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URL:https://www.arabamerica.com/events/music-for-the-eyes-an-artistic-and-
 spiritual-retreat-in-new-mexico/
SUMMARY:Music for the Eyes: An Artistic and Spiritual Retreat in New Mexico
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nABIQUIU\, NM\n\n\nA unique opportunity to delve into the 
 art of Islamic calligraphy of three traditions: West African\, Ottoman\, a
 nd Persian in Abiquiu NM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArabic calligraphy as practiced 
 around the world transcends the simple act of writing. As one early writer
  said of calligraphy\, “If it was a flower\, it would be a rose\, if a m
 etal\, gold.” Another said\, “The pen is the ambassador of intelligenc
 e\, the messenger of thought\, and interpreter for the mind.” This spiri
 tual and artistic practice imbues the written word with life and beauty\, 
 so both the calligrapher and viewer alike may begin to embody the words an
 d letters\, their expression\, and ultimately their meanings.\n\nWhat earl
 ier appreciation for this practice has failed to fully embrace is that all
  throughout the world the richness of Islamic calligraphy has flourished\,
  in different regions that are both at the center and the periphery of Isl
 am\, with different schools finding their roots in the spirituality and th
 e unique practice of Islam in each region. Today the Reed Society for the 
 Sacred Arts and the West African Calligraphy Institute invite you to disco
 ver the diversity of the calligraphic form\, to learn from practitioners\,
  both of traditional schools and those at the frontiers of Islam\, and to 
 join a growing community of people who seek to increase human understandin
 g and compassion through artistic expression. If\, in the words of the Ame
 rican calligrapher\, Mohamed Zakariya\,“calligraphy is music for the eye
 s\,” then we invite you to join us this October in Abiquiu\, New Mexico 
 for a beautiful symphony.\n\nThis retreat will begin on Thursday October 3
  and end Sunday October 6 at 6pm. \n\nFor more information\, visit: musicf
 ortheyes.com\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:#arabic,Community,culture
LOCATION:Dar al Islam\, 342 County Road 155\, Abiquiu\, 87510\, United Stat
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