Pillars of Wisdom

Pillars of Wisdom is a group of scrolls with a gold lining of inner truth covered with written elements of man’s recorded wisdom. The scrolls are made from recycled paper; paper which began as cellulose fiber transporting nourishment throughout a tree.   Using paper as the primary material creates a strong bond within the sculpture to the source of man’s wisdom, Nature. Since the phrase is commonly associated with Seven Pillars of Wisdom (a number assigned by man in Proverbs), I chose seven languages from man’s recorded history and made three scrolls in each language: Language of the Goddess, Sumerian, Mayan, Old English, Arabic, Chinese and Binary. In addition I used the elements of each language on the outside of the scroll to allow for potential instead of actual words that could support existing dogma. I used gold, the color of enlightenment and illumination, to represent the limitlessness of wisdom. The scrolls float above a gold earthen base no longer connected to their source of knowledge and understanding; wisdom.