Avant l’étreinte

My painting was born from a reflection on the Tsimtsum, a Kabbalistic notion of Jewish mysticism that evokes the symbolic withdrawal of the Creator of the universe, so as to make room for His Creation and allow it to exist.

This withdrawal is not an abandonment; it is the beginning of a Story…

In human relationships, it is good to understand that we must make room for the other without erasing ourselves: knowing how to welcome the other in their difference, with their own values and identity, to respect them, to love them, to let them express themselves, simply to let them exist.

Could this be the beginning of Freedom?

We all know moments of solitude, distance, waiting and silence in our lives. And when two people feel desire for one another, there is that moment of mystery, of waiting, of hope, of the promise of a possible embrace. The promise of a light emerging from darkness, of a separation that may come to an end, of a love that endures despite the distance.

I like to think that everyone can discover in my painting, through their own sensitivity, an emotion that is theirs alone.