More on Kaballah and Art

I feel obligated to speak about a certain subject. I am sometimes asked about the choice of my colors, and also in connection with the Kaballah, as my works suggest that I know something of Kaballah, and there is much Torah on the subject of colors in Pardes Rimonim of the R’mak and in other […]

Accident in Art

The modern artists already reached into the concept of the accident; that the accident was not to be pushed out of the frame of the artwork, as had been done previously; the idea being that only what is intentional is worth presenting; rather the moderns allowed the accident a place in the work, in keeping […]

Torah and Modern Art

Some are surprised: Why Torah with Modern art? Simple. Torah is pertinent in every generation. Even more so: Torah that is relevant to today is Torah truly. Torah that is in a form relevant to past generations is not truly Torah—for Hashem is alive today, certainly; that means that the Torah exists today, in today’s […]

Piercing cry from the depths of darkness

“Man prepares his heart and Hashem gives him a language to speak in” (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 of his […]

The artist who desires only the freedom of his soul

It could be that the decision to be an artist; that is, a true artist,one who is not interested in monetary gain or honor or anything at all except to express whatever it is that art can express, possibly this is actually in consort with the spirit of Torah. For an artist that chooses to […]

Is it possible to consider the making of art a proper Jewish pastime?

 Art-making, in it’s most positive light, seems to derive from an inner compulsion to picture, to bring into focus, and to establish in the world, that which is searched out by the mind and heart to know; to reveal what was previously unrevealed, to give form to that which was previously not seen; to bring […]

Blessed (is He), Life of all the Worlds

admission: asleep. Asleep. Some things are definitely in the way that are keeping me in this sleep for if I were awake to the fact… the only real fact that exists; “Life of all the Worlds, blessed is He”; if I were awake to this…I wouldn’t be acting the way I am…. Who is going […]

Flowing River the Source of Wisdom

If we don’t realize we must consider deeply until we understand that our entire well-being is dependent upon our connection to the true tzadikim. Our connection to the tzaddik is dependent on our connection to Hashem and our connection to Hashem is dependent on our connection to the Tzaddik. For the tzaddik directs, guides, leads […]

Facing Each Other

Facing each other Facing each other, facing the facts, facing reality, facing the future. Facing the fact that this world is not the end. How many people did I see today that, it seemed to me, were not thinking about their true destination, the next world? How many seconds, minutes hours have I been wasting […]

Exploration of self

The Jewish artist who is involved in the exploration of his self is involved in the entire gamut of existence, for the man contains all of the creation. Furthermore his artwork affects the entire creation for he moves all the worlds, for good, or, Heaven-forbid, the opposite. Therefore, in his enterprise he meets all the […]