Kof (ק)

The letter Kof stands for the number 100.

1. Kodesh (קודש) - holiness; represented by the divine light entering our reality and the golden color of the letter Kof. Hliness is a state in which our attention to details grows. our awe in every little spec of light and dust adds up to a unity of beauty; a tapestry of our own life.

2. Karka (קרקע) -ground; we tend to think of the ground beneath our feet as solid, yet, it too, is particles, moving, breathing, reorganizing themselves in speeds and methods that we cannot see. The ground beneath our feet is holy, it is breathing, it is part of the entirety of life.

3. Kav (קו) - line; this little word is the what joins two of G-d's names, as He is in the present, to form the word hope: Kav-he (קווה). Hope requires us to commit to a line of action to progress on; bad to good, dark to light, low to high, mundane to holy, boredom to fascination. it does not matter in which way we choose to elevate our life -- to choose to grow, to fix, to improve, means, to choose the line of our progress. What is left for us is to ensure we climb up this line, and not fall further down. But if we do fall-- all we need to do is stop, turn around, and start gain climbing up this line.

4. The shape of the letter Kof presents a visual understanding of what we are; the bridge between holiness and the mundane. We are both rooted in the ground, while our minds are "hovering" in their attempts to reach higher levels of understanding and consciousness. In between the two, the space, the soul, the cavity, our hole -- the space where G-d, the Divine, can breath into us His Wind.

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In this alphabet art series I explore biblical and Jewish-spiritual ideas, as they reflect through the shapes or associated meaning of each letter.

This project is based on my personal musing and not on any Jewish teachings. Any connection to other teachings is unintentional.

My hope is that through this art we get a deeper glimpse into our realities, our worlds illusions and the hope that can be found in the power of the Hebrew letters.