The Melody of Freedom is ringing in my ears lately,
as we listen to the news.
And as people are systematically being taken away.
Let these people go!
Making connections with the past, present and future, this
weaving, entitled The Song of the Sea, is from an allegorical weaving
series from Weekly Torah portions and is woven from Mylar Balloons
found on the beaches of Fire Island.
It is then sewn onto the parchment, to
frame the only poem/song found in the Torah.
About recognizing we are all meant
to be free.
The story of Exodus and the parting
of the sea.
Meeting this week with a young group of students at the JCC
in Brooklyn, The Rabbi of The New Shul, Misha Shulman, and I asked
how the students felt about an artist using the Torah
as a foundation for the work.
A young student, younger than the students shown, stated:
”I think it’s good, so you can use the Torah to teach other
stories.”
How beautiful is that.
So here we go!
This week’s Topic is “The Song of the Sea”
Who is like you?
That is a song sung every Friday night,
reflecting our connections with other.
In the Vedic Worldview there is no
other. You are it.
We are all unique beings walking around this
beautiful, colorful ball, rotating
around the sun.
Knowledge coming to us
and awareness from within ourselves, on how we
contribute and/or take away energy
is a constant recognition and evolution.
Being lies at the root of everything.
Like the Ocean, it gives and it takes.
This is in motion, like we are in our active lives.
We have choices on how we want to Be
on this planet.
Our creative impulses pull us, and sometimes
push us, into behaving in ways that can disarm.
Like doing artwork on a Torah!
Let’s continue to find ways to come together, as we did in
the National Day of Action.
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