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a drop or a dot, Denis Brown 2007
Original calligraphy on BFK Rives paper, 25 x 74 cm, 10 " x 29 ".
Calligraphy written with 4mm brause nib on BFK Rives paper in a free 'duo-rhythmic' style.
The full text, attached at right hand side is the poem "Dot" by M. Athar Tahir, a poem about calligraphy; the poet being a calligrapher/artist whose work stems from Arabic traditions.
Dot
All begins in a drop or a dot:
whether it tadpoles up to multiply
or sits squarely below the flourish
of a reed-pen, or carefully shivers
above standing strokes, filling their void,
or curves coyly wherever it resides
calling into question staid aleph
it has accorded a measured height to.
M. Athar Tahir, from Body Loom, Oxford University Press, 2006
