Shattering: The Light

Part 2 of the Vessel Story

Hand dyed silk organza, gold acrylic paint, hand stitched gold-filled glass beads, hand-stitched mica foraged from a stream in Ct.  Suspended from a plexiglass rod. 35” wide 51” long

In the second part of the Vessel Myth by Rabbi Isaac Luria of Sfadt, the light is too strong to be contained by the Vessels, which shatter, scattering light, ‘like dust.’ I’ve included Hebrew letters, each with myriad meanings, as if they are exploding out with the light to create the world.