Creatavalee

04/30/2022

02/12/2022

"FLOWERS OF THE FIELD"

09/03/2021

"SHOFAR SYMPHONY"

07/16/2021

"GOLDEN GLOW"

07/10/2021

"GLAMOUR IN THE GARDEN"

05/26/2021

"GOLDEN GLOW": watercolour with gold illumination: 16" x 12"; on cotton rag paper; www.creatavalee.net

03/26/2021

My best wishes for a liberating and soothing Passover to all who observe and celebrate‼🍷

03/07/2021

... just feel like sharing ...

03/01/2021

Close to fruition! Oh, what a wonderful feeling!

02/21/2021

"MIRIAM: Her Miracles Munificent And Modulations Mellifluous Through The Millennia"; mixed media montage: 48" x 36": on cradled wood panel

I experience a unique thrill and special delight when, at Pesach, I place Miriam's cup on the Seder table. As an accredited music therapist, I feel a very keen relationship with the biblical Miriam, who is considered by many to have been the first female music therapist. The redundant question is, why did she choose to bring timbrels and tambourines on her forty-year trek through the desert?! A rather odd choice, one might initially surmise - until one considers and realizes the great importance which music played in the spiritual, emotional, and psychological lives of the people during their sojourn. Music plays an equally significant role today as a nurturing and healing modality. Prior to embarking on this mixed media montage, many thoughts meandered and fluttered through my mind. Predominantly, I imaged many circular forms of various sizes and colours. I came to comprehend that the timbrels and tambourines have significance not only in and of themselves, but also represent the circle of life, which is so meaningful in Jewish religion, ritual, and culture. The circle represents continuity, equality, and eternity. In a circle, "I am I" gradually dissolves and evolves into "We". Within that act of transcendence, in that loss of self, there is to be found boundless joy. The mystics tell us that in the next world, the Jews will form a circle around G-d. Populations have been dancing in circles in celebration and in ritual in every part of the world since there have been people and circles! It is fascinating to me that as Jews, we continue to delight in and to participate in an activity so tribal in its essence in such a post-tribal world. The circle is to be found in the Hora; in the shape of the wedding ring; in the practise of the groom encircling the bride seven times (sometimes three times); and upon reading the conclusion of the Torah to immediately commence at the beginning. In this art work, the doves (each with its own song) encircle MIriam, and are inextricably bound up with her. In bringing her "Shalom", they are also bringing her the tools for her trade - MUSIC! - with which to assist her people. Miriam is then able to work her magic of TIkun Olam. Her legacy is always a reminder to me that when the word "art" (in all its forms) is removed from the word "earth", all that remains is "eh"!

02/15/2021

"LOVE"

01/03/2021

"WISHES FOR 2021": alcohol ink; 9" x 12"; on stone paper; 2021