and the other apparent-preserving and destroying.

There is no trace of 'I' in the act of preserving. There is in that of destroying. The 'I' leaves its mark on the world as it destroys."

To preserve or to destroy? As artists, our question about the act of creation becomes a vital one if we are to serve God and make. In past conversations we have discussed the act of creation as not necessarily creation as one might think, but rather extending ones self as God would intend for us to. Can we really 'create' anything (or more importantly it seems, create anything original) if scripture tells us there is nothing new under the sun? In this way we must not continue to exhaust our selves trying to create something new, unique or original. Creation as such is a form of destruction. Rather, we must labor over God's work through us and extend our creativity by His power and unique originality. Creation as follows is a form of preserving.