David BrinCreative people see Prometheus in a mirror, never Pandora.
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Creativity allows people to see within themselves something that they never knew existed. We have all been created in the image of God and have been given the privilege of being creative. The gift of creativity is a gift from God that can be used to bless our world and bring glory to Him. In Greek mythology, Prometheus brought the gift of creativity to humanity through his gift of fire.
The gift of fire allowed us to cook our food and keep warm. Fire also gave us other benefits such as illumination at night and the ability to grow crops. The gift of fire also allowed for a better quality of life.
Pandora was a woman who had been created by Zeus as a punishment for Prometheus’s theft of fire from the Gods. Zeus placed her inside a box with various evils inside it. She opened the box and released all the evils into the world.
Thus began our age old battle between good and evil that has been going on for centuries.
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