With collage and mixed-media, Tzaddi Gordon creates captivating "compositions" on vintage book pages.
Her pieces arise from the genre of blackout poetry or redacted text, while deepening the meaning of the text with artful visual compositions.
At times funny or challenging, other times poignant and heartfelt. Each composition speaks to what's in her heart and celebrates the hidden meanings and joy that she finds in vintage book pages.
"I believe poetry is very old. It's very sacred. It wishes for a community. It's a community ritual, certainly. And that's why, when you write a poem you write it for anybody and everybody... It's a gift to yourself, but it's a gift to anybody who has a hunger for it."
– Mary Oliver