Conceptual N 3: The Faith as Light ( please see larger)

Thanks for Viewing, it is a nother photos of that conceptual work that I hope to continue as it is a new line in my work.

Holy mood!

Best regards Pnina!

PDE

Pnina, your new series on Conceptual is interesting and laudable. This image is well -composed ,with very good control of light & exposure. As for concept, I am reminded of a quote from Martin Luther King,Jr. " Faith is taking the first step when you don't see the whole staircase." For me ,Faith is Light.

....give my soul warm light...   ...i dont know story, but it bring me peace....   ...we are ok,just finished our short holiday in poland...warm greetings back   rycho&white witch

Well done, Pnina, a great timing, love the composition.  Abrazos, Mari

Pnina, I really like this series so far and am interested how it will progress. I like the journey that this character is taking, whether it continues to be his or an exploration of a different sort. I am particularly intrigued by the use of light and shadow in all three, but they are especially moving in this. I like how the prayer shawl cuts through this image and commands much attention almost as a separate entity from the figure, while the reflection of the candle seems to pull the two together—perhaps reluctantly? I will be interested to see if and/or how my thinking of individual images changes as I see more of the series. 

Pierre, it  has a holy spirite in it.  I think that it is a part of tradition and a strong part of human searching for answers.

Amal, what a nice quote of Martin Luther King  jr. Thanks very much for adding it to this frame!

Rycho, I'm glad it felt warm to you ,as all our human life is a long search and straggle for answers , light, and existence problems.I'm glad you were in Poland, hugs to you and especially  to my  white witch!;-))

Mari, I think that this one can touch every individual , as I see it as universal faith of people , in other religions as well.

Tony ,thanks for your  nicely written impression. I think, as I wrote in the  previous comments, that it is a phylosophical  methaphor in the bond between human  and the unniverse(If you want, with God) around him and searching for explanation of/in his life.

Thanks all of you. it is not an easy concept and I appreciate all of you for taking part in it.

I love the mood this conveys.  The faith, though brightly depicted, is a quiet matter.  It doesn't eliminate the shadows, but it gives a counterpoint.  I like this capture.

He is praying in a position strikingly similar to the man with rope around his neck, both leaning blindly into their shadows.  The two are connected just as death and faith, the yahrzeit candle reminding us of this.  The unused tallit is striking 

I just read this poem by Sutzkever and thought of your pic (context -- his mother's death in Vilna Ghetto)

"Ever since my pious mother ate earth on Yom Kippur

I, alive, must eat black earth on Yom Kippur,

I am myself a yahrzeit candle kindled from her fire" 

Thanks both of you for interesting impressions

Jeff, glad you liked the shadows see the last one N5...

Donna, thanks for your impression and  the lines of Suzkever that I did not know much  about his work( only familiar with the name and that he was writting in Yiddish (So I googled to read about him).very nice poem lines and fits the conceptual series.