Portrait by Arshia Qasim, 2016
This portrait was drawn by my dear friend Arshia Qasim; artist, poet, writer, empath, neurologist and the list goes on. She has recently taken on the founding of the Alhamra Art Center of New Jersey (https://www.facebook.com/ALHAMRAARTNJ/). Here, she will be displaying her beautiful creations in her first art exhibition called “Walls and Windows – a Spiritual Travelogue.” 11 February 2017 in New Jersey not far from NYC! (https://www.facebook.com/events/1802919163259034/). Please visit these pages and ponder the beauty and grace of creation.
It is truly something to behold one’s self in the expression of others. So this sent me off pondering.
In addition to what we know and have yet to learn about ourselves, within our image are the hidden geometry, colors, the textures that emerge through the inspired perceptions of others; each an artist in their own way. The mystery of oneself glistens in the many “reflectors” around us.
Perhaps we are the convergence of countless perceptions; each of our individual and unique presentations merely being a “RE-presentation” of the very-same-true-image which is itself beyond our understanding. While precious and important, “that” we are unique is of less interest to me than “why.” “WHY” is why we search and searching is creating (pathways and records – artifacts); that is, we create because we are so deeply and often desperately seeking perfect ubiquitous cognition of “why” – the artistic byproduct of this struggle is the indefatigable yet imperfectable “expression of an understanding of something we can’t understand.” This is the inward battle that makes us greater in seeking greatness; forgiving in seeking forgiveness; self-full in seeking selflessly.
What a blessing it is for every human being to be unreplicable yet derived from the same origin. Each of us sees the One origin in the state (and visage) of another and IF we train ourselves to look FULLY and lovingly at the infinite spectrum of diversity – we achieve such a beautifully “confounded” state, that all distinction blissfully dissolves and everything is Unity.
