3th Commandment

Title  “III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain”

Type of work: Conscious Abstraction

Project: “Covenant”

Technique of Realization – Light Painting

Year: 2025

Limited Collector’s Photography, archival pigment print on photographic paper of the highest quality, meeting museum longevity standards.
Hand-applied numbering and author’s signature. A dedicated Certificate of Authenticity is attached to the work. It is available in a pool of up to a single copy of 1200 x 800mm and 2 copies 600 x 400mm and has the status of a work of art. +1 AP (an exhibition copy used for competitions and shows, which cannot be sold)

This work presents an interdisciplinary interpretation of the third commandment, combining spirituality, philosophy of language, and contemporary reflection on the power of words and symbols. In line with the principles of Conscious Abstraction, the project avoids literal representation, focusing instead on the immaterial consequences of misusing the sacred—spiritually, culturally, and psychologically.

Light becomes a carrier of the phonetic gesture—something spoken yet fleeting, resonating in space like the echo of an unauthorized invocation. The visual composition is suspended between the desire to grasp presence and the fading of that presence: between light (the intention of reverence) and flicker (the sign of misuse).

The work references both esoteric traditions, which treat the Divine Name as an agent of magical efficacy, and secular contexts in which the sacred is trivialized—through marketing, public discourse, mass culture, and online irony. These parallel abuses underscore the tension between reverence and desecration.

The project becomes a space for contemplation on the ethical limits of language in relation to the sacred. Through abstract visual strategies, it poses critical questions about what it means to “invoke” the divine—and the responsibility embedded in doing so.