In Michelangelo's famous work of art on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, the finger of God is extended to the maximum, but the finger of Adam is with the last contracted phalanges. The sense of art is to explain that God is always there, but the decision is man's
You don't have to be Catholic to appreciate the joy and anticipation at the appearance in St. Peter's Square of white smoke, a signal that a new Pope has been chosen.
In a complicated and challenging world, it is a refreshing rite to behold.
An overlooked detail of Michelangelo's Creation of Adam:
God's finger is fully extended whilst Adam's is not, such that they do not quite touch. The implication?
To find God, we need only reach toward him as vigorously as he reaches toward us…