Essays and reflections on sacred art, symbolism, memory, and visual culture.
These articles move between close readings of images, spiritual reflection, and research into the meaning and presence of visual forms.
White Crucifixion: A Vision Beyond Suffering
A reflection on suffering, exile, witness, and the spiritual force of Chagall’s image.
Exodus: Marc Chagall and the Flight of the Spirit
A reading of movement, departure, and the inward meaning of exile.
The Praying Jew: The Inner Flame of Prayer
A meditation on prayer, inwardness, and the image of devotion.
Walter Benjamin: Aura, Memory, and the Sacred in an Age of Reproduction
An essay on aura, memory, reproduction, and the changed life of the image.
The Last Supper: A Gnostic Interpretation
A symbolic reading of Leonardo’s Passover image and the drama of inner transformation.
Revelation Then and Now
Reflections on Blake, inner vision, and the living meaning of revelation.