Are you so inclined to be open to new or old ideas or experiences and ideas?
Bak has surrounded the shroud wrapped vacant house with a variety of pitchers. They provide a sense of protection and security. The shroud is also an altar cover. Is the protected house an offering or a sacrifice?
The table with a door is the altar.
The open door invites us to enter the picture. And the negative spaces between the pitchers' handles, as well as the few spaces between the pitchers add to the fidelity or reality of the image.
Are you so inclined?
Bernard H. Pucker, BAK a Day, October 7, 2022
Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History (Samuel Bak Museum)
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