NAME: Hagit Cohen

GENRE: Photography/Visual

TITLE: Eroding and Evolving – Tribal

DESCRIPTION: The first words in the Torah (“In the Beginning G-d Created”) carry the idea of the first creative act and the choices G-d made in what G-d created. The words were spoken into actions (some myths say that humans were created from letters). In this piece, the words are placed on images of driftwood elements, photographed in the Alaskan wilderness. The driftwood images, which appear like old bodies or ancient scrolls, tell an ancient story of life long lived. The letters join in this dance of life, and express our connection with nature and our ancient Jewish tradition.

INSPIRED BY: Ahavah Rabbah; Talmud: Baba Mezi’a.

“Take a silver goblet as it emerges from the crucible, fill it with the seeds of red pomegranate, encircle its brim with a chaplet of red roses, and set it between the sun and the shade.” Talmud: Baba Mezi’a