NATURE IS A TEMPLE

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יַעֲלֹ֣ז שָׂ֭דַי וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בּ֑וֹ אָ֥זיְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ כָּל־עֲצֵי־יָֽעַר׃

יְהַֽלְל֣וּ שְׁמ֣וֹ בְמָח֑וֹל בְּתֹ֥ףוְ֝כִנּ֗וֹר יְזַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃

The fields will be jubilant and everything inthem

all the trees of the forest will sing with joy.

Praise His name with dancing

sing with tambourine and harp.

Psalms is poetry, in the richest form. I hearthe music of rushing leaves and remember the magic that was alive to me in mychildhood. For me, it seems natural that the words of King David should beinterspersed among the branches of this forest, full with the palette ofautumn, for it speaks of the transports of the senses and the soul.Multi-sensory experiences (especially those of children) - the soft shake ofthe tambourine, the smell of fresh earth, the caress of a warm breeze - arerichest. I believe that art, as well as nature, allows us, like the woman inthis forest, to rise above our mundane lives in an experience that is bothfully sensory and spiritually uplifting.

*Psalms 96, Psalms 149