More CD Cover Designs...

...a continuation from the previous post...

I ended up deviating from the plan - imagine that - me, deviating from a plan?! Hard to believe, I know, but I did - and enjoyed every minute of it. (Like usual, too!) I still used the random Wikipedia articles for band names and random quotations for the album titles. As I "let the chips fall where they may", some fun combinations grew.

I used several of my own photos from India, as well as an adorable photo of my sister, Heidi, when she was just a small fry. (I would call it a "vintage" photo, but only at the risk of incurring the wrath of an older sister. I think I had better practice my sprinting technique...) Several photos of rust, water ripples, cement, and others that I took last fall were used for textures and "grunging".

I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I had fun playing with various effects and layers...
(Remember, you can click on the images for a larger view - get clicking!)

Verse by Ibn al Arabi

From Sadia Dehlvi's column in THE HINDI, the newspaper of Hyderabad:

Her column was entitled, "Sufi's Light on Divinity", about the Sufi Mystic, Shaykh Muhyddin Ibn al Arabi, aka Shaykh ul Akbar. This verse by Ibn al Arabi (who died in 1240, remembered for his contribution in understanding Divine Love):

"Wonder, A garden among flames!

My heart has become capable of every form:

A pasture for gazelles & a convent for Christian monks,

And a temple for idols, and the pilgrim's Kaaba,

The tables of the Torah and the book of the Koran.

I believe in the religion of Love,

Whatever direction its caravans may take,

For love is my religion and my faith."

I will be emailing Sadia to get permission to reprint her article in its entirety - it really touched my heart. Naturally, I'm wanting to create some art around this verse.