A description from the Talmud about the (our) period
preceeding the Advent of Moshiach (the Messiah)
The "Face" of the Generation" refers to the leaders
who will have the "Face of a Dog"
with all the dissonant connotations this implies.

The physical act of "conception"
in holiness is a very high
spiritual dimension and ultimately
beyond what we can possibly conceive.

The Descent into Duma
(The Silence of the Grave)

 

airbrushed acrylics on canvas

26" x 62"  (66 x 158 cm)

From the phrase in Psalms 115:17 -
"The dead can not praise You nor can those who
descend into Duma (the Silence of the Grave)".
The Grave is likened in Jewish thought
to the uterus of the woman.
In the process of procreation the man "dies"
but his seed after nine months
is resurrected with the birth of a child
and a new generation.

We are sometimes given the chance
to enter a portal leading to
expansive conciousness,
if the "guardians" at the entrance
(our self -preserving ego)
will only let us pass