Ali HussainReeding and Righting PoetryIf you were to hear the title above at a recital, you would think it is “Reading and Writing Poetry”. So how can one convey this alternate…Jan 17, 2022Jan 17, 2022
Ali HussainThe Art of Writing: An Exhalation and InhalationAs I write my — way into — life everyday, I do the Work, with a capital W, not expecting a livelihood, but simply and truly living. Like…Jan 2, 2022Jan 2, 2022
Ali HussainRumi, Nations and Ruminations: Poetry from Religion to Culture“The West has taken Islam out of Rumi”, so read the headlines of recent blog posts that emerge in an age where the famed Sufi poet Jalal…Dec 25, 2021Dec 25, 2021
Ali HussainThe Necessary Desert: Dune in Islamic MetaphysicsFrank Herbert’s celebrated literary hexology Dune is hailed by many as the most visible adoption of religious motifs in a literary saga…Nov 24, 20211Nov 24, 20211
Ali HussainLoki: Ibn Arabi and the Dance Between Time and Free-WillOnce, a bedouin came to Imam Ali, the cousin of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and asked him about free-will and predestination. Imam Ali famously…Nov 20, 2021Nov 20, 2021
Ali HussaininTHE CREATIVE PROCESS COLLECTIVE · SUBMISIONS PAGE for www.creativeprocess.info“Not a Penny in my Pocket!”: De-cultured Religiosity and Death of SpiritualityA powerful epiphany descended upon me today while attending a local jet-ski show named Livin’ the American Dream! … the band Pilot, whose…Apr 1, 2021Apr 1, 2021
Ali HussaininTHE CREATIVE PROCESS COLLECTIVE · SUBMISIONS PAGE for www.creativeprocess.infoThe Last Guardian: The Giant Power of LoveI have never played a video game that so impeccably conveys the organic and messy movement of life like The Last Guardian. Between the…Mar 17, 2021Mar 17, 2021
Ali HussaininTHE CREATIVE PROCESS COLLECTIVE · SUBMISIONS PAGE for www.creativeprocess.infoArt in Memoirs: Setting ForthWhat is the role of language in expressing what artistic inspiration and the creative state seek to achieve? Can human speech even allude…Mar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021
Ali HussaininTHE CREATIVE PROCESS COLLECTIVE · SUBMISIONS PAGE for www.creativeprocess.infoArdent Memoirs of Art and MemoriesGrowing up across the East and West, I always felt intuitively that distinct cultures exhibit different aspects of the transcendent Sacred…Mar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021
