A Salutary
Posted on April 18, 2008 - Filed Under Arts and Entertainment
In the supreme culture of the East, a tradition, where poetry and spirituality have no distinct boundaries, multitudes of metaphors, feelings and passions are gathered to convey the heart and the mind of the sage, and the wise man to the masses.
The poet writing through the intensity of his mood, often speaks of the weeping of man and the agony of his spirit, trapped in the conditions of the transitory life, playing the voice and the dream in unison. The beauty of a bride, who sweeps her hands through her bed, looking for the petals fallen from the crown of her Prince, lies in this portrait of the soul looking for God.
The Persian Poet Rumi, often presents infinite love as a path to serenity and living in the moment, as a symbol of this brief breath of life.
In love with life, my soul lives the subtlest of passions.
Lives like a gypsy, each day at a different house.
Each night under the stars. – Rumi
The word lover is connoted with infinite universal admiration, again as a panacea when he writes:
Wherever you are, and in every circumstance, try always to be a lover. Once you possess love, you will remain a lover, in the tomb, on the day of resurrection, in paradise, and forever.
And if you have not been a lover, count not your life as lived. On the day of reckoning, it will not be counted. – Rumi
The celestial magnitude of Rumi’s metaphors and figurative expressions of humanity soothe our souls for the privilege of having loved.
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Iran Lawrence is a recipient of the University of Delaware Presidential Citation for outstanding achievement for exhibiting a great promise in her professional and public service activities. She thrives on a cornucopia of skills and know-how acquired since childhood from many masters around the world.
She was already an accomplished artist when she entered the University of Delaware, College of Business and Economics and graduated with a B.S. degree in Economics in 1979. She later earned a M. S. degree in Interior Design from Drexel University, Nesbett College of Design Arts followed by an M.F.A scholarship to Temple University, Tyler School of Art.
Her evocative abstract paintings convey an illusive interplay of glowing color-fields emanating warmth, beauty and calm. As a widely published and exhibited multi-disciplined artist, her life embodies a cosmopolitan flair deeply rooted within the wealth of her Persian heritage and further refined through the spirit and the genius of the West.
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