I started breaking down human anatomy into simple forms to improve my figure drawing. In this first part, I focus on basic ...

Everyone knows the heart symbol, but almost nobody knows where it actually comes from — and it isn’t the human heart. The shape traces back to an extinct plant used in the ancient world as medicine, ...

~ The premature eating. Zohar I 36b–37a describes Adam’s sin as eating “before its time,” and says that had he waited until Shabbat, the fruit would have been permitted and the world perfected. The ...