All great creators who achieve, even for a moment, a work that succeeds in touching the truth, dissolve into their work and establish a feeling of communion. In the Hebrew, the words "truth" and "art" derive from the same root for in the presence of absolute truth as in the presence of masterful art, one forgets everything. Everything except that which is revealed

Tabita Shalem

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