Tefilah Pray
by Marlene Burns
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Title
Tefilah Pray
Artist
Marlene Burns
Medium
Painting - Mixed Media On Canvas
Description
From my Dvarim Series of Hebrew words, Tefillah
Prayer
The Hebrew word for prayer is Tefillah.
Just as it would be impossible to fully explain prayer in a few, short paragraphs,
it is impossible to express its meaning on one canvas.
For that reason, I have chosen to examine the root (shoresh) of the word,
which explains the presence of a second lamed in the painting.
Pay, Lamed, Lamed is the root.
When we look at other words in the Torah with the same root,
we find words that mean to judge and thinking. It is here that we discover
what the purpose of Tefillah is meant to be.
Through the regular act of self-examination, we have the opportunity
to change ourselves, rather than petition G-d to change things for us.
Thus, prayer can be seen as a gift, instead of an obligation.
In this visual expression, the metallic colors of the letters brighten up at the center
where the root word is located. The canvas is divided into three shades of purple:
amethyst, lilac and aubergine.
They represent the times of the day when it is our duty to pray.
A column of the fiery colors of the spectrum,
symbolizes the Creator meeting us with our authentic words of prayer.
To quote Rabbi Jonathan Sacks,
“...Prayer is where G-d meets us, in the human heart,
in our offering of words, in our acknowledged vulnerability.”
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