Ubiquitous Voice

(English calligraphy, line-varying fountain pen on parchment) In this piece, I experiment for the first time with copperplate calligraphy, a font whose curves and sways make it somewhat akin to Arabic script. I have used the placement of the words to symbolize the essence of Mohja Kahf’s poem, Little Mosque Poems. In the poem, Kahf describes […]

Ascent to Salat   At every rung, my hands are torn and burned My heart is wrung, my earth-bound spirit burned   And less and less, my armor weighs me down Its metal melts away, as flesh is burned   No wings to take me higher, nervous flame The ladder to the pyre leaves me […]