In Gloria Abella Ballen's book, The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet, Prof. Ballen has fused mysticism, art, and Jewish spiritual traditions, leading the viewer through the labyrinth of the 22 letters that changed the world. These letters carry the lives of Abraham and Moses and the teachings of the Ten Commandments. The history of David and his songs came to us on the wings of these 22 letters, as did the wisdom and poetry of Solomon. The meditative images of Abella Ballen spread across pages in full color with religious truths drawn from the well of Jewish traditions. While the chromatic skill carries the work of the artist, the depth of appeal of her symbol/images comes from the levels of meaning and symbolism that permeate them. The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet is an art book with the mystical interpretations (cabalistic) of the meanings of each individual letter of the aleph bet. Nominated for Best Book 2014.

The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet

Gloria Abella Ballen

Gaon Books

Creativity and Inspiration is about Abella Ballen's creative process, including drawings and notes from her notebooks with linkages to images that resulted from those ideas. She says it best, "How do I get ideas that result in art? What do we call art? How does 
art communicate and to whom does it communicate? These are questions 
that are always posed to artists. 
"As artists we are members of a particular group influenced by the 
environments we inhabit whether they be physical, social, cultural, 
psychological, or artistic, and this becomes the source of our artistic 
interests and visual responses. 
"The imaginative and intellectual work I do in the studio is a form of 
research, an exploration of a particular subject to be developed in a 
personal visual manner. The development of visual expression, when 
using the imagination, often draws from memory, which is tinged by 
feelings."

Creativity and Inspiration

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The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet

Creativity and Inspiration