The Abrahamic Faiths

By Name: Mila Age: 12 School: South Hampstead High School Artwork Title: The Abrahamic faiths  I chose the topic “We have far more in common with each other than that which divides us.”  When I first heard this topic, I thought of religion and how religion connects people and creates community; but I also realised that religion can also create further divide and trouble across different religions. For example, the problems in Jerusalem and Israel.  Throughout, this made me think more specifically of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. So, I thought if there was anything that can connects these religions together. This is when I thought of G-d and the idea of how one G-d is shared throughout the three religions. I did this by drawing a person from each of the religions I chose, and found a passage from each religion stating that there is only one G-d. The people are not all placed next to each other and are only connected by one string because I wanted to show their differences and emphasise how G-d and the belief of only one G-d is unifying them. I decided to set it in a dark, night sky because many times G-d is associated with light and being light through the darkness. The moon represents G-d because in all these religions they either use a lunar calendar, watch, or appreciate the moon which in some way is how much they greatly appreciate the almighty G-d. The stars in the sky represent different prophets from the religions such as Mohamed, Jesus, and Isaiah.  In this artwork I have tried to show how G-d unifies a lot of different people with different religions and how G-d is seen as a light in the darkness. I have also tried to highlight that the idea of having one G-d is one aspect of “We have far more in common with each other than that which divides us.” Whilst researching I found out a lot more about all three religions, their beliefs, and practices also I came to realise how similar some of their beliefs are.