2023 YEAR 5 HIGHLY COMMENDED

'the hidden truth' 
emily coomber
mary immaculate catholic primary school, eagle vale
year 5

My artwork depicts ‘Preparing the Way’ for a new king - Isaiah 40: 3-5. The Jewish people had developed an image in their mind of a Messiah who would be a great king, one who would free them from slavery and oppression. Isaiah called for his people to ‘Prepare the Way’ to ensure obstacles that kept them from truly seeing him were cleared in their hearts, so they were truly ready to receive him. 

I have chosen to represent this passage with the traditional Aramaic script of the time in the background and the image of his birth in the foreground. The Torah promised a Messiah, someone who they imagined and wanted to make change ‘now’, not the gentle man filled with love, serving those on the margins, born of humble beginnings. 

In our own lives, we need to make sure that we too are open and responsive to God’s call by clearing a path in our hearts where we can respond to God’s love for us.

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