‘The servants of the Lord of Mercy are those who do not give false testimony, and who, when they see some frivolity, pass by with dignity; who, when reminded of their Lord‘s signs, do not turn a deaf ear and a blind eye to them’
— Quran 25:72-73
‘The servants of the Lord of Mercy are those who walk humbly on the earth, and who, when aggressive people address them, reply, with words of peace’
— Quran 25:63
Thank you, for saying so, Sarah. I believe in the transformative power of art & see it as a form of prayer:
worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/culture... #art #spirituality #inspiration
Those who know know
If clouds grew on trees...
#nature #photography
Baby pigeons growing up
#art Redon
Lingering is good. To muse upon the Mystery...
Affirmation of resilience . . .
Silence (Black Sun)
#art by Odilon Redon
Silence (Black Sun)
#art by Odilon Redon
Small ray of light, amid all the unrelenting awful news: this big, beautiful illustrated book featuring my poems translated into Hindi —from the International Poetry Festival I was unable to attend, in India…
youtu.be/JEMqK5jw0pk
#art #booksky #poetry #India
Lebanon 🇱🇧
Paper birds falling
over the roofs of Beirut
a swarm of black wings
omens of exile…
youtube.com/shorts/iu5rW... #poetry #news #Israel #Beirut #Lebanon
Lebanon 🇱🇧
Paper birds falling
over the roofs of Beirut
a swarm of black wings
omens of exile
(Photograph : Israel drops evacuation leaflets)
My father is Lebanese, my grandparents Palestinian…
I grieve for the human family.
The Horror…
When will we learn…
What are they okay with this, but not this?
Käthe Kollwitz , Woman with Dead Child (Frau mit totem Kind), 1903 #art
Let's structure your poetry manuscript together.
💡 Explore sequence, structure, and revision
🎨 Hands-on exercises to uncover themes
📚 Take home craft notes to guide your work
📅 Live on Zoom | 30 participants | Coming in April.
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Join us April 11th at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s 20th Anniversary Gala, celebrating the power of the arts in our community. I’ll debut a new poem, and Grammy-winning vocalist Gregory Porter will perform as we support Arsht Impact. Tickets: www.arshtcenter.org/support/gala...
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
Today, would have been Mahmoud Darwish’s birthday.
His #poetry reminds us that even in the shadow of grief, something in the human spirit refuses despair.
“We have on this earth what makes life worth living.”
May we never cease dreaming of Peace 🕊️
consequenceforum.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
Today, would have been Mahmoud Darwish’s birthday.
His #poetry reminds us that even in the shadow of grief, something in the human spirit refuses despair.
“We have on this earth what makes life worth living.”
May we never cease dreaming of Peace 🕊️
consequenceforum.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The past beats inside me like a second heart.
— Banville
'Now our whole task's to hack some angel-shape worth wearing '
Sylvia Plath
It is a great privilege to make one’s living from writing sentences.
The sentence is the greatest invention of civilization.
To sit all day long assembling these extraordinary strings of words is a marvelous thing...
It’s as near to godliness as I can get.
—Banville
raintaxi.com/that-particu...
I have been lavishly gifted a pain
as thick and rich as oil paint
By pushing it around the page
I have learned to make art
Truly shocking that a US president should speak this way …
#Trump #Iran #news
If one wanted to be charitable and philosophical about it, they might quote Camus:
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer”
#quote #philosophy #inspiration #spirituality
