Yesterday (day 4) was incredible – the havdallah candle came to life and is almost finished, the hamsah totally came together, we finished the flames (at least the ones drawn in, I’m thinking there might need to be one or two more up top), the heron went in (and is one of my favorite parts now), and the tree of life is coming along – still having some problems trying to get it to settle down – I designed it as a papercut, which made lots of sense on paper, but on the wall it’s been fighting me a little bit…. Today (day 5) is my last working day so I’m off to to touch ups, layer in more layers on the really transparent colors, and try to get the gilding to work (wasn’t going great yesterday, hopefully we can get it to come together today). Don’t know if I’ll be able to post again before I’m back in NYC tomorrow, but I’ll have lots of pics to post then…
Beautiful sliver of a moon out as I drove in early this morning; walked into the sanctuary – it was pitch black out and only the ner tamid was lit – it’s been a crazy race to get this done in five days, but it was a really still, pure, holy moment. I feel so incredibly blessed to be doing this work and to be doing it in sacred space. Sending love and blessings out to everybody who has written with support and enthusiasm – thank you all. The sun is starting to rise – pale pinks and blues are starting to show over the trees – I’m off to paint 
