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Dream of the Reed

Year

2025

Calligraphy

Modern Kufic

Medium

Waterproof ink & Gold Leaf

Dimensions

The reed sang of separation in the opening of Rumi's Masnavi, and in Iranian art the reed pen is what gives the letter its soul. Here the pen floats above script it dreamed into being — as if the work were dreaming its own instrument, its shadow still wet with waking ink.