Tiny Terrors

Tiny Terrors explores various phobias using dollhouse miniatures.

Revelation

“Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark (Ezekiel 9:6).” Selective slaughter is not an uncommon occurrence in the Bible, the same holy scripture from which I once drew comfort. As a child, Catholicism had an important presence in my life, but realizing the weight behind the words forced me to question the foundations of my faith.

Much of my childhood was devoted to church, Sunday school, and reading my Precious Moments Bible, particularly the story of Noah’s Ark. I felt an overwhelming sense of awe toward God’s compassion to save two of every animal from the flood. Faith continued to be a driving force in my life until my early teens when I began to investigate the Bible in depth.

The children’s version of Noah’s Ark left out some gruesome details. I realized for the first time that God created this massive flood to wash away all of his human creation and start again. Disgusted with my revelation, I began to notice similar disturbing Bible stories – Abraham and Isaac, Jephthah’s Daughter, and Elisha and the Bears. Instead of sacred precepts, I found that the Bible contained far more tales of genocide and misogyny. Based upon my discoveries, I took interest in juxtaposing sinister Bible verses with the childhood innocence of dollhouse miniatures.