If You Live Long Enough
Judith Margolis
2004
Scroll Book
Visual symbols ask questions and suggest answers. It’s all open to interpretation. So, carry your wisdom with you. This scroll has been adorned with collaged fragments of the Hebrew and Japanese text of Psalm 51, images cut from magazines and words which advise us that ” Remorse, regret and sadness turn to prayer …… if you live long enough.”
- Copies: 1
- Type of binding: Put in found cylindrical zippered leather case
- Dimensions (cm): 42.24X16.75
- Type of printing: Hand Made
- Place of publication: Jerusalem
- Book photography: Leafing: Yair Meyuhas & Shiraz Grinbaum
Judith Margolis is an Israel-based American essayist and artist who makes paintings, drawings, artist's books, and multi-media collages. Much of her work explores tensions between consciousness, feminism, and religious ritual tradition. Since 2000, Margolis has been the Art Editor of Nashim: The Journal of Jewish Women's Studies and Gender Issues, published by Indiana University Press. She is the Creative Director of Bright Idea Books, which produces limited edition and unique artist's books. She lives and works in Jerusalem.
