The idler, the loiterer, the flâneur––my people!
It was Free Museum day yesterday––bink and I went to the Museum of Russian Art (styled TMORA on their sign. . . ).
I was excited to discover "The 36 Unknown":
In each generation, according to Jewish mystical legend, there are at least 36 righteous people who justify man's ways to God.
(An article in the Times of Israel says this is a riff on the story of how God couldn't find ten righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah to justify saving the city, at Abraham's request. I love that Abraham argues God down from fifty people, but even ten was too many).
The 36 are unknown, not only to the world but to themselves.
The sign at the museum said, "Righteousness is not dependent on earthly power or respect."
Artist Ben-Zion illustrates the 36 as common people, including a ditch digger, a wedding jester, a prisoner, and––my absolute favorite––"The Idler", with wine, a book, and a friend.
bink snapped the photo.
It was Free Museum day yesterday––bink and I went to the Museum of Russian Art (styled TMORA on their sign. . . ).
I was excited to discover "The 36 Unknown":
In each generation, according to Jewish mystical legend, there are at least 36 righteous people who justify man's ways to God.
(An article in the Times of Israel says this is a riff on the story of how God couldn't find ten righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah to justify saving the city, at Abraham's request. I love that Abraham argues God down from fifty people, but even ten was too many).
The 36 are unknown, not only to the world but to themselves.
The sign at the museum said, "Righteousness is not dependent on earthly power or respect."
Artist Ben-Zion illustrates the 36 as common people, including a ditch digger, a wedding jester, a prisoner, and––my absolute favorite––"The Idler", with wine, a book, and a friend.
bink snapped the photo.
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