- Paperback: 64 pages
- Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc; 1st Shambhala Ed edition (1 Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1570629811
- ISBN-13: 978-1570629815
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 12.5 x 0.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,272,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In each of these poems, taken from his long work The Interpreter of Desire, the Sufi master Ibn 'Arabi (1165–1240) evokes the transcendent experience of spiritual love—provoked by his encounter with a young Persian woman named Nizham, "harmony." Nizham becomes the emblem of the perfect expression of love, of beauty, of divinity. He discovers her and loves her in desert sand dunes, in the beneficent shades of rare groves, in the cool wind, in the dazzling sun—in all the movements of nature. Calligraphy (from the Greek for "beautiful writing") is an art where word and image meet, where the artist strives to give visual expression to the meaning of words in a way that transcends the text while remaining completely faithful to it. It is a discipline that has been invested with spiritual significance wherever it has arisen—and it has arisen throughout the world in every age, in virtually every language, culture, and religion. The Shambhala Calligraphy series is a collection of books devoted to contemporary expressions of this "art of the word," featuring contemporary calligraphers' striking new interpretations of texts that have been traditional subjects for calligraphic interpretation. Whether in Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Chinese pictographs, the characters, words, and sentences are brought to life anew here in a choreography of mind, hand, and heart by which letter and spirit fuse in a single stroke.
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a treasure, 12 Nov 2002
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This review is from: Perfect Harmony: Sufi Poetry of Ibn 'Arabi (Calligrapher's Notebooks) (Paperback)
This is a beautiful marriage of word and art, word in art, and divine revelation through intimate encounter with poetry. The calligraphy that meets the word creates a fire bed of understanding within you. At points while reading/experiencing this beautiful book I had to stop, lay down, and close my eyes. Such passion is generated and released within this short work. I love the picture of the calligraphor in the back of the book, very simple and authentic, at work in front of a huge shelf filled with glass jars of paints and colored powders. Thanks to Mr. Massoudy for letting Ibn Al-Arabi swirl through his work in all his rich, vibrant love-drenched wildness! WOW! Get this book! Keep it close!
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"A double letter at the moment of union", 18 Dec 2006
By Edwin J. Firmage - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Perfect Harmony: Sufi Poetry of Ibn 'Arabi (Calligrapher's Notebooks) (Paperback)
In this magnificent book, word and form achieve a perfect harmony like that of Ibn 'Arabi and his beloved. Ibn 'Arabi's beautiful, many-layered love poetry and Hassan Massoudy's luminous calligraphy are among the most astonishing things I've experienced in a long while. Read this and weep for what is happening now in Najaf, Massoudy's home town.
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