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Crossfire Heart Attack
From the artist: “Crossfire Heart Attack is about the conscience attacking the heart. Crossfire refers to the bullets shot crisscross through the heart. The embossed bullet furrows form an X, which is the ancient Biblical Greek letter Chi, the initial of Christ. It is also fitting that his initial X (Chi) is pronounced “key.” Christ is the key to the heart. “The three roosters at the top of the painting symbolize St. Peter’s three denials of Christ before his conscience was pricked and he wept bitterly for his betrayal (see Luke 22:34, 54-62). The cross branding it’s way into the top of the heart, while kindling the fire of the Holy Spirit, symbolizes an acknowledgement, repentance, and recommitment to the Savior. Both the X and the + were ancient forms of the Hebrew letter Taw, which means ‘mark.’ So there is a double reference here to receiving God’s protective mark of salvation. “The Hebrew letter cluster Mem-Lamed-Hey (MLH) read from right to left means ‘word,’ and reversed, Hey-Lamed-Mem (HLM) means ‘beating’ or ‘to smite/strike down.’ This symmetrical word is analogous to Yesu, Christ the ‘Word’ of God, who was ‘beaten’ and ‘smitten’ for our iniquities. “The hands are holding the heart forward as if offering it in surrender for a renewed relationship with Christ. In essence the lesson within this piece is, if we are willing to admit our shortcomings and turn around, Yahweh-God is willing to forgive and regenerate us.”
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