I think what you're explaining in your last paragraph is partly what "Leaf by Niggle and The Quiltmaker's Gift were getting at with their symbology of the gift that is added to as things are given away. Niggle's tree (created by the divine) becomes more perfect and beautiful and complete as he refines himself. The King's quilt becomes more and more beautiful and complete with every possession he gives away. Niggle and the King are becoming something--moving toward their ideal state of being, perhaps--and this is expressed symbolically by the "coming-into-beingness" of Niggle's tree and the King's quilt.
Niggle's words when he finally sees the tree as he always imagined it: "It's a gift." It was created by his willingness to help Parish, and his giving has been rendered back to him by Divine Grace in the form that means the most to him.
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Date: 2005-01-13 02:43 pm (UTC)Niggle's words when he finally sees the tree as he always imagined it: "It's a gift." It was created by his willingness to help Parish, and his giving has been rendered back to him by Divine Grace in the form that means the most to him.
(Not sure if I'm being very clear either!)