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"Exodus" 1998 © mixed media on illustration board 20" X 15" |
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The story of the exodus is well known, but there is a sense of tragedy in the sense that the generation which was delivered by the intervention of Moses, never made it to their destination, only their children. The literal interpretation calls for a somewhat heartless explanation in regards to those that were worthy of rescue in the beginning, but unworthy in the end. Does the tragedy lie with God or those individuals? The green monster in the right hand comer represents a type of harried pursuit of the Israelites, an evil of either their own doing or God's. Most just accept the results as a natural and deserved response for their failure to grasp and respond in the correct way, a sort of divine justice. Yet, why were only Caleb and Joshua worthy due to the single event of their honesty in spying out the land, and was the action Moses committed at Meribah, an unpardonable sin? It really comes down to both decisions dependent upon a single action, neither of which can be proven historically, yet the importance of the symbolism and metaphor outweigh the actual historical event. |
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