The Bible is a collection of religious texts sacred to Christians, Jews, and others. It contains 66 books, one of which is the book of Psalms.
The book of Psalms contains 150 Psalms, one of which is Psalm 23.
Psalm 23 consists of six verses, the last of which rose to the surface of my mind several days ago in reference to my writing about mondegreens.
Yesterday, words from Psalm 23, line 5—my cup runneth over—came to my attention in a text message from my daughter.
Psalm 23 is thought to have been written some three thousand years ago (three thousand!), in Hebrew, by King David of Israel, though most of what is known of David comes from biblical literature, the historical authenticity of which is uncertain. There is little detail about David that is concrete and undisputed by historians.
But someone felt called to create, to put into form, and to share this sacred song, without knowing if or how making the marks of it would 'make a mark,' so to speak.
And so it is with all of us; we are called to create, called to make marks.
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I Shall Not Want 4.5 x 5.25" postcard; acrylic and ink on paper abstract floral 2021 |
8 comments:
oh oh and OH! That Psalm is the only one I know by heart. And I am not a religious human. But a spiritual one, and that piece resonates. "I Shall Not Want" is beautiful - you've captured something vast and oceanic in a small piece beautifully. Whoa.
Reminds me of morning openings at school when we would read Psalms along with the pledge to the flag. Going to read it again in Hebrew! Your small postcard resonates with the dancing flowers and the strong contrasts!
Terrific, all. :)
Beautiful, Dotty!
Oh. Just discovered that I'm not getting automatic notifications of comments at my blog. Huh???
Isn't it wild to think that even though we're not-religious humans, the marks of another human have withstood the vaaaast passage of times such that we know this psalm by heart?
oo, vast and oceanic—thanks, Jen!
Carol, so sweet to have your voice pipe up here! I apologize for the belated response—as I mentioned to Jen above, I didn't receive notification of comments.
I totally remember morning openings at school when we would read Psalms along with the pledge to the flag : )
Thanks for your appreciation of the strong contrasts in my postcard!
Thanks, Sheila. I had fun painting, fun doing a little research about Psalm 23 : )
Hi Simone! Thank you!
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