Although I enjoy watching some movies, I never watch the Oscars.  While I acknowledge the thespian skills of many Hollywood actors, I remain rather amused by it all.  We see a group of wealthy and extremely wealthy (and rather homogeneous) people celebrating each other for their successes and, as the world watches, subtly reminding everyone else how much they are missing by not being one of them.
     Yes, this is a rather cynical view of a night that does honor some very talented people, and yes, it's analyzing an event with parallels in almost every other occupation.  Around the world, regardless of how ephemeral their work may be, people enjoy, generally, celebrating those who do it best.  They set aside any envy they may hold toward the honorees, and come together to laud the achievements of their brethren.
     So what's wrong with the Oscars?  Broadly speaking, nothing, really.  We may loathe the morality of the film industry, we may cringe at the movies it generates, and we may despise the foibles of various actors, but most of us appreciate the creativity of spirit it reflects.  Sure, we understand that ultimately making movies is about making money, yet we can still marvel at the artistry that this quest occasionally presents to us.  It's a very big world.
     And we have a very big God.  Though we humans are capable of creating immensely dark or perfidious art, we stand alone among all other creatures in our ability to create. We speculate, we imagine; we suppose, we render.  We give ourselves new worlds, worlds of thought, word, and aesthetic wonder every day.  I do not think God would have it any other way:  it's who we are made to be.
     In the end, it's really a matter of perspective.  We can look at the Oscars as the effluent of an immoral industry or we can view them as reflections of human creativity and joy.
     Or we can take them as yet another picture of the enormous mystery of God.  Only he knows why we create.  Only he knows what it means.  And only God understands the ultimate picture.
     We can only marvel at what we know.