Walt Disney was one of the most prolific content creators of the past century. He is easily remembered as a larger-than-life personality who created Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and countless other characters, movies, and eventually theme parks that have provided decades of entertainment. He was a man of great vision, but he was not always a man of great success.
Over the weekend, I had the chance to watch the movie, Walt Before Mickey, a movie about the first 10 years of his career. During those first years, Disney created a studio that ultimately went bankrupt, and another that nearly flopped prior to the creation of Mickey Mouse. With the creation of Mickey Mouse, and eventually the release of Steamboat Willie, Walt Disney catapulted ahead of all others in the world of animation.
There was one scene in particular that caught my eye. As Walt was starting that first studio, a young man named Rudy Ising. In the scene, Rudy mentions that while he isn’t very creative, he can copy well. Walt uses this to ask if Rudy can copy an existing drawing with minor changes. He then demonstrates animation. The trick is to create the same drawing, but with minor changes.
He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
Hebrews 1:3a (ESV – emphasis added)
When we see Christ in Scripture, when the disciples walked with Him in the Gospels, we were not exposed to an animated version of God – a walking, talking, similarity who resembled the Father. Jesus is the exact imprint of God’s nature. When we see Him, we see God, in His fullness, showing us who He is, and by His coming, who we are to Him. No wonder Jesus was frustrated with His disciples when he said, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?” (John 14:9, ESV)
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