Study for a shape
, pencil on A3 paper
Instructions:
1 - Write the text of the study in a basic text editor (eg gedit) respecting each of the characters and spaces
2 - Save the document as shape.svg
3 - Open the document in a web browser (Safari, Firefox, Opera, etc. Do not use Internet Explorer)
..."The first chapter of the Jewish Bible contains the famous sentence: "And God said, Let there be light: and there was a light." The cabalists reasoned that the virtue of that command from the Lord proceeded from the letters of the words. The Sepher Yetzirah (Book of the Formation), written in Syria or Palestine around the sixth century, reveals that Jehovah of the Armies, God of Israel, and God Omnipotent created the universe by means of cardinal numbers that go from one to ten and the twenty-two letters of the alphabet. That numbers may be instruments or elements of the Creation is the dogma of Pythagoras and Iamblichus; that letters also may be used in the Creation is a clear indication of the new cult of writting. The second paragraph of the second chapter reads: "Twenty-two fundamental letters: God drew them, engraved them, combined them, weighed them, permuted them, and with them produced everything taht is and everything that will be." Then the book reveals wich letter has power over the air, wich over water, wich over fire, wich over fire, wich over wisdom, wich over peace, wich over grace, wich over sleep, wich over anger, and how (for example) the letter kaf, wich has power over life, was used to form the sun in the world, the day Wednesday in the year, and the left ear on the body."
Jorge Luis Borges. "On the cult of Books"