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The Five Limits - Original Arabic Calligraphy Drawing
Lebanon
Drawing, Ink on Paper
Size: 14.9 W x 10.3 H x 0.1 D in
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The Five Limits: Mind, Self, Word, Cause and Effect Ink on paper, 2020 Dimensions: 26x38cm The Eastern Star is depicted with the five limits, in their five respective colors. The symbol is known to many mystic, and esoteric faiths and organizations. It's commonly associated with the Druze, who generally avoid iconography but use five colors to represent the “Five Limits” as a religious symbol: green, red, yellow, blue, and white. Each color pertains to a metaphysical power called ḥaad, literally 'a limit'. This piece is formed using the words of these five limits. Each Limit is color-coded in the following manner: • Green for ʻAql "the Universal Mind/Intelligence/Nous" • Red for Nafs "the Universal Soul/Self/Anima mundi" • Yellow for Kalima "the Word/Logos", • Blue for Sabiq "the Potentiality/Cause/Precedent" • White for Tali "the Future/Effect/Immanence". الحدود الخمسة: العقل ، النفس ، الكلمة ، السابق والتالي. حبر على ورق 2020 الأبعاد: ٢٦ × ٣٨ سم تم تصوير النجمة الشرقية بحدود خمسة ، بألوانها الخمسة. الرمز معروف للعديد من الأديان والمنظمات الباطنية والباطنية. يرتبط بشكل شائع بالدروز ، الذين يتجنبون الأيقونات بشكل عام ولكنهم يستخدمون خمسة ألوان لتمثيل "الحدود الخمسة" كرمز ديني: الأخضر والأحمر والأصفر والأزرق والأبيض. كل لون يتعلق بقوة ميتافيزيقية تسمى "حد" . تتكون هذه القطعة باستخدام كلمات هذه الحدود الخمسة. يتم ترميز كل حد بالطريقة التالية: • الأخضر ل العقل "العقل العالمي / الذكاء / النوس" • الأحمر ل النفس "الروح العالمية / الذات / أنيما موندي" • الأصفر ل الكلمة "الكلمة / الشعارات" ، • الأزرق ل السابق "الإمكانية / القضية / السابقة" • الأبيض ل التالي "المستقبل / التأثير / الجاذبية".
Details & Dimensions
Drawing:Ink on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:14.9 W x 10.3 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
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Ships From:Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Born 1988 in Nashville, Tennessee Currently working from my atelier in Beirut, Lebanon since 2011, I continue to pursue my education and understanding of Islamic Art and calligraphy. Working in the Diwani, Diwani Jali and square Kufic scripts, I use the words to create illustrations ranging from portraits to geometric abstract constructions. The work celebrates Middle Eastern and Islamic culture in addition to focusing on human rights in the post colonial era, with an emphasis on American and western foreign policy. With few calligraphers who use their words to illustrate rather than write, my greatest inspiration comes from Jila Peacock, and Hassan Musa. My aim is to eventually achieve the flawless legibility of Peacock's work while also grasping the visual accuracy with which Hassan Musa illegibly creates his animals and figures, using shapes and strokes inspired by calligraphy. As nearly all of the original work has been sold. I'm primarily selling limited edition facsimile giclee prints, on Saatchi, particularly only those in which at least half of the edition has already been sold.
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