Yet the beauty of the written word as abstract form transcends intellectual comprehension. Image, form and color are universal. The play between story and image can create powerful resonance. The best stories have been passed down through time, not because they reflect unchanging fact, but because of a deeper truth about the human condition. Remembering these stories gives societies context, dimension, vision.
Stories contain warnings, predicaments and universal answers.
They become an invisible architecture that holds us, creating cultural cohesion. Black and white often appear together in Bushman and Hottentot stories. An animal that is both black and white has magical significance. Black and white roans were the most revered of cattle. In the Genesis story I chose for this exhibit, Noah first sends out a raven to test the abatement of the waters.