Wafaaness - Longing & Yearning | تَـــــــوْق وشَـــــوْق

“In your longing for your giant self lies your goodness, and that longing is in all of you” - Gibran Khalil Gibran. Inspired by Thuluth and Farsi calligraphy scripts, this art piece reflects the feeling of an ever-increasing yearning.

Being captivated by the White on White painting by Kazimir Malevich, this artwork resonates with White’s profound concept in which Malevich aimed “to create a sense of floating and transcendence”. White, Malevich believed, “was the color of infinity and signified a realm of higher feeling, a utopian world of pure form that was attainable only through non-objective art”.

In this artwork, White on White was for me, the ultimate embodiment of the feeling of yearning and longing for the spiritual connection with our creator. This subtle feeling floats in your heart space and grows larger and deeper beyond time and space. Such a spiritual feeling, I believe, belongs to the realm of higher feeling that Malevich also experienced. It is indeed a spiritual transcendence.

When you look at the artwork, the spacious feeling you receive reflects your heart’s capacity to emanate light from within and extend it outwards. The dot that connects the two words and sets them apart simultaneously is the golden sun that shines within this pure space. Take a step back and let your heart see the open arms of an eternal Sufi dance that’s embodied in the expansion of the letters. Open your heart, there’s always a gateway to the celestial within us and with us.