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What is Kosmic Kabbalah Art?

The word 'cosmos' refers to the physical universe seen as an orderly harmonious Whole.  The original Greek word 'Kosmos' however, refers to the Whole of all existence - in all realms - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The Hebrew word Kabbalah refers to the ancient mystical teachings that describe the Kosmos as an orderly harmonious Whole.

The teachings and much of the artwork presented on this site deal with Kosmic themes that are based on the Kabbalah:  Infinity, Eternity, Kosmogeny, Holy Names, Mandalas,  Sacred Geometry, Fractals, and Sefirotic Maps of the Kosmos (Tree of Life Diagrams).

 

All of the Giclee prints on canvas as well as all the prints on paper are hand-signed.  The canvas prints can be stretched and framed without glass.  The paper prints should be framed with glass.

There are some new pictures that are only now available as Giclee prints on canvas.  To view them go to 'New Works' under the 'Artworks by Subject' heading.


As in my painting 'The Tree of Life', the 3 columns of the Sefirot arrayed in this Tree of Life Diagram represents Nurture or our ability to choose.  We can act with Kindness (associated with the right column), with Strength (the left column), and with Beauty (the middle column).  Choosing is seen as Masculine in the Kabbalah, whereas Nature (as represented here by the Sefirot in their concentric… more
"These are the 22 Letters with which God engraved and made Three Sefarim, and with them He created His Universe.  And with them He formed all that was ever formed, and all that will ever be formed.  Three on Seven; Seven on Twelve; and all are bound together." (Sefer Yetzirah) In this picture can be seen all 22 Hebrew letters.  The 3 Mother Letters are in the triangle/pyramid in the top part;… more
To create this picture I first put down many layers of acrylic paint in a random chaotic pattern of brush strokes without any intentional plan or order.  Then I put down horizontal stripes of acrylic paint watered-down until it is transparent.  Chaos always underlies Order.  Chaos is also bigger and more interesting than Order.  The Kabbalah teaches about the Primordial World of Chaos that was… more
The idea non-duality is found in many spiritual traditions.  In this picture I fused the Hebrew letter א Aleph with the Chinese Yin-Yang symbol.  Both symbols represent non-duality or the unification of opposites:  Heaven and Earth, Hot and Cold, Masculine and Feminine, Outside and Inside, etc. The small circles inside both halves represent how there is Feminine is the Masculine; and Masculine… more
This Geometric picture evokes a Tree of Life Diagram in that it has a ladder-like feel to it.  Several six-pointed Star of Davids can be seen in it, but when one gazes at its center   it changes and moves almost like a kaleidoscope.  When the mind lets go of analyzing and trying the identify the parts it can quiet and just enjoy the experience of looking at the whole picture mindfully. 
This picture uses the Flower of Life symbol that is part of Sacred Geometry.   A central circle is surrounded by 6 overlapping circles of the same size.  Each circle has a 6-petaled 'flower' embedded in it, but the white flower in the central circle is dominant.  The same pattern is extended outward in all directions. I also used the Flower of Life motif in my picture 'Psalm 107'. 

THE ARTIST DAVID FRIEDMAN

I immigrated to Israel in 1977 at the age of 20, and spent two years studying Torah in Jerusalem, where I met my wife, Miriam. We got married in 1979 and moved to Zefat.

In Zefat, I mostly immersed myself in the study of the Talmud and other classic texts of Judaism as well as Kabbalah, but I continued to make art at night. 

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