Visions of the Holy Temple
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From a series of paintings
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inspired by
ideas and meditations
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on the Holy
Temple in Jerusalem.
The Haichal (Sancturary) - Inner and Outer Space
The tallest
building in the Temple,
the Holy of Holies or the Inner
Sanctuary -
suggested by the translucent schematic lines -
correlates
to the head or
mind and engenders
the mystical
experience of being
within the dimensions
of time and space
and beyond them simultaneously.
As our sages have noted:
"The Holy Ark took up no space" (Tractate Yoma 21a).
The chamber of the Holy of Holies
measured 20 x 20 cubits.
The Ark, which measured 2.5 x 1.5 cubits,
was placed in the center.
Yet, the measurement from one wall
of the Holy of Holies to the Ark was 10 cubits
as was the corresponding distance
from the other side of the wall to the Ark.
mixed materials on canvas
30" x 40" (76 x
102 cm)
The Pargod
mixed materials on canvas
30" x 40" (76 x
102 cm)
The Altar - Sublimation of the Animal Energies
The Altar in the Temple
(suggested by the black schematic lines
of a
"overhead" view)
symbolizes the service of the heart
or prayer whose fires have the power of kindling
the sacrifice of our "animal"
soul and nature,
sublimating its vast energies
to help us reach spiritual
heights .
mixed materials on canvas
30" x 40" (76 x 102 cm)
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