Ellen Holtzblatt
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Sefer Hana
  Birth and death are recurring themes in the bible. In Samuel I, the biblical narrative mostly belongs to Hana - her infertility and subsequent birthing. Her sadness is raw, as is the satisfaction of childbirth. It is a uniquely feminine intimacy, transcending border and time.    
         
       
 

Hamabul - The Flood
  Although the flood is brutal and deadly it utilizes the living sea as its medium of ruin. Water signifies purity and rebirth in the archetypes of literature and visual art. To journey through water takes one from the mundane to the holy and from the weakness of mortality to potency.