It Ain’t Charlton Heston

The Mything Links website ( http://www.mythinglinks.org/) recently added a section on Judaism in the Near East section of the site. Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D., writer, editor, and webmaster asked if she could use my print Moses for this Hebrew Folklore and Mythology section of Mything Links. The image is of Moses parting the Red Sea within the Jewish story of Exodus, that has become a part of the world’s three monotheistic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam.)

The book Myth and Medium describes the piece:
Moses
15"x22.25"
3 color embossed relief print. Prints tan, brown, and blue. Also available with the emboss only.
I enjoy the image of Moses as a shaman—a naked man vulnerable to elements he coordinates through invisible relationships strengthened by projecting his consciousness into other realms. The print is an ironic image in that Moses’ parting of the Red Sea represents the political and perceptual choice of a linear belief system in opposition to the surrounding mythologies that encouraged a wide range of interpenetrating and mutually dynamic relationships.