Visual Sufi Poetry

Welcome~

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:44:28 +0000

“Art is a quiet revering of The Hidden… through the intimacy of creativity, we trace the unknown yet the nearest, wholeheartedly, without any condition nor any usual man-made boundary, we celebrate The Most Sublime who left imprints of Herself/Himself through our breath. Art reveals itself to adorn the journey of the spiritually aware, the humble [...]

Atoms’ KaBa

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:48:18 +0000

“And We have created above you seven paths, and We are never unmindful of creation”. ~23:17 Qur’an “And wherever you turn there is the Presence of Hu, for Hu is all pervading, All Knowing.” 2:115 ~Qura’n “The whole earth is a place of worship” ~prophet Muhammad (saw). Description: I worked on the painting “Atoms’ KaBa” by intervals for [...]

Kemet Incandescence

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:21:22 +0000

Description: I painted “Kemet Incandescence” for the album cover of “Ancestral Devotion”, the new CD by Jazz musician Lonnie Plaxico. The piece was inspired from Africa’s ancient art that captures the spirituality of African culture, its reverence for the feminine principle and the sacredness of music. In experimenting with this different yet ancient genre [...]

Illumination at the Door

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:14:55 +0000

(c) 2008 Aida Toure Illumination at the Door (24″ x 30″ oil on canvas) “…And Hu is with you wheresoever ye may be…” ~ 57:4 Quran Description: the visual landscape of this painting came from this poem I composed about the culture of egolessness, love and contemplation which magnifies the quality of our life, of our overall [...]

On the Edge of Union

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:10:05 +0000

“And of everything We have created pairs” ~ 51:49 Quran Description: “On the Edge of Union” came out of a poem of the same title. This painting evokes the intertwining of opposite poles, which sustained by Love, leads to blissful flowing with The Divine. On the painting, the opposite poles are expressed through the feminine and masculine [...]

She, the Black Light

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:04:34 +0000

“Stand to pray all Night except a little, Half of it or a little less than that, or a little more. And recite the Qur’ân (aloud) in a slow, (pleasant tone and) style for we shall charge thee with a word of weight. Lo! the vigil of the night is (a time) when impression is [...]

Marundu’s Thousand Veils

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:59:44 +0000

“O Allah, let us see things as they are.” ~ Prophet Muhammad (saw) “And to Allâh belong the east and the west, so wherever you turn (yourselves or your faces) there is the Face of Allâh (and He is High above, over His Throne). Surely! Allâh is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knowing.” 2:115 ~Qur’an Description: this piece was [...]