Dream Map: Meet the Artists - Homani Ahava
As our Dream Map Project* unfolds, I will be featuring artists taking part in this collaborative piece of art. Today, we hear from Homani Ahava and her embroidery "Stitching A Dream" along with the powerful poem she wrote to accompany it, and a lovely interview. Photo credit: Adi Ziv Av. STITCHING A DREAM by Homani Ahava (December 2024 / Month of Kislev 5785) During my stay in the land of the butterflies, they showed me their way of life. Food neither comes from the blossoms of flowers, nor trees. Their nectar of life, sweet, golden, bliss, runs through a network of hearts. All butterfly beings are interconnected through tubes in their middle - an intricate, dynamic, flexible grid in whose center beats the heart of their world. There is an endless exchange of honey. They intentionally contract their hearts, pumping liquid warmth into communal tissue - while receiving nourishment in return through their chords. Sucking in juice by for...