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Counting the Omer 5782

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June 6, 2022

Daily Omer Drawings 5782 – 2022

I enjoy the process of finding inspiration, finding an image, within set parameters, in this case, the specific combination of qualities ascribed to each day of the omer count. I meditate for a few minutes on the combination of the two qualities associated to that day, and when I am ready, I begin to draw.

Read What is Counting the Omer?

For reference, I include here the correspondences of the Seven Sefirot of the Omer Period that inform my thoughts about the quality combinations for each day.
[“Sefirot” refers to the kabbalistic notion of the divine emanations.]

1. Chesed : Loving kindness, Compassion
2. G’vurah: Judgment, Restriction, Limits
3. Tiferet: Beauty, Balance
4. Netzach: Victory, Enduring
5. Hod: Glory, Humility
6. Yesod: Foundation, Bonding, Generativity
7. Malchut: Sovereignty, Majesty, God’s Earthly Realm

Here are Counting the Omer Images for the year 5782-2022

Pure yearning love, nothing held back.

Working hard, with love for the future.

War no more.

Bringing apples to Grandma, enduring love.

Humbled before the divinity of nature.

Communication is now possible… without devices!!

Gardening time is family time.

Can’t we stay just a little longer?

Overwhelmed by doubling down on dietary restrictions.

Beauty in becoming both vessel and channel in balance.

Vigilance keeping the push and pull of life in check.

Humble queen walking her domain.

Keeping it tight.

Tree pose.

Making salad with Grandma.

Taking refuge from outside influences.

Glorying in the generosity of nature.

Helping each other go the distance.

I appreciate the invisible forces looking out for me.

Bonding in perfect balance.

Sovereign compassionate beings communicating.

Gardens show us the way of enduring love.

Intense focus on a dangerous crossing.

Tending to the beauty of nature.

Somehow we endured.

Needing to stop and cool down is humbling.

The secret of the enduring bond of mother and child.

Nature endures, buildings crumble.

Emerging from infancy.

The little that holds a lot.

Leaving a secret care package for a neighbor.

Resting against a tree.

A still pond.

Sitting with my teacher.

Team!

Love and cookies.

Taking a break at a retreat.

Seeing our reflections together. Let me show you the beauty I see.

An enduring bond.

Inner and outer living universe, as above so below.

Fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.

Sovereign bonding. Rainbow day, the day God made the covenant of the rainbow with all of Earth.

Loving teamwork.

Honoring the bounds of my authority.

Shefa flows with eternal compassion.

Taking care together.

Bowing to the trees, honoring their majesty.

Bound to the matrix of the living earth.

Majesty of Sovereignty.

Shavuot! Drawing down the Torah of the Future.

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Daily Drawing

Posted by Amy Mook on

June 29, 2021

Having had such a great time doing daily Omer drawings, I decided to continue my daily drawing practice. The Omer counting provided a structure for my imagination, contemplating combinations of qualities of the sephirot of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, what to do for this leg of the journey? The inspirations for this series of drawings comes from just tuning in and seeing what images come. Occasionally I opened one of the books I am studying and an idea from that became the seed of the drawing. The captions for each drawing give some idea of where my head was at each day… what do you see in them?

Daily Drawings: January-April 2022

Daily Drawings: December 2021

Daily Drawings: November 2021

Daily Drawings: October 2021

Daily Drawings: September 2021.

Daily Drawings: August 2021.

Daily Drawings: July 2021

Daily Drawings: May – June 2021

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Counting the Omer 5781

Posted by Amy Mook on

May 29, 2021

Daily Omer Drawings 5781 -2021

Having counted the days of the omer (see What is Counting the Omer?) for a number of years, taking care to say the blessings every evening, but having difficulty connecting to the process, it had sadly become quite arduous. This year, 5781 – 2021 I decided to take a different approach, making one drawing per day, in the morning (when I am most creative), taking time to focus on the daily combination of sefirot/qualities. I drew with pen on paper, no erasing, no do overs. Interestingly, I grabbed a stack of old pin-feed computer printer paper to draw on, and though I did not count the pages, there were exactly 50 pages in the stack, all connected as one book. See the images below.

UPDATE: Click to view Omer count 5782-2022 drawing-a-day.

Correspondences of the Seven Sefirot of the Omer Period that inform my thoughts about the quality combinations for each day
[“Sefirot” refers to the kabbalistic notion of the divine emanations.]

Here are Counting the Omer Images for the year 5781/2021:

Just Being, in loving love of what is. Chesed Sheb’Chesed.

The Push, being and oneness gives way to process. Gevurah Sheb’Chesed.

Beautiful, love in that sweet spot. Tiferet Sheb’Chesed.

Firmly planted, reaching, spanning earth, sun and moon. Netzach Sheb’Chesed.

My roots go down. Hod Sheb’Chesed.

Clouds of Glory fill me up. Yesod Sheb’Chesed.

…and from here, Shefa flows into the world. Malchut Sheb’Chesed.

Submitting to the critic, under a rain of loving kindness from my angel. Chesed Sheb’Gevurah.

Push pull, holding back speech. Gevurah Sheb’Gevurah.

With Aba and Ima. Tiferet Sheb’Gevurah.

The long, difficult, and precarious climb, Kingfisher spies his catch…meanwhile, back on the farm. Netzach Sheb’Gevurah.

Holding up and protected by Earth, submitting to the power of the storm. Hod Sheb’Gevurah.

Sitting close but not in the torrential falls of Shefa, revitalized by the gentle mist, nursing a baby. Yesod Sheb’Gevurah.

A river issues from Eden to water the garden, and it then divides and becomes four branches. Malchut Sheb’Gevurah.

Loving compassion, beauty in nature. Chesed Sheb’Tiferet.

Focusing in on one corner of the wonders of nature. Gevurah Sheb’Tiferet.

Fires within fires, the cave of Machpelah, portal to Eden. Tiferet Sheb’Tiferet.

Lingering along the trail, picking flowers, enjoying the company. It might take longer; it is precious time spent. Netzach Sheb’Tiferet.

Humbling being a part of the miracle of life, and witness to such wonder and joy. Humbled by the beauty of exuberance. Hod Sheb’Tiferet.

All who dwell on Earth, come feast. Yesod, Sheb’Tiferet.

Diving into Shechinah’s swimming hole. Malchut Sheb’Tiferet.

Mysteriously, my usual burdens are not dragging me down today. Chesed Sheb’Netzach.

Sometimes, we have to pause on our long journey. Gevurah Sheb’Netzach.

Tending the fire. Tiferet Sheb’Netzach.

Enduring the verb, Enduring the adjective, Enduring bonds of Family. Netzach Sheb’Netzach.

You go on ahead, I’ll catch up, I take it a little slower these days and that is fine with me. Hod Sheb’Netzach.

Enduring bonds of love: Earth and Moon, Grove of Trees, Man and Woman. Yesod Sheb’Netzach.

Channeling Shechinah, hitting that sweet spot. Malchut Sheb’Netzach.

Showering love on the next generation, no competition or envy, just nachas. Chesed Sheb’Hod.

When Torah comes through, the ego stands back and trembles, coming to peace with leadership. Gevurah Sheb’hod.

Not consumed by flames of passion, a bush among the lambs grazing in the orchard. Tiferet Sheb’hod.

Feeding the hungry. Without even being seen. Two handed, full hearted help for the long haul. As Torah says: For there will never cease to be needy ones in your land, which is why I command you: open your hand to the poor and needy kinsman in your land. Deut 15:11 Netzach Sheb’Hod.