God’s Intimate, Wisdom / Created before the depths
Title: "God's Intimate, Wisdom / Created before the depths (2022)
Size: 49.5"x48"
Acrylic ink, kozo, gold foil, paperclay, and mica powder on canvas
From "O Mirabile Mysterium," my body of work illuminating Genesis 1. This work explores another section of Creation poetry in scripture: Proverbs 8:22-31.
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“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old. “From everlasting I was established,
From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. “When there were no depths I was brought forth,
When there were no springs abounding with water. “Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills I was brought forth; While He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world. “When He established the heavens, I was there,
When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, When He made firm the skies above,
When the springs of the deep became fixed, When He set for the sea its boundary
So that the water would not transgress His command,
When He marked out the foundations of the earth; Then I was beside Him, as a master workman;
And I was daily His delight,
Rejoicing always before Him, Rejoicing in the world, His earth,
And having my delight in the sons of men.
—Proverbs 8:22-31
I thought it would be interesting to explore some of the imagery of creation that is revisited in scripture beyond Genesis. I chose two passages from the wisdom literature in the Bible, one from Proverbs and one from Job. It is interesting to see how deeply the imagery of Genesis 1 was embedded in the imaginations of the authors of scripture.
Lady Wisdom is a literary personification of God’s wisdom presented in the book of Proverbs. In this passage, Lady Wisdom is revealed to have been the first of God’s creations, existing before the depths from Genesis 1:2. Wisdom is not just a significant human pursuit that enriches our experience of the cosmos, it is the necessary relational tool that we require in order to know God and understand his creation. In delightful imagery, Wisdom is presented as a close companion to God throughout the process of creation, and for her, the cosmos is a realm of infinite wonder and delight.
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