New people – new impressions!
As I already mentioned, I like being a realtor because
of meeting new people. Once I was dealing with an apartment owned by an old
Jewish couple. That was an amazing experience! The design was very different
from things I’ve seen before, everything was a bit old-fashioned, but made with
love. They told me a lot of interesting things about their culture, especially
about the Wailing Wall:
- This is
one of the best-known shrines of Jewish people built many-many years ago.
It has seen a lot of governors, and a lot of attitudes towards it.
- The
history of the Western Wall (as it is often referred to) is long and
terrible; for many centuries, Jews weren’t allowed to visit their sacred
Temple Mount, all that they could was crying about it in front of a small
wall. Can you imagine something like this in present days?
- Everyone
who visits the Wailing Wall can leave a prayer note asking God for help.
This couple secretly told me that they couldn’t have kids, so they asked
for a baby, and put their wish into the Wall. Now they have three children
and two grandchildren, so it works!
They told me that if I ever happen to visit Jerusalem,
I should definitely leave a note of my own.
Wonderful contemporary wall art on canvas
by a Jewish artist
While I was listening to their story, I noticed a
painting in the living room. It was a picture of the famous Wailing Wall by
Leonid Afremov, one of the best examples of large contemporary canvas wall art
I ever saw. The painter used yellow, orange and red colors to immortalize the
Jewish sanctuary; large strokes of the palette knife resemble rocks, so you can
even feel their shape. The Wall looks tremendous next to small figures of
piligrims; they looked so tiny that I, who had never seen that place, could
almost feel its special atmosphere. This
canvas wall art touched my heart. After all, the Wailing Wall is very important
for Jewish people and Leonid Afremov managed to show it in his work. When I came
home, I did some googling and found out that the artist runs his own online
gallery, so if you are looking for a nice sample of canvas wall art,
contemporary paintings by Leonid Afremov are sure to come in handy!
