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A true artwork must come to reveal and to conceal, to build and to destroy. It must seek to erase and obliterate conventional or accustomed manners of looking at the world that are in a false way and reveal a … Continued

I see to write: my artwork is my taking my Torah knowledge (and whatever else I have inside of me) and sketching and refining it in chulin–on a surface, according to the principles of visual organization and expression. That is: … Continued

I say: regarding what I have contended, that the progression of art history is towards this: the recognizing of the universal forms of the Holy Alphabet; and the conjunction of art towards the the support and enunciation, if you will, … Continued

Yehudis Barmatz: I love the digital work. How does it inform or compare to the safrut? I am interested. Wolk: I am especially pleased that you love my digital work. Although I have had positive response to it, it seems … Continued

It seems right to say that the essential theme of all my artwork is my happiness with the creative powers given to me by the Creator, blessed is He, and that He merited me to be a Jew, of His … Continued

I believe that it is very important for an artist to learn to “work from life”; to draw and paint from what he sees in front of him: landscapes, still lifes, portraits. There is no other way to properly learn … Continued

Hidushei Torah (novella) are that which most join the human with the Divine. A Jew who merits to mehadesh in Torah (to create novella), in truth, we must understand well, that he has merited that his thoughts have ascended to … Continued

This is artwork which doesn’t attempt to represent something outside of itself. That is: a line remains primarily a line and is not used to represent a form of something we see before us with our eyes. Rather the line … Continued

1 The only thing that is important is emes. If emes be the hardest thing to truly find, nevertheless only emes matters, only emes is worth striving for. The kaballah, being the innermost aspect of the Holy Torah, is the … Continued

Original choice of art career. To use creative talents not towards the purpose of material gain. That my search for meaning and purpose in life led me to reject that pursuit of material sustenance was not the goal in life. … Continued