I’ve been working on the “Goddess” issue at skirt! this month and musing on the lack of sacred female imagery in Judaism. L.A. artist Barbara Mendes reminds us that even is she is hidden in these modern times, the Shekhina, our very own Jewish Earth Mother, keeps her arms open to us.

Click here for the larger version of “Shekhina Comes I,” then delve even further into the details.

May your Shabbos be graced with such beauty!