'a drop or a dot', Denis Brown 2007

Expressive calligraphy on BFK Rives paper, 25 x 74 cm, 10 " x 29 "

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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.