Rumi
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Go through the ear to the centre Where sky is, where wind
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Like an ant that's gotten into a granary
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At that moment, his spirit grows and lifts.
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Only the holder the flag fits into and wind. No flag.
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Light again, and the one who brings light!
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Spring and outside everything is growing,
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a sun at midnight, with no east, no night or day.
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With love silence is clearer.
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Breaking free
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When it is cold and raining, you are more beautiful.
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I saw your blade and burned my shield!
These images were made in 2006-2007, in response to the poems of Rumi, the thirteenth century Persian philosopher and mystic.
All the images are in oil pastel and approximately A4 in size.
The quotations alongside them are taken from Rumi, Selected Poems, translated by Coleman Banks, Penguin, 1995.
The images are intended to reflect something of the wildness of Rumi's poetry.
All the images are in oil pastel and approximately A4 in size.
The quotations alongside them are taken from Rumi, Selected Poems, translated by Coleman Banks, Penguin, 1995.
The images are intended to reflect something of the wildness of Rumi's poetry.