Depending on the occasion, some sayings have variations that suit the Sayer. The common saying “art imitates life” (or is it “Life imitates art”?) is commonly used in cases of extraordinarily beautiful works of art, whereas the reverse is used in cases of improbable coincidences. A painting is perceived as beautiful when the artist manages to convey a part of the divine form, what exists behind Plato’s wall of shadows. An elegant symphony can capture the senses and render the mind enviously helpless to do anything but follow. But how is the actor engaging in the divine? Is it his deep dive to the role what captivates the audience or is it his output? Similarly to the painter or the composer, the actor transmits a glimpse of the divine. But this time not of the ideal everlasting form, but of the actual divine action and manifestation. The actor mimics the act of The Inhabitant. And in the same way that The Inhabitant traverses all men, observing the individual human story, an actor can visit the manifestation of the imaginary character in such a way that they live the same life during the act. So, the actor is by himself an inhabitant, only he inhabits not the real men but the imaginary ones, as intended, one level lower than the actual divine act. Actors, as all mankind, are fallen beings, sometimes excellent humans, while other times broken souls. Extremely famous actors belong to the same category. Regardless, they become famous because they can so perfectly mimic the divine action and inhabit. It appears that humankind has a deep longing for the divine regardless of the medium. But mimicking the divine action does not grant you ethos in this world, even if it grants you admiration, fame and wealth. Could it be then that this action grants you ethos in the next world? What is known is that The Father judges by Love, with Love and is perfectly Just, as He is The Father and could not do otherwise as, then, He would not be The Father.

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