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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 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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