This
is a Spiritual Art by Uzma Mirza. Her approach to Art centers around
understanding the heart (Qalb), which mirrors a higher realm of The
Divine Architect or G_d through the act of remembrance. Her struggle is to know the heart, with a disciplined self
(nafs)- that self which lives for the materialism and pleasures of the
world, unchecked and unaccountable. The purpose is not to kill the self
but to train it. Remembrance or Dhikr is done through the science of
knowing ones heart, which
can lead to knowing true freedom, peace and justice, in order to create
a balanced or sustainable world for all. It is not a state, but a
strife towards living and action. It’s striving as a verb, while
being a noun, eking out a way of living as a phototropic being creating
sentences of beautiful communication with oneself and others. A blade
of grass reaching for The Light.
Subsequently,
the approach in using the science of knowing the heart, unique to the
artist, in addition to daily supplication, her spiritual art, is a
reflection of the inner heart striving to create a balanced inner world
of the heart with a disciplined self. The heart being the seat of the
intellect (aql) and the spirit (ruh), which mirror the divine realm
which we can reflect in our character upon the realization of
oneself-which is to know God. Therefore, the purpose is to build a
balanced outer world of the Body, with and in check, with the inner
heart and self. The resultant is the middle way of life. This
Spiritual Art encourages and celebrates not the making of a Renaissance
Man or Promethean Man, but the stitching of a Sustainable Human (Insan).
Copyright: All art and essays on this site, and the penandinkpot blog, is a Copyright of Uzma Mirza 1996-2011, and protected under copyright laws of the USA and the Millenium Act. Unauthorized use and duplication of art and all written material without express and written permission from Uzma Mirza is strictly prohibited. Excerpts may be used, provided that full and clear credit citation is given to Uzma Mirza.
*Press Release-Book Publication: Available on Amazon.com
Ode to my Architect, G_d: Verse and Sound of an Islamic Art
 http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Architect-G_d-Verse-Islamic/dp/1461117895/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318721834&sr=1-1
(Release Date: September 27, 2011)
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