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Close up of Arabic calligraphy wooden bamboo pen nib on a pile of wood shavings.

Qalam Thoughts

Life with pen, ink and paper. Conversations between the soul, heart, mind, body and all existing particles. There are traces and paths to remember.

When there are no particles left, life will be empty. However. Emptiness is freedom.

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A close up detail view of a stroke of ink movement made by a traditional wooden calligraphy pen using a blue turquoise ink on semi-gloss art paper.

Listen.

August 19, 2025

To advance ourselves to go beyond our senses and capabilities, and to move ahead of our own capacity, we must truly learn the art of listening. Every craft, every thing, every being has its own form of conversation.

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Construction design sketch of Square Kufic script, or Kufi Murabba, forming into shape of a palm on square grid paper.

Inner Forms and Outer Forms.

August 19, 2025

Khat is an art of crafting lines. The formation of lines are made of inner forms and outer forms. It is critical to learn the inner and outer spaces of letters.

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A Khat or Arabic calligraphy drill practise of Naskh script exercises using 2 different size pen nibs.

Art and Science Of Lines.

August 19, 2025

Writing is a complex art and science of lines. It connects messages, behaviours, languages, civilisations, time, space, creations, entities, presences and visions, all only in the world of human beings.

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A female student practising traditional khat or Arabic calligraphy by using a wooden pen or qalam to copy a master’s work.

Posture, the Pillar of Crafting.

August 19, 2025

Often, the postures during construction went misaligned. These are fine hidden mistakes that must be prevented through a constant state of awareness of one's posture at all times.

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An open air cityscape view, at the open park space of Odaiba area in Tokyo, Japan.

Embrace.

August 12, 2025

Your feelings are not equivalent to the equations of science and logic. Definitely not. Never was the way you were meant to be created.

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A scruffy wild garden cat, looking at its paw, in Ueno park, Tokyo, Japan.

What Could be The Answer?

August 12, 2025

How could there be perfection, for someone who is constantly seeking perfection?

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Stack of papers full of Arabic calligraphy training drills in Thuluth script, done in black sumi ink.

Building the Attitude.

August 12, 2025

One must burn its time, energy and a deep pitch of patience for this. Repeat is an act of strength, to repair any handicaps, to fold over weaknesses and faults, developing dexterity, as much as one could be satisfied.

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Arabic calligraphy letters watercolor painting in blue and green, in sporadic formation.

Dancing with Letters.

August 12, 2025

Every letter is a being on its own. It holds its own properties, philosophies, wisdom and civilisation. Its beauty defines the most sophisticated evidence to the existence of mankind.

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Three colorful ceramic spheres with red, blue, and gold accents on a white background.

The Protectors of Love.

August 06, 2025

Teachers who have failed, paralysed themselves by sitting on their titles most of the time. At times they've become puppets to the ideologies of a system. At times being slaves to their idols.

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A traditional dipping wooden pen or qalam, with a bottle of black ink, on a paper with practice sketches of khat or Arabic calligraphy Thuluth script.

The Companionship of Letters.

August 06, 2025

The birth of every letter, is an act of the calligrapher and the scriber united as one. These letters are the companions of messages, the faces of messages, the ambassadors of messages.

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A master potter working with clay on a pottery wheel, a traditional craftsmanship and creative skill.

The Living Teacher.

August 05, 2025

The faintest and subtlest expression of a living teacher is a living force which possesses its own predetermined destinations. It is an energy that is dependent on its destination to enable germination, establishing the roots and fruits of life.

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