Thursday, January 27, 2005

"God" on ceramic tile- I suppose you can't get more sacred than having the word "Allah" or God, on a ceramic tile. I've done quite a bit of research into this sort of thing awhile back, and it still fascinates me. However, on a different level this tile is also special.  It is produced by Jerusalem Pottery, located in Jerusalem, Israel. They do tiles in with Hebrew, Christian, and Muslim motifs. Now, one could call these potters merely "enterprising", or note that "Hebrew" is not necessarliy Zionist, and Arabic writing is not necessarily Islamic (which has elements of Jesus' life within it anyway.)  However, the bigger picture is it that that these ceramic pieces, that point to different understandings of the world, do come from a single pottery.   10:24:47 AM