My Heart is in the East
Green Golem appreciates Hana’s beautiful depiction of the eternal and unbreakable connection that Jews have for our indigenous homeland. Wherever we are in diaspora, a great part of our hearts and souls remains in Eretz Yisrael — and when Israel bleeds, we bleed too. Israel is both our parent and our child: the land has cared for us, and now we must care for it, and for each other.
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When I considered this image, I thought about how our roots derive from the earth and elevate our spirit. That it is a picture within an oblong shape, infers that the spirit is posing for our gaze. I think about this pose with an awareness of a voyeuristic hostile media, seeking only a view that seemingly catches the unaware and “apparently” the hidden. The explicit handwritten message floating across the image above the rooted spirit gives me confidence that there is no ambiguity or risk of falsehood in the message of this creative offering. The viewer could not walk away with any other understanding of this image, other than the understanding intended with the weight of the written words. The stark colour contrasts, drawing our attention to the levitating spirits’ broken heart and carried burden, provide more insight into the expression felt, than any other aspect of this picture.