January 31, 2006

Islamic Art

The Role of Islamic Art in the Battle of Liberation:
Article Nineteen:

Art has regulations and measures by which it can be determined whether it is Islamic or pre-Islamic (Jahili) art. The issues of Islamic liberation are in need of Islamic art that would take the spirit high, without raising one side of human nature above the other, but rather raise all of them harmoniously an in equilibrium.

Man is a unique and wonderful creature, made out of a handful of clay and a breath from Allah. Islamic art addresses man on this basis, while pre-Islamic art addresses the body giving preference to the clay component in it.

The book, the article, the bulletin, the sermon, the thesis, the popular poem, the poetic ode, the song, the play and others, contain the characteristics of Islamic art, then these are among the requirements of ideological mobilization, renewed food for the journey and recreation for the soul. The road is long and suffering is plenty. The soul will be bored, but Islamic art renews the energies, resurrects the movement, arousing in them lofty meanings and proper conduct. "Nothing can improve the self if it is in retreat except shifting from one mood to another."

All this is utterly serious and no jest, for those who are fighters do not jest.

5 comments:

Indigobusiness said...

Art and the noble sense of profound purpose: interesting and beautiful perspective.

Can't help but wonder, though, what they think about Suzy Wrong - Human Cannon?

DAVE BONES said...

noble and profound but no sense of humour...

Indigobusiness said...

Reverence for the awesome aspect of genuine art is serious business. I have no sense of humor in that regard, either. There's no place for it. It is antithetical.

I do have a wicked sense of humor about taking myself, or others, too seriously.

Laughter is soul food, and art can be funny, but the nature and substance of the drivers of art are beyond the realm of humor.

DAVE BONES said...

I take my art too seriously sometimes.

Indigobusiness said...

Nothing wrong with that, just don't take yourself too seriously.