The Artist and the Grammarian – The 27th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture
Channel: Association for Bahá’í Studies
Date: 2023-11-02

Otto Donald Rogers - 2009 ABS Conference

The intent of this presentation is to comment on the affirmation experienced in the art of painting, and to reflect on the nature of creative action. To refer to the human spirit, mind being its essential quality, and give consideration to the following: Artistic form is at once ordered composition, and the mysterious infusion of the soul’s yearning. The artist stands before a vast opening, hearing the call of the mystic knower to the Grammarian, “Be nothing then, and walk upon the waves.” Such an act of faith is our common charge. Further, poetic drama is elevated by the necessity for the invisible to be at one with the structural framework.