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Circles
The Ties That Bind
What binds us to others?
I’ve heard love described as an invisible string in a children’s book. And I’ve heard the universe described as the connections between nodes, in a quantum physics book.
Both faith and science posit that we are all connected to each other. I want to believe that the world is abundant with love - intertwining strings of varying strength and tautness.
Some strings are the gossamer threads of a spiderweb- ephemeral but enduring. Others are the leaden links of expectations in obligatory relationships.
In between, strings woven of wire strands cry a beautiful note when struck with a bow, like a cello. And other strings that glow fiery red like a Kabbalah bracelet but wear themselves down to a thread with exposure to time, leaving only faith in its place.
We go through life casting our heartstrings out like fishing lines into the world, not knowing where the hooks will land. We bond with friends, partners, and lovers, unsure if those strings will end up ephemeral, enduring, leaden, beautiful, glowing, threadbare, or gone.
The only thing we can do is strive to nurture healthy, strong bonds with those we love, holding onto our intention to create a more loving world.
I’ve heard love described as an invisible string in a children’s book. And I’ve heard the universe described as the connections between nodes, in a quantum physics book.
Both faith and science posit that we are all connected to each other. I want to believe that the world is abundant with love - intertwining strings of varying strength and tautness.
Some strings are the gossamer threads of a spiderweb- ephemeral but enduring. Others are the leaden links of expectations in obligatory relationships.
In between, strings woven of wire strands cry a beautiful note when struck with a bow, like a cello. And other strings that glow fiery red like a Kabbalah bracelet but wear themselves down to a thread with exposure to time, leaving only faith in its place.
We go through life casting our heartstrings out like fishing lines into the world, not knowing where the hooks will land. We bond with friends, partners, and lovers, unsure if those strings will end up ephemeral, enduring, leaden, beautiful, glowing, threadbare, or gone.
The only thing we can do is strive to nurture healthy, strong bonds with those we love, holding onto our intention to create a more loving world.
Inner Voice
Whose words are behind your inner voice?
Parenting is a messy business. Toys all over the floor, half-eaten fruit under the couch…and it’s not always easy to stay cool. On top of that, it’s a fight to stop defaulting to the way we were raised.
It is said that our inner voice - the way we speak to ourselves in the privacy of our minds - the belief that “I can” or “I can’t” - is formed by the way our caregivers spoke to us (reference to that squeezed into the bottom left corner).
If that’s true, then - beyond staying cool, parents have immense power to influence the way their children will respond to stress (or stressful people) out in the world, for their entire lives. Simply with our word choices.
In the background of this new piece, are the words, the words that I want my children to hear out loud today, and later, in the back of their minds. No matter who crosses their path. That they will carry this understated superpower in their hearts and not believe anything different they hear, out there.
Parenting is a messy business. Toys all over the floor, half-eaten fruit under the couch…and it’s not always easy to stay cool. On top of that, it’s a fight to stop defaulting to the way we were raised.
It is said that our inner voice - the way we speak to ourselves in the privacy of our minds - the belief that “I can” or “I can’t” - is formed by the way our caregivers spoke to us (reference to that squeezed into the bottom left corner).
If that’s true, then - beyond staying cool, parents have immense power to influence the way their children will respond to stress (or stressful people) out in the world, for their entire lives. Simply with our word choices.
In the background of this new piece, are the words, the words that I want my children to hear out loud today, and later, in the back of their minds. No matter who crosses their path. That they will carry this understated superpower in their hearts and not believe anything different they hear, out there.
The Bride's Prayer
The pinnacle of potential energy - the wedding day, when our future still lies beyond the veil.
In this moment, Eliza Belogolovsky prays at the Western Wall at 1:00 AM after her wedding in Jerusalem. She is surrounded by a cascade of prayers on notes from those who have come before, two thousand years since the building and expansion of the second Temple by King Herod.
In the work, the wall represents a window into the desired future - the vision of a world one prays for. The Bride's Prayer considers what she might be praying for on her wedding day, a powerful moment in her destiny.
At the same time, this paper carving is a twist on the traditional form of Jewish papercut seen on marriage contracts for centuries. In the damage and imperfections in the wall, in breaking the forms, breaking with tradition, it exalts the flawlessness of the bride.
In this moment, Eliza Belogolovsky prays at the Western Wall at 1:00 AM after her wedding in Jerusalem. She is surrounded by a cascade of prayers on notes from those who have come before, two thousand years since the building and expansion of the second Temple by King Herod.
In the work, the wall represents a window into the desired future - the vision of a world one prays for. The Bride's Prayer considers what she might be praying for on her wedding day, a powerful moment in her destiny.
At the same time, this paper carving is a twist on the traditional form of Jewish papercut seen on marriage contracts for centuries. In the damage and imperfections in the wall, in breaking the forms, breaking with tradition, it exalts the flawlessness of the bride.
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