PROPHET III

This image is part of a series of images that explores the role of the ancient prophet placed within a contemporary urban context. Themes of spirituality, ritual, creative expression, isolation, symbol and social justice are intertwined in the design of the character.

The following words of Jewish scholar and theologian Abraham Heschel were central in the formation of this image:

"The prophet is neither a messenger, an oracle, a seer, nor an ecstatic, but a witness to the divine pathos, one who bears testimony to God's concern for human beings."