Sometimes I talk to the glass – and sometimes the glass talks to me. This glass suggested “A Primordial Soup”, a theory which suggests that Life began in a warm ocean from a combination of chemicals. But I saw something preceding even the beginning of Life.

From Genesis Chapter One: “When God began to create Heaven and Earth the earth was unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep… Then God said: Y’HI OHR — “LET THERE BE LIGHT” and there was Light.

Light symbolizes human-kind’s commitment to clarity, rather than mystery — to openness over secrecy — to study rather than blind faith.

I want to thank Brenda Supuwood, one of my mentor’s, at Universal Stained Glass for the glass that inspired this piece of art.

Y’hi Ohr measures 16″ X 16″.