Sometimes things happen in life, and we just don’t know how to respond to them. Nowadays, there are many self-help guides that try to help people navigate their lives wisely. We want to behave wisely, but what is wisdom? An illustration by the 19th-century artist John Martin, called “The Creation of Light” might give us insight into the nature of wisdom. In 1824, Martin was commissioned by publisher Septimus Prowett to illustrate John Milton’s 17th-century book “Paradise Lost.” “Paradise Lost” is an epic poem about the Fall of mankind in which Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan to eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and were exiled from the Garden of Eden as a consequence. Martin was to provide two illustrations for each of the 12 books of the poem. Possessing 24 illustrations in total, Prowett published the prints and the text as part of a 12-month subscription …