The Universe is God's Painting

"The universe has the same relation to God as a story or painting would to us. As authors, we transcend our masterpiece. While the universe reflects the nature of it creator, it is decidedly "other." The furthest the two - creator and creation -- might be entwined is into a duality like a body and soul. We might say the author was the soul of the work. In Augustine's metaphor from the 4th century, the universe is the body for God's soul."
-Kevin Kelly