Unveiling the Inner Self

Contradiction between the visible (zahir) and the veiled (baatin) creates this dialog of what we see and what the reality holds within; "They find as what they seek..." I have found my secret hide-outs, the Sanctuaries as my divine peace and every time I am in contact with them, I reveal myself onto myself. My early life experiences of not settling down in one place and moving from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan and later to America have left me with this sense of homelessness. In order to find connections between my roots, and myself, I started building my own comfort spaces within the spaces that were available at that time. By allowing my viewers to interact with the sculptural installations,I invite them to explore the concept of self-actualization and self-realization. For the past two years I have been investigating Kufic calligraphic fonts in my artwork. In the tradition of Sufism, the whirling and spinning helps one to know how to travel into the presence of the Divine, purify one's inward from filth, and beautify it with a variety of praiseworthy traits.

Department dc:contributor.department

Art

Year dc:date.issued

2008

Author dc:creator

• Chishty, Mahwish Kamran

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ruppert, John

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8260

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/8260