“Love, patience, time, hope” calligraphed by Stewart J. Thomas in Amharic, the alphabet of Ethiopia.Read More
Every week now we are confronted with the acts of those who would use brutality to push people into the place of fear. Some years ago I designed this piece in Kufic style: “I must not fear; fear is the mind killer” translated into Arabic from Frank Herbert’s DUNE.Read More
Edit: This inspiring quote by Marianne Williamson is often misattributed to Nelson MandelaRead More
When it comes to writing the digits 1, 2, 3, etc. there is no true cursive script, meaning there is no method for connecting the digits one to another. The reason for this is straightforward enough: the clarity of … Read More
Poetry verse sung by children in Waldorf schools.Read More
Beloved of poets, mystics and lovers, ‘eshq is the Farsi word for passionate love, whether of the devotee for the Divine or the shared embrace of lovers in the garden. Here the calligraphed Persian word is repeated in a rondel … Read More