Vittoria Colonna

Vittoria Colonna, has trained as a fine artist in Romes L’accedemia di Belle Arti, and as a professional actor in the Gaiety School of Acting Dublin, while using her backround and experiences to inspire and sculpt her career in Film as a director, producer and writer. Her first short Film, Nun was screened at the Venice Film festival in 2005, following with an accalamation for her Music video, Fictitious Richard for Irish Choice Award Music Winner 2006, Julie Feeney. Currently she is working on her feature documentaries Identities and Nano Nagle both of which are to be released in late 2008.Upon the most hidden of all that is hidden, one imprint was impressed that is neither seen, nor unseen, nor revealed. This impression is an impression yet not an impression. Those of understanding and open eyes, GIFTED IN WISDOM, can not understand its nature. It maintains everything. This impression is so small as to be unseen and not revealed, existing there by the will to sustain all. It recieves whatever it recieves from that which has no impression or will, and is not visible. This impression desired to veil itself, and created for itself, and extended it with great expansion from all sides and adorned it with valuable attire, thereby opening up in it fifty gates. In the innermost part IN THAT CHAMBER, that impression was treasured and concealed. After being concealed, it was penetrated by light. From this light there issued forth lights and sparks, and it emerged through the gates of the chamber and shone upon everything. This chamber is cloaked, THAT IS TO SAY, CLOTHED with six screens. Yet these six screens are but five. In the innermost part of these screens, there prevails one embroided screen. It is with this screen that the chamber is covered and CLOTHED. From within, it monitors and sees everything. This chamber is the opening of eyes- so that it does not sleep. It is forever attentive to shed light below, out of the light of the impression. This understanding, this concealed wisdom and the will of wills, is concealed and cloaked, and not revealed; it exsists yet does not exist. Blessed be it from the concealed of all the concealed. Blessed be it forever and eternally, Amen. Tosefta (addendum)