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once; and as long as the soul remains within its memories; limitations of place

do not obtain。 Only when one escapes the dungeons of time and space does it

bees  evident  that  life  is  a  straitjacket。  However  blissful  it  is  being  a  soul

without a body in the realm of the dead; so too is being a body without a soul

among  the  living;  what  a  pity  nobody  realizes  this  before  dying。  Therefore;

during my lovely funeral; as I grievously watched my dear Shekure wear herself

out weeping in vain; I begged of Exalted Allah to grant us souls…without…bodies

in Heaven and bodies…without…souls in life。

254

IT IS I; MASTER OSMAN

You know about those ornery old men who’ve charitably devoted their lives to

art。 They’ll attack anyone who gets in their way。 They’re usually gaunt; bony

and tall。 They’ll want the dwindling number of days before them to be just like

the  long  period  they’ve  left  behind。  They’re  short…tempered;  and  they

plain  about  everything。  They’ll  try  to  grab  the  reins  in  all  situations;

causing  everyone  around  them  to  throw  up  their  hands  in  frustration;  they

don’t like anyone or anything。 I know; because I’m one of them。

The master of masters Nurullah Selim Chelebi; with whom I had the honor

of making illustrations knee to knee in the same workshop; was this way in his

eighties;  when  I  was  but  a  sixteen…year…old  apprentice  (though  he  wasn’t  as

peevish as I am now)。 Blond Ali; the last of the great masters; laid to rest thirty

years ago; was also this way (though he wasn’t as thin and tall as I am)。 Since

the  arrows  of  criticism  aimed  at  these  legendary  masters;  who  directed  the

workshops  of  their  day  noe  in  the  back;  I  want  you  to

know  that  the  hackneyed  accusations  leveled  at  us  are  entirely  unfounded。

These are the facts:

1。 The reason we don’t like anything innovative is that there is truly nothing

new worth liking。

2。 We treat most men like morons because; indeed; most men are morons;

not  because  we’re  poisoned  by  anger;  unhappiness  or  some  other  flaw  in

character。  (Granted;  treating  these  people  better  would  be  more  refined  and

sensible。)

3。 The reason I forget and confuse so many names and faces—except those

of the miniaturists I’ve loved and trained since their apprenticeships—is not

senility; but because these names and faces are so lackluster and colorless as to

be hardly worth remembering。

During  the  funeral  of  Enishte;  whose  soul  was  prematurely  taken  by  God

because of his own foolishness; I tried to forget that the deceased had at one

time caused me unmentionable agony by forcing me to imitate the European

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