"I Believe
in the Religion of Love"
| Title: |
"I Believe
in the Religion of Love" |
| Medium: |
Partially
three dimensional silhouette paper-cut in
patterned paper, suspended over blue dyed
silk background. Cut by hand using a
scalpel. |
| Dimensions: |
Unframed
size: 30 x 30 cm |
| Date: |
December
2009 |
| Comments: |
This
tri-partite composition (waterfall,
bridge, and tree) features the following
lines of Arabic poetry by the Sufi mystic
poet Ibn 'Araby (1165-1240 AD):
Waterfall: "I believe in the
religion of Love"
Bridge: "whichever way its caravans
may go"
Tree + roots: "for Love is my
religion and my faith."
(Arabic: a-deen-u bi-deen il-hubb-i
an-na ta-waj-ja-hat ra-kaa-'i-bu-hu
fa-l-hubb-u deen-ee wa-ee-maan-ee)
Pictorial interpretation:
Love cascades like a waterfall from the
Eternal Source of all.
The 'caravans' of different spiritual
paths go to and fro.
Love is the root foundation of
humankind's creative and fruitful
activities.
Original silhouette paper-cut (framed)
sold. In the collection of the Edinburgh
University Chaplaincy Centre. Prints also
available. Please contact me for further
details or to commission similar work. |
In
different lighting:
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