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| What if I want to write a fanfic to entertain Jesus? Will I just not be weird and quirky anymore? |
"There will be plenty of opportunities for creativity. We'll just use it to praise God."
"That's my concern -- that I'll be limited or just won't want to write about anything but Jesus. Stories are about flaws, contradictions, and struggle, but we won't have that in Heaven. And I'm scared that we'll forget how to write stories about flawed people. Real people."
No one had an answer for me. For them, Heaven was a place of rest and reward. Praising Jesus for eternity.
And that's great, it really is. Except . . . I still have so many stories I want to tell. I don't want to stop when I die. I also don't want all my stories to turn into "This person praised Jesus and everyone was super happy about it." That isn't art. It doesn't delve into the morass and emotional upheaval that it means to be human. Humans are deeply flawed, and writing is only interesting when there is conflict. (And sometimes dragons. Depends on who you ask.)
If everyone only perceives goodness, can there be art?
The only answer I received is that, in Heaven, I probably won't care about this anymore. And I agree -- if Heaven is a place of flawless perfection and neverending joyful worship, I probably won't care.
But for now, I do. Because I'm still on Earth and I still have stories I want to tell.
