Description
The Eighth Plague: Locusts (Binah/Intelligence – Perverted Intelligence)
Locust (You Are What You Eat), 2016, mixed media collage on fabric, 8 ½” x 11″
The Plague of Locusts left nothing green in Egypt. It is the embodiment of the destructive consequences of a corrupt mind. The remaining barren soil reminds us that a corrupt mind like the Pharaoh’s can uproot every moral structure and sacred foundation leaving its people with empty spiritual values and principles. It has been written that the tragedy of Egypt intellectualism was that “one became so open minded that his brains fell out.” In this piece the locust is up close. We can see the beauty of Egypt once green and lush represented in his feathery coat. He is sizing up his next meal. The remnants of what is left of the vegetation is depicted as negative space a ghost like outline where abundance and beauty once flourished.
