Inspired Text for Reflection
by
Ms. Rachel Henen
- Founder of Projet Maât -
Paris Region, France (October 2026)
Rachel Henen is an independent Egyptian researcher, scholar and cultural writer, and the founder of Projet Maât, an Egyptian cultural initiative with an international outlook, centered on the values of truth, justice, and balance derived from ancient Egyptian texts.
“I am the great Bennu who is in Iunu.”
In ancient Egypt, this text links the Bennu bird with Osiris. The bird’s form becomes a doorway to a meaning beyond what the eye can see.
A bird spreads its wings, its feet still close to the water. Its whole body takes part in the ascent, and the movement bears the trace of effort.
A moment of takeoff suspended in time, and above the wings, a sun that will never set.
What do we see in the moment of takeoff: the beauty of flight, or the effort that makes it possible?
Sculpture: Jeremiah D. Welsh
Text: Rachel Henen
Source: Coffin Texts, Spell 335, version on the coffin of Ma, Twelfth Dynasty.
Middle Marsh - Midday (section above)
By J.D Welsh, FNSS
Text written in response to and in correlation with Middle Marsh - Midday, Midway and the Ones that Got Away - By J.D. Welsh, FNSS (complete multi-panel sculpture pictured above)
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