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his  beloved  wife;  but  chose  instead  to  be  at  this  street  kitchen  teeming  with

unmarried thugs。 He asked me where I’d e from and who I was。 I thought

for a moment。

“My  name  is  Bihzad。  I’ve  e  from  Herat  and  Tabriz。  I’ve  painted  the

most  magnificent  pictures;  the  most  incredible  masterpieces。  In  Persia  and

Arabia;  in  every  Muslim  book  arts  workshop  where  illustrations  are  made;

they’ve  said  this  about  me  for  hundreds  of  years:  It  looks  real;  just  like  the

work of Bihzad。”

Of course; this isn’t the issue。 My paintings reveal what the mind; not the

eye; sees。 But painting; as you know quite well; is a feast for the eyes。 If you

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bine    these    two    thoughts;    my    world    will    emerge。    That    is:

ALIF:

Painting brings to life what the mind sees; as a feast for the eyes。

LAM:          What the eye sees in the world enters the painting to the degree

that it serves the mind。

MIM:

Consequently; beauty is the eye discovering in our world what

the mind already knows。

Did the graduate of the miserable college understand this logic; which I’d

extracted  with  lightning  inspiration  from  the  depths  of  my  soul?  Not  at  all。

Why?  Because;  though  you’ve  spent  three  years  seated  at  the  foot  of  a  hoja

who  gives  lessons  in  an  out…of…the…way  neighborhood  religious  school  for

twenty silver coins a day—today you can buy twenty loaves of bread with that

amount—you  still  wouldn’t  know  who  the  hell  Bihzad  was。  It  was  obvious

that  the  twenty…coin  Hoja  Effendi  didn’t  know  who  Bihzad  was  either。  All

right then; let me explain。 I said:

“I’ve painted everything; absolutely everything: Our Prophet at the mosque

before the green prayer niche seated together with his four caliphs; in another

book;  the  Apostle  and  Prophet  of  God  ascending  the  seven  heavens  on  the

night of the Ascension; Alexander on his way to China banging on the drum of

a seaside temple to scare off a monster stirring up the ocean with storms; a

masturbating sultan spying on the beauties of his harem swimming naked in

his  pool  while  listening  to  a  lute;  a  young  wrestler  sure  of  victory  after

learning  all  his  mentor’s  moves;  only  to  be  defeated  in  the  presence  of  the

Sultan  at  the  hands  of  his  mentor  who  had  yet  one  last  trick  up  his  sleeve;

Leyla  and  Mejnun  as  children  kneeling  in  a  schoolroom  with  exquisitely

decorated walls; falling in love while reciting the Glorious Koran; the inability

of lovers; from the most embarrassed to the most crass; to look at each other;

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