Brief Illustration Writings

The desert serves as a metaphor for life's inherent emptiness, with the nomad embodying the ideal masculine figure who confronts this emptiness head-on. He embraces mortality, the veiled figure trailing behind, acknowledging its presence rather than evading it like a coward. Unlike those who seek solace in comfort, the nomad thrives on discomfort, recognizing it as essential for growth and fulfillment. When faced with the overwhelming vastness of the desert and its existential challenges, he finds solace in the beauty of the night sky, a reminder of his conscious choice to inhabit this harsh terrain and shape his destiny. 

Thoughts, memories, and dreams are internal subjective experiences that can manifest in different ways, such as joy, fear, and sadness. This illustration Inspired from Persian manuscript Safvat al-Safa tells the story of a scholar who became suspicious about his pupils and could not free himself from this thought. During his seclusion, he saw a dragon appear and chase him across the room. He later learned that the dragon was a manifestation of his thoughts; he either had to fight with his "dragons" or take them to his grave.