To be free requires unshackling ourselves from the hold of the past and its limitations upon us.… Read More

Torah uses images of weight to paint a picture of the Israelites in exile in Egypt. They are “pressed down upon,” taskmasters are “put on them,” they are “compelled to serve.” Bent over, they trample straw into the mud to make bricks.… Read More

Before Moses can lead others out into freedom he must first liberate himself from his own fears.… Read More

We experience the world in three dimensions. How can artists replicate such experience on a two-dimensional medium such as the flat surface of a canvass?… Read More

“Who am I?” To hear in response that you are one who is noticed and who has companionship and who has a purpose is an awakening of life.… Read More

We grow not by living within certainty but by living through uncertainty by the choices we make.… Read More

Arshile Gorky traveled between worlds. Some of his journeys were open and revealed. Others were hidden and obscure. He bridged European Surrealism and American Abstraction.… Read More

A conscious reframing of the past honors what we have inherited and enables us to live into the future healthily by empowering us to contribute in the present to that tradition.… Read More

Shattering can be the beginning of creating something anew, a stimulation of our imagination.… Read More

What does it mean to wear a disguise? Is it to hide from others, to avoid being known, to escape responsibility?… Read More