Sailing to Lisbon with Pesoa and Saramago
I was twelve on our second voyage through the same Mediterranean ports on the Greek Queen Anna Maria. I went into a familiar cabin. It was soothing to follow the blue of sky and blue sea cut the circle of the window into two halves. They danced as I laid on my bed close to the ceiling. Once every two or […]
Avraham Ofek: “Artist are the off-springs of fisherman…”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmtfc98v0G8 The pursuit of sailing activates longing and yearning. It is linked in my mind to some kind of OVER THERE in the horizon; The hope that there will be some answer, the wish to fill a desire or thirst. The experience of longing is attached to my childhood memory of the slow process of approaching to a […]
Be my Guest- Gabriel Orozco and Alex Epstein
BE MY GUEST is a venue for others to share their art; I assemble between creators in my sitting room. Linear time and locality are not relevant. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7yNaqYEheg I learned about Gabriel Orozco mostly through the Internet. I read stories by Alex Epstein in Hebrew. I join them as my guests, since they both remind me of sailing […]
Enso – Mandala
Enso and Mandala are closely related in my mind. These are some visual examples how I grasp the two terms; I see them as a blue print of our consciousness. They overlap, enrich, contradict and merge through cultures. The pictures are from Kyoto and Istanbul. Ink bowl at a Kitano Shrine, August 2011 Ψ Enso -Mandala […]
The secrets of Kyoto 2/7 – Taxi
The first clue of Kyoto’s secrets was presented to me at the taxi from the Kansai Airport to Sensei’s home. The thin monk who sat next to me wore a beautiful simple brown cloak and had a big worn-out leather school-bag. He seemed amused to hear how a Mediterranean; Hebrew speaking artist, is interested in Japanese […]
Ancient Alexandria Library-my story, part 1
One summer night at 2009, I woke up and sat straight up in bed as if I was struck by lightning. I had an idea that filled me with excitement and wonder. I took some papers and started scribbling: What if the Ancient Library of Alexandria did not burn down? Where would we be today? […]
Ithaca Ιθάκη
Ithaca By Kavafy read in Greek. [half] Ιθάκη Σα βγεις στον πηγαιμό για την Ιθάκη, να εύχεσαι νάναι μακρύς ο δρόμος, γεμάτος περιπέτειες, γεμάτος γνώσεις. Τους Λαιστρυγόνας και τους Κύκλωπας, τον θυμωμένο Ποσειδώνα μη φοβάσαι, τέτοια στον δρόμο σου ποτέ σου δεν θα βρείς, αν μέν’ η σκέψις σου υψηλή, αν εκλεκτή συγκίνησις το πνεύμα […]
Restoration in Hebrew comes from the root to heal
I went to Caesarea beach the other day with a friend. She took me to the dunes of sand north to the power plant. “Many years ago you could still see here the grid of Caesarea’s ancient streets. The city was huge at Roman times and since then it never was as monumental, this is […]