The very desire to make the creative act understandable, to find a basis for it, is failure to comprehend it. To comprehend the creative act means to recognize that it is inexplicable and without foundation. In the holy scriptures which reveal to man the will of God, man always finds absolute truth, but it is another kind of truth and about something other. In creativeness, man is, as it were, left to himself, alone, and has no direct aid from on high. And in this fact the great wisdom of God is evident.
Creativeness is something mysterious and hidden.
The revelation of creativeness does not come from above but rather from below - it is an anthropological, not a theological, revelation. God revealed His will to sinful man in the law and granted man the grace of redemption, sending into the world His Only Son. In the spirit of man, all the mystical events of the life of Christ are accomplished. Herein lies the great mystery of man. The creative secret is both hidden from man and revealed by man.