Tear

The concept of God as and Eye has fascinated me for a long time.  During the late 1950s and early 1960s when I lived on the Mexican border, I was aware of a piece of craft work done by Mexican artisans known as "The Eye of God".  These were made by tying two pieces of wood together and then weaving colored yard in and out around the sticks to form a design.  Whatever colors were used the outcome produced a very primitive diamond shaped eye.  My Protestant upbringing made me cringe a little at the thought of God watching me constantly, but I was assured that the Mexican Catholic concept was that The Eye of God was "watching over" them, not watching them.

 In the movie The Great Gatsby there is an optometrist's sign near the auto mechanic's shop where so much of the traumatic action takes place.  The eye or eyes on that sign seem to invoke God to some corrective action.  Strangely the worst offenders in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel are never punished just as some of the worst offenders in the Bible seem to go without mention of sanction.

 With a love for symbols, I couldn't ignore the Hebrew looking letter which vaguely resembles a stylized "U" and be reminded of the relationship between "you" and God.  When Moses asked God what he should tell people God's name was, God answered, "I Am".   That's the "I" that my brain turns into an "EYE".  The tear also seems appropriate for the Eye of God.

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