Ellen Holtzblatt
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Yizkor
  Yizkor (Remember) is an introspective exploration of the relationships among memory, death and birth. My father died on my birthday, tangibly and forever linking his passing to my beginning. Inspired by personal narratives, ritual and prayer, I image the archetypal language of my ancestry and my physicality, in reflection of the transition from outer shell to soul.    
         
       
 

Birds
  In Jewish text, birds act as the herald of hope and serve as offerings for worship to God. They symbolize humanity's deepest aspirations and fears: freedom, and transition from outer shell to soul. Beautiful alive and dead, they assume the persona of angel: messenger, guide, bringer of life and death.
 
 
         
       
 

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