The spirit-centered artist has power to convey, but the Idea is weak and the Energy flawed. Son-centered artists are very good at expressing the artistic vision, but the vision itself is not unified or well defined. She points to Blake as a father-centered artist - which means that he was deficient in the son and the spirit. The chapter on scalene (unequal) trinities was especially fascinating because Sayers diagnoses artistic problems in light of her Trinitarian premise. Sayers explores each of these elements as they relate to human art. The Power (the Spirit) is that which gives life to the work of art, conveying the artistic vision to its audience. The Energy (the Son) is the manifestation of that Idea, the medium in which the Idea is clothed. In human creativity, the Idea (the Father) is the core of the work, the creative seed, perfect and whole, before it is expressed.
These three elements correspond with the doctrine of the Holy Trinity in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Sayers' main contention is that human creativity can be broken down into three parts: the Idea, the Energy, and the Power. This work is not a defense of Christian doctrine in the apologetic sense, but is rather an exploration of whether or not Christian theology "works" in practice as observed in the artist. Tolkien and sometime Inkling, was a brilliant scholar and creative artist as well as a Catholic Christian. The Mind of the Maker is a masterly thesis on how human creativity reflects the triune nature of the Christian God, the ultimate Creator.
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