Emily Ann Pothast

The artist

1. And he said: "Whoever finds the meaning of these words will not taste death."

2. Jesus says: "The one who seeks should not cease biography seeking until he finds. And when he finds, he will be dismayed. And when he is dismayed, he will be astonished. And he will be king over the All."

3. Jesus says: "If those who lead you say to you: ‘Look, the kingdom is in the sky!’ then the birds of the artist's statement sky will precede you. If they say to you: ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fishes will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and outside of you." "When you come to know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will realize that you are the children of the living contact Father. But if you do not come to know yourselves, then you exist in poverty, and you are poverty."

4. Jesus says: "The person old in his days will not hesitate to ask a child sevendays old about the place of life, and he will live. For many who are first will become last, and they will become a single one."

5. Jesus says: "Come to know what is in front of you, and that which is hidden from you will become clear to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not become manifest."

6. His disciples questioned him, (and) they said to him: "Do you want us to fast? And how should we pray and give alms? And what diet should we observe?" Jesus says: "Do not lie. And do not do what you hate. For everything is disclosed in view of thetruth. For there is nothing hidden that will not become revealed. And there is nothing covered that will remain undisclosed."

7. Jesus says: "Blessed is the lion that a person will eat and the lion will become human. And anathema is the person whom a lion will eat and the lion will become human."

8. And he says: "The human being is like a sensible fisherman who cast his net into thesea and drew it up from the sea filled with little fish. Among them the sensible fisherman found a large, fine fish. He threw all the little fish back into the sea, (and) he chose the large fish effortlessly. Whoever has ears to hear should hear."

Works

9. Jesus says: "Look, a sower went out. He filled his hands (with seeds), (and) he scattered (them.) Current work Some fell on the path, and the birds came and pecked them up. Others fell on the rock, and did not take root in the soil, and they did not put forth ears. And others fell among the thorns, they choked theseeds, and worms ate them. And others fell on good soil, and it produced good fruit. It yielded sixty per measure and one hundred twenty per measure."

10. Jesus says: "I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am guarding it until it blazes." 11. Jesus says: "This heaven will pass away, and the (heaven) above it will pass away. And the dead are not alive, and the living will not die. In the days when you consumed what was dead, you made it alive. When you are in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?

12. The disciples said to Jesus: "We know that you will depart from us.
Who (then) exhibition record will rule [lit., ‘be great’] over us?" Jesus said to them: "No matter where you came from, you should go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."

13. Jesus said to his disciples: "Compare me, and tell me whom I am like." Simon Peter said to him: "You are like a just messenger." Matthew said to him: "You are like an (especially) wise philosopher." Thomas said to him: "Teacher, my mouth will not works on the web bear at all to say whom you are like." Jesus said: "I am not your teacher. For you have drunk, you have become intoxicated at the bubbling spring that I have measured out." And he took him, (and) withdrew, (and) he said three words to him.

But when Thomas came back to his companions, they asked him: "What did Jesus say to you?" Thomas said to them: "If I tell you one of the words he said to me, you will pick links up stones and throw them at me, and fire will come out of the stones (and) burn you up."^*

Biography

Emily Ann Pothast is a visual artist, writer, and musician based in Seattle, Washington. She has a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from the University of Washington and currently works as the Director of the Antique Print department at Davidson Galleries in Pioneer Square. She is also a regular contributor to Rivet Magazine.

Emily spent the first eleven years of her life on a farm in rural Iowa. Much of this time was spent playing on abandoned farm equipment, idolizing Madonna, and crying because she was the only girl in her class who wasn't invited to Traci Mannetter's birthday party at Hardee's.

In 1990, Emily moved with her family to Wichita Falls, Texas, the "most average city in America," according to the 2000 census. Wichita Falls also happens to be the hotbed of fundamentalist Christianity. It was here that Emily developed a life-long obsession with religion and spirituality.

Besides making stuff, Emily likes to read voraciously, write about herself in the third person, and look for esoteric meaning in 80's sitcoms. (This is not a joke. Whatever you do, don't ask her about the connection between The Golden Girls and Gnosticism.)

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