And God saw all that He had made, and behold it was very good, and it was evening and it was morning, the sixth day.
לאוַיְַּ֤ראאֱלִֹהים֙אֶת־כָּל־ֲאֶשׁ֣רעָָשׂ֔הוְִהנֵּה־ט֖וֹבְמֹא֑דוַֽיְִהי־עֶֶ֥רבוַֽיְִהי־ֹבֶ֖קרי֥וֹםַהִשִּׁשּֽׁי
The earth was chaos, unformed, a void, an expanse, wind and ruach. The story of creation is a birthing story. As the creation story progresses continues with more creating, more good, more order. I chose focus on the theme of Ki Tov.... and it was good, very good. In the right bottom corner of the drawing I wove the words Ki Tov emanating from the void and adamah, the earth. In this illustration I included creation imagery with the center focused on the Hebrew letter of Shin, symbolic of God. Visually this Shin this looks like an exploding fire/volcano, much like flowing lava. I couldn’t help but think of the Hawaiian lava/water/natural landscape. Elements of and a vision of paradise evolving, moving. I chose to include many abstract patterns, symbolic of chaos forming into order. Lots of movement and energy abound in the imagery, with shades and explosive rhythms of color, sparks of life, light and darkness.
‘God saw’, looking down, all around. I call this the Eyes of “Ki Tov”. Joyous eyes that are pleased with the creation. I struggled not to draw an entire human face of Adonai in the sky. Beresheit relates how we are made b’tzelem Elohim, in gods image. According to the Rambam, in Gds image is not physical characteristics but a divine capacity, and ability to make choices and discern things. Seeing is a crucial step of understanding, of perceiving, of consciousness, of choosing and learning. The eyes represent joy and also perception...initiating a Gd given gift of implementing goodness. Ki Tov
לאוַיְַּ֤ראאֱלִֹהים֙אֶת־כָּל־ֲאֶשׁ֣רעָָשׂ֔הוְִהנֵּה־ט֖וֹבְמֹא֑דוַֽיְִהי־עֶֶ֥רבוַֽיְִהי־ֹבֶ֖קרי֥וֹםַהִשִּׁשּֽׁי
The earth was chaos, unformed, a void, an expanse, wind and ruach. The story of creation is a birthing story. As the creation story progresses continues with more creating, more good, more order. I chose focus on the theme of Ki Tov.... and it was good, very good. In the right bottom corner of the drawing I wove the words Ki Tov emanating from the void and adamah, the earth. In this illustration I included creation imagery with the center focused on the Hebrew letter of Shin, symbolic of God. Visually this Shin this looks like an exploding fire/volcano, much like flowing lava. I couldn’t help but think of the Hawaiian lava/water/natural landscape. Elements of and a vision of paradise evolving, moving. I chose to include many abstract patterns, symbolic of chaos forming into order. Lots of movement and energy abound in the imagery, with shades and explosive rhythms of color, sparks of life, light and darkness.
‘God saw’, looking down, all around. I call this the Eyes of “Ki Tov”. Joyous eyes that are pleased with the creation. I struggled not to draw an entire human face of Adonai in the sky. Beresheit relates how we are made b’tzelem Elohim, in gods image. According to the Rambam, in Gds image is not physical characteristics but a divine capacity, and ability to make choices and discern things. Seeing is a crucial step of understanding, of perceiving, of consciousness, of choosing and learning. The eyes represent joy and also perception...initiating a Gd given gift of implementing goodness. Ki Tov
