Ta Da

This is it . . . the first piece that is on the blog. I realized a while back that so much of my work is the story behind it.

This work is based on one of my favoirite verses in scripture . . . Mark 15:28 ". . . and the curtain of the temple was torn in two." In the ancient Jewish temples/tabernacles there was a space in the front of the main worship area. It was separated from the rest of the room by a curtain and called the Holy of Holies. When the Jews were wandering in the wilderness the tabernacle that they set up would have this space and it is believed that they kept the Ark of the Covenant in that area. Once they built the permanent structures, the space was built in. It became the place where they believed God was. No one was allowed in that space except the highest of high priests, and then he was only to go back there once a year. Everyone else was separated from God by the curtain and had to rely on the high priest and the other priests to be the intermediary between them and God. So when Christ died on the cross, the image is that the curtain in the temple was torn and now there was nothing to separate people from God. And while Good Friday was such a dark day, the hope that comes from it is beyond words. Because it isn't about just the people who worshiped in the temple, but it is about everyone . . . and it is very personal because it is about me. That is what this piece is about. It is about hope and about there being nothing in between me and God (unless I put it there). It is made with paint, molding paste, beeswax and velvet for the curtain. I'm still working on learning how to photograph my work so the detail is visable. Obviously the detail in this photo isn't very visable. But here it is . . . ta da. By the way, thanks Lori for the push.