Graphic Poetry

How do you get rid of earworms? And if they are from the 13th century?

And what if they are not mere songs and tunes of the ubiquitous pop culture?  What if they are as sophisticated as classical and mystical poetry? This is my attempt to get rid of them and see what they look like! Working with paradoxes, I combine the trivial everyday habit of scribbling, doodling and writing with something as fine, profound and esoteric as poetry. For now let's call these ‘Graphic Poetry’. It’s not always fine literature, sometimes I use mundane everyday words or even just the script, which for Urdu is utterly graphic, refined and brutal in it's brevity. 

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G1When nothing was, God was; If nothing be, God would -- 'Na tha Kuch toh Khuda Tha, Kuch Na hota toh khuda hota'Inkjet print on Archival Paper, 380 gsm — 42 x 60 cm

G2Ligature Study - Seen, Ee, TeyInkjet print on Archival Paper, 380 gsm — 42 x 60 cm

G3Ligature Study - Meem JeemInkjet print on Archival Paper, 380 gsm — 42 x 60 cm

G4Look, from the heart or from life; where does this smoke-like thing riseInkjet print on Archival Paper, 380 gsm — 42 x 60 cm

G5Ligature Study - Kaaf, Ee, WawInkjet print on Archival Paper, 380 gsm — 42 x 60 cm

G6Alphabet Study - Alif, KaafInkjet print on Archival Paper, 380 gsm — 42 x 60 cm

G7Ligature Study - Meem, SeenInkjet print on Archival Paper, 380 gsm — 42 x 60 cm

G8Ligature Study - Kaaf, GaafInkjet print on Archival Paper, 380 gsm — 42 x 60 cm