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the artist had remembered; that is; old pictures of trees; angels; parasols; tigers;

tents; dragons and melancholy princes; and in the process; what he hinted at

was  this:  There  was  a  time  when  Allah  looked  upon  the  world  in  all  its

uniqueness;  and  believing  in  the  beauty  of  what  he  saw;  bequeathed  his

creation to us; his servants。 The duty of illustrators and of those who; loving

art; gaze upon the world; is to remember the magnificence that Allah beheld

and left to us。 The greatest masters in each generation of painters; expending

their  lives  and  toiling  until  blind;  strove  with  great  effort  and  inspiration  to

attain and record the wondrous dream that Allah manded us to see。 Their

work  resembled  Mankind  recalling  his  own  golden  memories  from  the  very

beginning。 Unfortunately; even the greatest masters; just like tired old men or

great  miniaturists  gone  blind  from  their  labors;  were  only  vaguely  able  to

recollect  random  parts  of  that  magnificent  vision。  This  was  the  mysterious

wisdom  behind  the  phenomenon  of  old  masters  who  miraculously  drew  a

tree; a bird; the pose of a prince washing himself in the public baths or a sad

young woman at a window in exactly the same way despite never having seen

each other’s work and despite the hundreds of years that separated them。

Long  afterward;  once  the  red  light  of  the  Treasury  had  dimmed  and  it

became  evident  that  the  cabi  contained  none  of  the  gift  books  that  Shah

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Tahmasp  had  sent  to  Our  Sultan’s  grandfather;  Master  Osman  revisited  the

same logic:

“At times; a bird’s wing; the way a leaf holds to a tree; the curves of eaves;

the way a cloud floats or the laugh of a woman is preserved for centuries by

passing from master to disciple and being shown; taught and memorized over

generations。  Having  learned  this  detail  from  his  master;  the  miniaturist

believes it to be a perfect form; and is as convinced of its immutability as he is

of the glorious Koran’s; and just as he memorizes the Koran; he’ll never forget

this detail indelibly painted in his memory。 However; never forgetting does not

mean  the  master  artist  will  always  use  this  detail。  The  customs  of  the

workshop wherein he extinguishes the light of his eyes; the habits and taste for

color of the ornery master beside him or the whims of his sultan will; at times;

prevent him from painting that detail; and he’ll draw a bird’s wing; or the way

a woman laughs—”

“Or the nostrils of a horse。”

“—or the nostrils of a horse;” said a stone…faced Master Osman; “not the

way it’s been ingrained in the depths of his soul; but accord

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