Michelangelo painted God's back view in the Sistine Chapel, complete with
the feature we (in the UK, at least) describe as plumbers' cleavage.
http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~mcogan/Humanities/Sistine/Panels/plants.jpg
I thought that was very interesting and I wrote a poem about it.
Kind regards,
      grasshopper


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryfkah *" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:54 PM
Subject: Re: [THE-WORKS] New Poem: Blind Sight


> In the Torah, it says that Moses viewed G-d's back; in traditional
Judaism,
> we do not write out Hashem's name in any language.
>
> kolt uv,  Ryfkah
>
>
> In a message dated 12/19/2003 6:17:06 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << In a message dated 12/19/2003 12:59:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> > Blind Sight
> >
> > I saw a bird that flew nowhere
> > and a dog that barked never ending
> >
> > You glimpsed a woman abandoned
> > (while) He watched a child not cherished
> > She viewed a man in tatters
> > They stared at the homeless unremembered
> >
> > I observed galaxies erupting
> > and looked unto the back of G-d
> >
> > Ryfkah 12/17/03
> >
>
> Curious why you don't just go ahead and spell God out?  I didn't like
that,
> felt political somehow, maybe I'm reading too much into it, but seems to
me
> this is either about God or it isn't.  And why shouldn't we write about
God
> the
> same as anything else?
>
> I wish the second strophe could be written a tad differently, not what you
> are saying, no, don't change that, but all the you he she they, which
begin to
> sound monotonous somehow.  Maybe even the one word might break that
feeling.
> What do you think?
> Just some thoughts, Ryfkah, an intriguing poem either way.
>
> I don't agree that God has turned his back but I sure do know why some
feel
> that way.
>
> Thanks,
> Barbara >>
>