Rabbi Arielle Hanien for the Jewish Artists Initiative — May, 2010 mye yy gee? nymps? sized spy “ore Tas oeRabbi Arielle Hanien for the Jewish Artists Initiative — May, 2010 STH BI? BTN LON MBPT MENS NEN TNT TD TBP INT TN DoT IY a WBS DIST DS BY bee IPE PPE} DN TIN yen Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there He put the man whom He had formed. This is the textual source for the Rabbis explaining that we have a Yetzer HaTov and a Yetzer HaRa. Two yuds in this word, where only one is customary. What is the connection between our drives as creatures... and as creators, as creative artists? Do you struggle Is your art an expression of your creative drive--or an expression of destructive urges? Areartists more aware of these dueling/ ‘complementary aspects of human nature? Do artists need to be more in touch with the yetzer... in order to create, to express what is in us?