Writer, artist and architect Uzma Mirza shares her spiritual meditations in "Ode to my Architect, G_d," a unique collection of Islamic calligraphy, essay and verse. As a Muslim woman raised in the West, Mirza clarifies terms from the Quran, from architecture, science, music and art without lessening the intricacy and challenge of her material. She does this in the tradition of illuminated manuscripts, wherein radiant images accompany sacred thoughts, each supporting yet not duplicating the other. In the tradition of sacred writing, Mirza uses metaphors, similes and other evocative devices,...
Writer, artist and architect Uzma Mirza shares her spiritual meditations in "Ode to my Architect, G_d," a unique collection of Islamic calligraphy, es...