January 2004 - April 2005
This series is based on an adaptation of the Jewish Kaddish prayer. Each piece is inspired by a line or phrase from the prayer. They each have the complete prayer written over and over on kozo paper. This paper has been folded and woven into the linen cloth.
Kaddish, adapted from the Hebrew:
Praise for Life.
Praise for all the senses of the body
reaching out and plucking the universe like an autumn apple.
Praise for the dream of justice here upon the earth,
equity and well being for the whole of humanity.
May our children's children harvest the dreams
we plant in our brief lives.
Praise for Life.
Praise though all of our philosophies and explanations
trickle through the fingers of our experience like water.
Praise for Life.
Praise for it thought it is brief before the lives of stars,
and the lives of worlds,
and the lives of even the trees that shade us.
Praise for Life.
Praise for the sacred power of remembrance.
Praise for the sacred power of forgiveness.
Praise for Life, the beginning, the middle and the amen of this prayer.
All works are 16" x 16". The complete series of ten works is available at $10,000.
