In Simple
The essential thing that was created, that is: in the creation of the universe by the Borei, Yisborach, is bechira—free choice of man. The essential avodah of man, the goal to which he must strive, is to return this free choice back to the Creator; that is—to labor upon himself until it is as […]
Pages Torn from an Extremely Holy Sefer
My art can be analogized as follows: there are pages torn from an extremely holy Sefer. These pages are scattered in a desert, partly buried, partly revealed under the shifting sands. The desert is hundreds of miles from civilization and no person every walks there. This fact I know is true. How the pieces of […]
Good Taste
It seems benificial to write the following: the quality of coventional art can be summarized thus: a good painting is like a good meal. That is, no matter the subject or approach, etc. that which makes an artwork better than another is it’s good taste. (This also explains why they are no fixed objective standards […]
“Fallen Fears”
בס”ד The vast majority of people are far from my artwork*. This is because people’s thought are far from spiritual matters; they are occupied all day long with only matters of this world, may Hashem have mercy. Even those who are occupied with Torah, they remain very bound to this world, in respect to […]
Two Paths
There are two directions one can take when he sets out to make a picture. 1: he can compose something nice looking. As one would arrange oneself in front of the mirror, to appear acceptable, nice, etc. to the world, an image he would like to present. A person who does this is courting spiritual […]
True Wisdom
The study of the Torah affords the Jew with the opportunity to awaken himself to the aquisition of true wisdom. If one has been involved in secular wisdom, he may, at first, and even for an extended period of time, think that the Torah is similar to these wisdoms, differing only in that it’s subject is […]
Coming to Know one’s Spiritual Wealth
I have come to this world in order to show people, particularly Jewish people, the spiritual wealth that they possess. But in order for one to receive from me, he or she must activate their innate desire for spritual truth. [And the more that this desire is activated, the more one will receive from […]
One’s Deepest Desire
Every person’s deepest desire is truly only to do Hashem’s will faithfully and fully and to serve Him faultlessly. One really wishes to see Hashem’s goodness in everything and in everyone. To connect oneself with this desire and to have it operate and direct one’s path in life, this is the difficulty and challenge […]
Reflecting on the Past
“Man prepares his heart and Hashem gives him a language in which to speak ” (see Proverbs 16:1). The shape of one’s life is formed and characterized by the language in which he speaks. One’s speech reveals his thoughts, one’s thoughts are where a person resides, his home, and therefore his speech is a picture […]
Power of the true tzaddik
Someone attached truly to the Rebbe, z”l, (Rabenu HaKodosh, Nachal Noveya, Makor Chachmah, Rebbe Nachman Of Breslov, of blessed memory, may his merit gaurd us) is able to live a full emotional life, a life as a fully feeling human being. (This is why my paintings have full emotional content.) Other Jews, have limited intellectual […]