On the Shabbat after Tisha B’Av, there are 7 Sabbaths before Rosh Hashanah. We are drawn into the orbit of awe now. It may be difficult to discern but that’s where we are.
Each one of those Sabbaths has a reading from Isaiah, messages of consolation, in the haftarah. I spent some time with Isaiah and I pulled the images that popped for me and set them in a new form.
It started as an experiment in words, became serious and redemptive. Here is the first.
Seven Weeks of Consolation* Week 1 Consolation 1.6 Comfort and be comforted, be Listen intention to offer and serve Wilderness a plain every valley a High place. All flesh see together grass and Flowers speak to the mountains Lift up your voice from low places. Foundations know and hear lift Up your eyes plant your feet. Give yourself a name give Every-Thing a name.