8.1.2 Grounded theory
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1.2 Grounded theory Grounded theory is interested in the linking of events through their development, for the purpose of generating a common theme....
8.1 Methods
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1 Methods The following sections will detail the methods: In section Phenomenology I will discuss the theory behind the phenomenological approach,...
8. Methodology
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8. Methodology My interest is in understanding the actual experiences of opening up to inspiration within my own personal practice of making art as...
7.1 Summary of Literature and Intentions of the Investigation
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 7.1 Summary of Literature and Intentions of the Investigation The literature cited above scans the developments in art from representing the external...
7. Literature Review (pt 2 of 2)
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 7. Literature Review (pt 2 of 2) Carl Jung (1990: 72), discussing creative processes in what he coined ‘extraverted art’, uses a plant as an...
1. Thesis Title Page
01. Thesis Title Page Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice Gil Dekel Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirementsfor the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Portsmouth May 2009[formatted for the web...
Ibn Yaḥya family tree
Dr. Gil Dekel A manuscript of the Ibn Yahya family tree. According to Arthur Menton, the manuscript is off an original tapestry. It was perhaps created by the Italian branch of Yahya. I have obtained an article[1], suggesting the manuscript was donated to The Jewish...
Origins of the Yahya family name (with short biographies of a few members)
By Doctor Gil Dekel. The Yahya (יחייא) family can be traced some 1000 years back to the 11th century Portugal, and before that to the Hebrew Exilarchs of ancient Babylonia[1]. This article looks at the origin and meanings of the name ‘Yahya’ and ‘Ibn Yahya’, sharing...
The Historian R. Gedalya Ibn Yahya
By Dr. Abraham David. Edited by Dr. Gil Dekel. The closing period of the Middle Ages, from the Spanish Expulsion until the late sixteenth century, saw the appearance of Jewish historiographical compositions of varied length and quality. The majority were written by...
The Origin of the Surname Charlap – מקור השם חרל”פ
By Dr. Gil Dekel [לעיברית, ראו למטה] The Surname Charlap is acronym (such as the example of Rambam, which stands for Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon). There are several suggestions to the meaning of the acronym of Charlap. There are also two roles the name served: at first the...
In praise of women – the article of Rabbi Gedaliah Ibn Yahya (1526-1587)
By Gil Dekel, PhD Quite a few people in the Middle Ages believed that women are inferior to men, and that they possess a limited intellectual capacity. The article below is unique. Written in those Mediaeval times, it stands by women, describing their virtues and...
Charlap-Yahya family: lists of surnames adopted, and towns the family come from.
By Dr. Gil Dekel. Charlap family descend from the famous Portuguese Yahya family.[1] Many surnames were adopted over the years. We have ample information, researched by historian Arthur F. Menton who has “…taken on the massive task of being the family historian”.[2]...
The Kuzari book and the ibn Yahya family
By Dr. Gil Dekel When Yehuda Halevi’s philosophical book ha-Kuzari was completed circa 1140, the moveable-type printing press was not invented as yet. And so, the book was copied by hand for over 350 years. Then, in the year 1506, the book was finally printed for the...
King David Dynasty: the Charlap family ascension.
The ancestry lineage from King David down to the Exilarchs, Ibn Yahya (בן חיים) family, and Charlap (חרל”פ) family. — David, 2nd king of lsrael and Judah. b. ca 1040 B.C.E. Reigned ca 1004-968 {or 970, the year he died} B.C.E. {Reigned over the United Kingdom of Israel. Buried at King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, Israel. דוד המלך. דָּוִד בֶּן יִשַׁי}.
Rabbi Abraham Ibn Daud – Sefer Hakabbalah — ספר הקבלה – רב אברהם בן-דוד
Rabbi Abraham Ibn-Daud – Sefer Hakabbalah. Sefer ha-Qabbalah. ספר הקבלה לרב אברהם בן דוד (ראב”ד) Rabbi Abraham Ibn-Daud (ben David) Halevi, known as Rabad (born circa 1110; died 1180). A prominent scholar and translator, arguably he “…introduced Arabic numerals...
The Book of Destiny – Toledot Charlap – Chapter XXVI
The four centuries that our ancestors spent in Spain roughly coincide with what has been called the Golden Age. It was the age of Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Yehuda Halevi, and Maimonides.
Symbols of Feelings and Extraction of Knowledge:
A critical and practical exploration of the process of extraverted poetrymaking. By Dr. Gil Dekel. Key-words Words Observation Beauty Love Atoms Attention Consciousness Inspiration Creation. Introduction Poets are often seen as sentimentalists who...
Art activities for children
Simple, cheap and easy arts you can do with the kids. I have tried all the activities here; some worked well, others could be improved (I noted in the post what could be improved, so that you know when you try out). All posts below are embedded from my Facebook page....
Ideas for art projects
By Gil and Natalie Dekel. Below are ideas for art projects that we are planning to carry in our gallery – but the ideas are not complete. They are still general, in a proposal stage, and need some reshaping before we can actually produce them. We are sharing the ideas...
An Autobiography of an Angel: short inspirational story by Natalie and Gil Dekel.
And so we meet again… The occasion: an autobiography of an angel. Yet, this is not an autobiography of a specific individual but of the collective bearers of the nation-of-life; of all of us… I was born on a hill-top, in the desert of consciousness. There the...
- Reading with Natalie, book here...