Dark Am I, Yet Lovely

Medium: Three dimensional silhouette paper-cut. Cut by hand using a scalpel.

Dimensions: Framed size: 21 x 21 cm.

Date: October 2009

Comments:
From imagination.

This piece is inspired by a line from the Song of Songs, and celebrates the beauty of the illusive feminine aspect of the divine:

"Dark am I, yet lovely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem;
Dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon".

The Song of Songs (also known as the Song of Solomon) is a mystical love poem, which may be interpreted on many levels: a simple love story between a lover and his beloved, or perhaps between King Solomon and his favourite bride the Black Queen of Sheba. On another level, it represents the divine romance between God and the human soul, or between the eternal masculine and feminine principles of creation. The Goddess is "dark" or "black" in that She is obscure and mysterious, hidden behind the veils and illusions of creation, seen only by the Light which defines Her.

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Price: £SOLD. In a private collection in Ploen, Germany.