Where does inspiration come from?
My guest post on Lektz, the eBook eCommerce Platform, has just gone live, It starts with the following words:
"I have long been fascinated with the story of Jacob and Esav. To me, it captures several layers of emotions which we all go through in our families: a rivalry between brothers, the way a mother’s love, unevenly divided, can spur them to action, to crime, even; and how in time, even in the absence of regret, a punishment eventually ripens.
The story had been brewing in me for several years before I put pen to paper. Being an artist, I had expressed it through sculpture long before I wrote the words. So here you can see Yankle and his mother Becky, plotting to cheat the father. Out of a sense of shame, they are unable to look each other in the eye..."
Check it out, here: The inspiration for "A Favorite Son"
My sculptures of Rebecca and her son Jacob
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"I have long been fascinated with the story of Jacob and Esav. To me, it captures several layers of emotions which we all go through in our families: a rivalry between brothers, the way a mother’s love, unevenly divided, can spur them to action, to crime, even; and how in time, even in the absence of regret, a punishment eventually ripens.
The story had been brewing in me for several years before I put pen to paper. Being an artist, I had expressed it through sculpture long before I wrote the words. So here you can see Yankle and his mother Becky, plotting to cheat the father. Out of a sense of shame, they are unable to look each other in the eye..."
Check it out, here: The inspiration for "A Favorite Son"
My sculptures of Rebecca and her son Jacob
★★★★★Going home for the holidays? Looking for a great gift?
Get A Favorite Son★ Audiobook ★ Ebook ★ Print ★
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