Comments on: Shmah: a Hope for Harmony http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/06/30/shmah-a-hope-for-harmony/ A Voice for Tikkun Olam (healing the world) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tikkun Intern -- Lauren Kinney http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/06/30/shmah-a-hope-for-harmony/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Tikkun Intern -- Lauren Kinney Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:21:04 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=838#comment-295 Thank you for adding this clarification! Thank you for adding this clarification!

]]> By: Erik Slutsky http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/06/30/shmah-a-hope-for-harmony/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Erik Slutsky Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:45:36 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=838#comment-293 There are a few things I'd like to add to Lauren Kinney's well written article, "Shmah: A Hope For Harmony", June 30, 2009, Tikkundaily. Though I am described several times here as an "atheist", readers should know that this does not preclude my belief that all humans' have moral responsibilities towards one another. Nor does it prevent me from accepting and respecting those who do believe in their own special faith, as long as they in turn, accept and respect those of other faiths as well. Finally, and to some this may seem confusing, that in spite of my own choice of "non-belief", I also feel very comfortable being known as a Jewish artist as well. It is what I started out as and I continue to enjoy the wonders that Judaism has offered the world. There are a few things I’d like to add to Lauren Kinney’s well written article, “Shmah: A Hope For Harmony”, June 30, 2009, Tikkundaily.
Though I am described several times here as an “atheist”, readers should know that this does not preclude my belief that all humans’ have moral responsibilities towards one another. Nor does it prevent me from accepting and respecting those who do believe in their own special faith, as long as they in turn, accept and respect those of other faiths as well.
Finally, and to some this may seem confusing, that in spite of my own choice of “non-belief”, I also feel very comfortable being known as a Jewish artist as well. It is what I started out as and I continue to enjoy the wonders that Judaism has offered the world.

]]> By: Lauren Kinney http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/06/30/shmah-a-hope-for-harmony/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Lauren Kinney Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:57 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=838#comment-138 I like the dragons, too. There's another one in "Shmah," and maybe more that I haven't spotted! Thanks for sharing that symbolic meaning of dragons, of representing creativity emerging from chaos. That resonates remarkably with what Erik Slutsky told me about his process behind the dragons -- he didn't consciously create them, but they gradually emerged as dragon-like figures from unplanned, flowing brushstrokes. I like the dragons, too. There’s another one in “Shmah,” and maybe more that I haven’t spotted!

Thanks for sharing that symbolic meaning of dragons, of representing creativity emerging from chaos. That resonates remarkably with what Erik Slutsky told me about his process behind the dragons — he didn’t consciously create them, but they gradually emerged as dragon-like figures from unplanned, flowing brushstrokes.

]]> By: Nancy Vedder-Shults http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2009/06/30/shmah-a-hope-for-harmony/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Nancy Vedder-Shults Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:15:19 +0000 http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/?p=838#comment-110 Thanks, Lauren, for this post about Erik Slutsky's art. I love that he's consciously and unconsciously mixed a variety of religious symbols. As a Wiccan practitioner who is writing a book about dragon myths in the East and West, I especially enjoy the prominent purple dragon on "Menorah." In the West we often see the dragon as a symbol of evil, but in the East and in indigenous religions, it's usually a beneficent symbol of the creativity that comes out of chaos. Thanks, Lauren, for this post about Erik Slutsky’s art. I love that he’s consciously and unconsciously mixed a variety of religious symbols. As a Wiccan practitioner who is writing a book about dragon myths in the East and West, I especially enjoy the prominent purple dragon on “Menorah.” In the West we often see the dragon as a symbol of evil, but in the East and in indigenous religions, it’s usually a beneficent symbol of the creativity that comes out of chaos.

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