BOOK OF PSALMS (I-?)
– The Companion
The Psalms, the poetic book of largely personal prayers addressing God, grew out of the human experience to help us confront the tests of life. Most of the tapestries reflect my impulsive responses to verses that deal with personal and communal injustice; the hope of reversal of fortune; and praise of God as the comforting Source. They are meant to echo spontaneous and individual prayer uttered in non-liturgical settings.
I began working on this series in the first year (2007) of my project. Soon it became clear to me how my childhood experiences of intensely staring at natural landscapes and light influence how I respond creatively to the words of the Psalmist. Thus, the series is primarily organized into subseries according to my different artistic expressions of nature rather than into the various topics of the Psalms.
Many are woven in pairs, which underlines the poetic device of parallelism and the structural beauty of Biblical poetry.
