Counting the Omer for 2013
Images from the painting Omer 2012
4'x5' ink, oil, wool, cotton, paper pulp, shell, sand, rock, feather, gold, lace, cloth, encaustic, on paper and wood
Explanation of the Omer Series Paintings
For centuries a practice of ritual counting, known as Counting the Omer has been used as a time for intense introspection and spiritual growth. The ritual counting spans 49 days, a time equal to the seven biblical weeks of wandering in the desert before receiving the revelations at Mt. Sinai.
My Omer Series Paintings follow the practice of linking each week of the Omer and each day of each week with the attributes of seven of the Sefirot (principles of the Devine in Creation). In this way, for example, the first day of counting is referred to as Hesed Sh’B’ Hesed: compassionate love in compassionate love. Focusing on the attributes of these Sefirot becomes a daily meditation and intention for each day of my “journey”, resulting in one panel created for each day.
Each individual panel and the writings that come from each day, are meant to inspire a deeper reflection in the viewer as she or he responds to them on each day of the Omer. Every year’s painting has resulted in different writing as well as different visual images.
2013 marks the fifth year for me of painting on the Omer.
Below are are of the individual panels and corresponding writings/titles for the painting Omer 2012
For centuries a practice of ritual counting, known as Counting the Omer has been used as a time for intense introspection and spiritual growth. The ritual counting spans 49 days, a time equal to the seven biblical weeks of wandering in the desert before receiving the revelations at Mt. Sinai.
My Omer Series Paintings follow the practice of linking each week of the Omer and each day of each week with the attributes of seven of the Sefirot (principles of the Devine in Creation). In this way, for example, the first day of counting is referred to as Hesed Sh’B’ Hesed: compassionate love in compassionate love. Focusing on the attributes of these Sefirot becomes a daily meditation and intention for each day of my “journey”, resulting in one panel created for each day.
Each individual panel and the writings that come from each day, are meant to inspire a deeper reflection in the viewer as she or he responds to them on each day of the Omer. Every year’s painting has resulted in different writing as well as different visual images.
2013 marks the fifth year for me of painting on the Omer.
Below are are of the individual panels and corresponding writings/titles for the painting Omer 2012
Day 2 Gevurah Sh’ B’ Hesed
Strength and Discernment in Compassionate Love:
Truth Telling, Its Not My Blood To Hold
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Day 1 Hesed Sh’ B’ Hesed
Compassionate Love in Compassionate Love:
Blessed Memory, First Steps into the Widerness
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Day 4 Netzach Sh’ B’ Hesed
Perseverance and Endurance in Compassionate Love:
Water Wilderness Rescued Me
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Day 3 Tiferet Sh’ B’ Hesed
Beauty, Love and Heart in Compassionate Love:
Banded & Bonded (Love)
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Day 6 Yesod Sh’ B’ Hesed
Foundation and Creation in Compassionate Love:
Open Space
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Day 5 Hod Sh’ B’ Hesed
Gratitude and Glory in
Compassionate Love:
Quiet – In Faith I Am Thankful
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Day 8 Hesed Sh’ B’Gevurah
Compassionate Love in
Strength and Discernment:
Standing In Relationship
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Day 7 Malkhut Sh’ B’ Hesed
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah in Compassionate Love:
Beyond Belief
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Day 10 Tiferet Sh’ B’ Gevurah
Beauty, Love and Heart in
Strength and Discernment:
In Belief
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Day 9 Gevurah Sh’ B’ Gevurah
Strength and Discernment in
Strength and Discernment:
In Strength I Heal
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Day 12 Hod Sh’ B’ Gevurah
Gratitude and Glory in Strength
and Discernment:
Staying In Gratitude Moment After Moment
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Day 11 Netzach Sh’ B’ Gevurah
Perseverance and Endurance in Strength And Discernment:
And Every Spring Renewal – She Breaks Through
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Day 14 Malkhut Sh’ B’ Gevurah
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah in
Strength and Discernment:
Holding Me
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Day 13 Yesod Sh’B’ Gevurah
Foundation and Creation in
Strength and Discernment:
Joy
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Day 16 Gevurah Sh’ B’ Tiferet
Strength and Discernment in
Beauty, Love and Heart:
Quiet Strong Humming Reserves In The Body
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Day 15 Hesed Sh’ B’ Tiferet
Compassionate Love in
Beauty, Love and Heart:
Glorious Love and Deep Huge Going Out
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Day 18 Netzach Sh’ B’ Tiferet
Perseverance and Endurance in Beauty, Love and Heart:
Only One Certainty I am Walking Through
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Day 17 Tiferet Sh’ B’ Tiferet
Beauty, Love and Heart in
Beauty, Love and Heart:
Healing With Great Love
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Day 20 Yesod Sh’ B’ Tiferet
Foundation and Creation in
Beauty, Love and Heart:
Endless Possibilities
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Day 19 Hod Sh’ B’ Tiferet
Gratitude and Glory in
Beauty, Love and Heart:
Eternal Possibilities
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Day 22 Hesed Sh’ B’ Netzach
Compassionate Love in
Perseverance and Endurance:
I Am So Sorry For Your Pain
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Day 21 Malkhut Sh’ B’ Tiferet
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah in
Beauty, Love and Heart:
She Comes To Me At Night And I Love Her
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Day 24 Tiferet Sh’ B’ Netzach
Beauty, Love and Heart in Perseverance and Endurance:
I Am Here To Trust The Sparks Of Her Endless Love
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Day 23 Gevurah Sh’ B’ Netzach
Strength and Discernment in Perseverance and Endurance:
So Much To Do So Many Ways To Be In Belief
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Day 26 Hod Sh’ B’ Netzach
Gratitude and Glory in Perseverance and Endurance:
At The Center of It All
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Day 25 Netzach Sh’ B’ Netzach
Perseverance and Endurance in Perseverance and Endurance:
Midway Center Core
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Day 28 Malkhut Sh’ B’ Netzach
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah in Perseverance and Endurance:
Restless
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Day 27 Yesod Sh’ B’ Netzach
Foundation and Creation in Perseverance and Endurance:
I Feed Myself
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Day 30 Gevurah Sh’ B’ Hod
Strength and Discernment in Gratitude and Glory:
I Have Things To Tell You I Have Ways For You To Hear
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Day 29 Hesed Sh’ B’ Hod
Compassionate Love in
Gratitude and Glory:
Without Looking I Knew Where You Were And What You Needed
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Day 32 Netzach Sh’ B’ Hod
Perseverance and Endurance in Gratitude and Glory:
Show Me And I Grow My Own
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Day 31 Tiferet Sh’ B’ Hod
Beauty, Love and Heart in
Gratitude and Glory:
The Difficult Nature Of Self Love Cannot Be Overestimated
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Day 34 Yesod Sh’ B’ Hod
Foundation and Creation in
Gratitude and Glory:
Fruit (from THE tree) Containing Water, Air, Earth, Food, Seed
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Day 33 Hod Sh’ B’ Hod
Gratitude and Glory in
Gratitude and Glory:
I thought I Did Not Know You Until I Stopped Searching And You Came To Me
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Day 36 Hesed Sh’ B’ Yesod
Compassionate Love in
Foundation and Creation:
There Is Enough
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Day 35 Malkhut Sh’ B’ Hod
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah in Gratitude and Glory:
Being Mother, Missing Mother , Rejoicing in Mother
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Day 38 Tiferet Sh’ B’ Yesod
Beauty, Love and Heart in
Foundation and Creation:
I Took One Step And There You Met Me
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Day 37 Gevurah Sh’ B’ Yesod
Strength and Discernment in Foundation and Creation:
There is A Universal Strength That Contains Me
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Day 40 Hod Sh’ B’ Yesod
Gratitude and Glory in
Foundation and Creation:
It Is Powerful To Know What I Really Want
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Day 39 Netzach Sh’ B’ Yesod
Perseverance and Endurance in Foundation and Creation:
Conversing Deeply With The Love That Holds Me IN The Moment
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Day 42 Malkhut Sh’ B’ Yesod
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah in Foundation and Creation:
You Were There IN Loving Earth Bound Splendor
Day 44 Gevurah Sh’ B’ Malkhut
Strength and Discernment in
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah:
I Knew That You Were Waiting For Me
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Day 41 Yesod Sh’ B’ Yesod
Foundation and Creation in Foundation and Creation:
I Tried Listening and Found I was Heard
Day 43 Hesed Sh’ B’ Malkhut
Compassionate Love in
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah:
I Am Blessing And Blessed
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Day 46 Netzach Sh’ B’ Malkhut
Perseverance and Endurance in
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah:
Oh How I Celebrate Your Earthly Beauty
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Day 45 Tiferet Sh’ B’ Malkhut
Beauty, Love and Heart in
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah:
At Ease – Glorious Garden
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Day 48 Yesod Sh’ B’ Malkhut
Foundation and Creation in
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah:
Bounty
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Day 47 Hod Sh’ B’ Malkhut
Gratitude and Glory in
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah:
Unspoken - Wordless
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Day 49 Malkhut Sh’ B’ Malkhut
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah in
Earth, Majesty, Shekhinah:
You Make All Things Possible
