She is Left Behind

Acrylic, carbon, graphite on paper

18 × 24 inches each

Wisdom is defined by the Septuagint as the perfection of knowledge being a gift from God, and being the breadth of God's substance as the one omniscient and almighty deity. Full knowledge of God's capabilities is almost entirely impossible, with a whisper of an exception belonging to Lot's wife- who turned, and bore witness to the power of God personified in Sodom's destruction. She, the only host of the consequence of true wrath, was silenced, and left behind by her kin. One must imagine her to still be sentient, only changed- in this, she is marked designated survivor to experience Sodom's destruction. While Lot and his kin escaped mentally and physically intact, she theoretically endured the firestorm. Yet salt is not a flammable substance, so again, in theory, she endured. In a way, Lot's wife could be said to be a victor in some way, being the host of this unparalleled knowledge; arguably Wisdom personified in its nuance. Yet still, left behind with nothing. The consequence of knowledge, of consumption, of insatiability. Then only intellectually, but today so much more.