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tag name: * Arts and crafts type: Arts
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references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_arts; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handicraft; bahai9.com/wiki/Arts; bahai9.com/wiki/Handicrafts; bahaiquotes.com/subject/arts; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Arts; www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/search#q=Crafts
referring tags: - Artists; - Drama; - Fiction; - Film; - Literature; - Music; - Painting; - Plays; - Poetry; - Pottery; Aesthetics; Architecture; Carpets; Creativity; Dance; Mandalas; Modern art; Utopias and dystopias; Weaving (metaphor)

"* Arts and crafts" appears in:

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  1. Elham Afnan. 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Ezra Pound's Circle (1994). — On the 1911 meeting between Ezra Pound, the famous American modernist poet, and 'Abdu'l-Baha; links ...
  2. Amaya Blanco Garcia. Acción social y escritura creativa: un binomio fructífero (2022). — Un caso practico de aprendizaje y servicio llevado a cabo en la Universidad de Las Palmas en el que,...
  3. Rick Johnson. Active Force and That Which Is Its Recipient, The: A Bahá'í View of Creativity (2017). — On creativity and the pervasive nature of this concept in Baha’i thought. The universe is coded to...
  4. Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets and Extracts from Tablets Revealed by Bahá'u'lláh (2018/2023). — 80 selections, updated August 2023.
  5. Abdu'l-Bahá. Bahá'í World Centre, trans. Additional Tablets, Extracts and Talks (2018/2023). — 167 selections, updated August 2023.
  6. Layli Maparyan. Africanity, Womanism, and Constructive Resilience: Some Reflections (2020). — The meanings of the metaphor "pupil of the eye;" experiences of growing up African-American in the W...
  7. Suheil Badi Bushrui. Age of Anxiety and the Century of Light, The: Twentieth-Century Literature, the Poet's Mission, and the Vision of World Unity (2003). — W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, and Kahlil Gibran were writers who recognized and confronted ...
  8. Alain Locke materials: index to some documents online (2010). — List of the various documents at the Baha'i Library Online by or about Alain Locke, an American writ...
  9. John S. Hatcher. Anecdote of the Jar, The (2017). — "From the Editor's Desk": Discussion of a piece of pottery by Bernard Leach; overview of the article...
  10. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. Anne Gordon Perry on Writing for Film (2021 Spring). — Interview with the co-creator of Luminous Journey, a film documenting ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s travels i...
  11. Anne Gordon Perry. Anne Gould Hauberg and Mark Tobey: Lives Lived for Art, Cultivated by Spirit (2016). — On the friendship and working relationship between Seattle art patron Hauberg and Seattle-based pain...
  12. Jordi Vallverdu Segura, Josuke Nakano. Architectures of Thinking, The (2022). — Sacred architectures play a role in shaping cognition — which results from the relationships betw...
  13. Fariborz Sahba (published as Fariburz Sahba). Art and Architecture: A Bahá'í Perspective (1997). — This essay explores the spiritual significance of the relationship between traditional and new forms...
  14. Hooper Dunbar. Art and Image in the Writings (1988-10-30).
  15. Todd Lawson. Art and the Interconnectedness of All Things (2020-03). — Art as a mode of divine revelation in the Wrings and Calligraphy of the Bab.
  16. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Continental Counsellors of Europe, comp. Arte (n.d.). — Spanish translation of English "Compilation on the Arts."
  17. Otto Donald Rogers. Artist and the Grammarian, The (2009). — On the process and meaning of creating art; its effect on the mind and the brain, the nature of pain...
  18. Artist Biographies from Arts Dialogue (2001). — A list of artist profiles which can be found in the Baha'i Association for the Arts newsletter (offs...
  19. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Artist, Seeker and Seer: A vocabulary and a perspective for the appreciation and creation of art inspired by the Bahá'í Writings (1982). — Imagery and metaphors from the Baha'i Writings guide the appreciation and creation of art. They demo...
  20. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Continental Counsellors of Europe, comp. Arts: Compilation from other compilations (n.d.).
  21. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Arts and Architecture (n.d.).
  22. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Arts and Crafts (1991).
  23. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, comp. Arts, Importance of in Promoting the Faith (2000).
  24. Australian Bahá'í Studies: Vol. 2 (2000). — The complete issue of volume 2. Some papers were delivered at the 18th annual ABS conference "The Cr...
  25. Shirin Sabri. Author's Response to Commentaries on "The Purpose of Poetry" (1989-1990).
  26. Inder Manocha. Bahá'í Art: Fact or Fiction? (1993). — A re-examination of the nature of Baha'i art. Includes response by Sonja van Kerkhoff.
  27. Baha'i Association for the Arts (-). — Biographies of, essays about, and artwork by contemporary Baha'i artists.
  28. Robert Stauffer, comp. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume (1998). — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
  29. Ross Woodman. Bahá'u'lláh's Influence on the New York School of Painting: The "Unapprehended Inspiration" of Newman and Rothko (1991). — The paintings of New Yorkers Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko may best be understood as a powerful fir...
  30. Paul Lample, comp. Bahá'u'lláh's Teachings on Spiritual Reality (1996). — The quest for spirituality, the spiritual life, material and spiritual reality, the progress of the ...
  31. Robin M. Chandler. Beautiful Flight toward the Light, The: Reflections on an Artist's Life (2000). — Subjective reflections about the nature of creativity from the author's own point of view, training ...
  32. Robert Weinberg. Bernard Leach, Potter: A Biographical Sketch (1999). — The life and work of the potter Leach (1887–1979), the 'Father of British studio pottery', and a B...
  33. Robin M. Chandler. Building Creative Communities: Approaching the arts as social & economic development through professionalizing, training, and networking internationally (2000). — On the Global Arts Training Institute, a model for building professionalism in the arts which can be...
  34. Julie Badiee, Heshmatollah Badiee. Calligraphy of Mishkin-Qalam, The (1991). — The life and work of a one-time court artist for Nasiri'd-Din Shah, who was present for the nascent ...
  35. Geoffrey Nash. Can There Be a Bahá'í Poetry? (1981). — The poetic vision; poetry in the 1800s; themes of Baha'i poetry; the use of profane imagery.
  36. Harryette Mullen. Collected Poems of Robert Hayden, by Robert Hayden: Review (1997-03-22).
  37. Greg Watson. "Come Back, Africa: First commercial film mentioning the Bahá'í Faith (2013). — Context of a 1959 African documentary/drama film in which the Baha'i Faith is discussed.
  38. Ian Kluge. Coming Out (2001). — Short, humorous play depicting the confusions that can result from trying to be too delicate in anno...
  39. Nooshfar B. Afnan. Concepts of Spirituality in The Works of Robert Houle and OttoRogers with Special Consideration to Images of the Land (2000-12-06). — The attitude of native Canadians toward the land and the prairies, as expressed through the work of ...
  40. R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. Considerations in Setting Sacred Text to Music for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (1996). — The relationship of music to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar as a place and as a gathering of people, and a pr...
  41. Dawn Staudt. Creating Environments that Enhance Spirituality (2003). — The teachings and laws of the Baha’i Faith are for spiritual advancement of both the individual an...
  42. Lasse Thoresen. Creation (2002). — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
  43. Bonnie Wilder. Creative Act and the Spirit, The (1989). — Essay on the connections between art and the Baha'i teachings, from the perspective of personal arti...
  44. Michael Fitzgerald, ed. Creative Circle, The: Art, Literature, and Music in Baha'i Perspective (1989). — Essays on the arts including poetry, music, film, etc. and their role in the Baha'i community.
  45. Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Creative Circle: Art, Literature and Music in the Bahá'í Perspective, ed. Michael Fitzgerald: Review (1989-1990).
  46. Karel Fontaine. Creative Inspiration: Symbolism and Seeing (2000). — Examples of visual art which demonstrate the creative impulse at work, together with the symbolism i...
  47. Negin Sanaei. Creativity and Spirituality: Are They Related? (2000). — Short essay on utilizing our talent and appreciating the importance of the imagination.
  48. Shirin Sabri. Crystallizations: 20 Works by Bahá'í Artists, ed. Ross Woodman: Review (1999).
  49. Manohla Dargis. Cultivation of Belief, The: 'The Gardener,' Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Inquiry Into Religion (2013-08-08). — A review of The Gardener, a meditative documentary by an outsider which is partly about the Baha'i F...
  50. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Cultural Diversity in the Age of Maturity (2000).
  51. Roger White. Cup of Tea, A (1979). — Monologue from the point of view of a fictitious character who meets 'Abdu’l-Baha. Upper class and...
  52. Universal House of Justice. Dancing in the Haziratu'l-Quds (1987). — Recreational dancing in a temple is not appropriate, but cultural and devotional dancing is acceptab...
  53. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. De l'action sociale (2020). — Concepts de développement dans les enseignements baha'is, dimensions matérielles et dimensions spi...
  54. Justice Hagan. Desert Enlightenment: Prophets and Prophecy in American Science Fiction (2013). — On the pivotal role in the development of the central characters the narratives of the novel Dune, t...
  55. Ted Slavin. Dichotomies of Charles Dickens still hold true today, The (2011-02-19). — On the state of the present-day world, which swings between the extremes of unprecedented achievemen...
  56. Lorraine Hetu Manifold, comp. Divine Melody: Song of the Mystic Dove (2022). — Selections from the Writings that refer to the Word of God as music emanating from the mystic dove o...
  57. Abdu'l-Bahá, Mary Basil Hall. Drama of the Kingdom (1933). — A play written in 1912 by ‘Abdu’l-Baha while he was in London and adopted with permission by Mar...
  58. Marlene Macke. Dramatic Readings (2017-2020). — Nineteen screenplays prepared as part of a Writers' collective at Desert Rose Baha'i Institute, eith...
  59. Julie Badiee. Drawings, Verse, and Belief, by Bernard Leach: Review (1989).
  60. Mark Perry. Dress for Mona, A: Abridged one-act version (2002). — The story of Mona Mahmudnizhad.
  61. Otto Donald Rogers. Effect of Revelation on Artistic Expression, The (1982). — The themes and processes of visual art are the same as those of constructive evolution: man as an in...
  62. Ron Price. Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White (2002). — A study of White's verse with a short biography and an analysis of the Baha'i Faith.
  63. Nooshfar B. Afnan. Encouragement of the Arts During the Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Services of Master Calligrapher Mishkín-Qalam (2023-10). — ‘Abdu’l-Baha promoted the arts, including through support of Mishkin-Qalam and artistic concepti...
  64. Encyclopaedia Iranica. Arjen Bolhuis, comp. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history (1982-2023). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
  65. Bahiyyih Nakhjavani. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination (2000). — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
  66. Jim Wood. Jim Wood, reader, Deborah Buttrey, reader. Fiftieth Anniversary of The Master: Performance piece (1968). — An artistic piece appropriate for play at the commemoration of the ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha. Produc...
  67. Roger White. Figures in a Garden (1981). — Fictional monologues of the Persian poet Tahirih (1817/18-1852) and the American poet Emily Dickinso...
  68. Office of Social and Economic Development. For the Betterment of the World: The Worldwide Bahá'í Community's Approach to Social and Economic Development (2003/2008/2018/2023). — Essays, photographs, and overviews of local projects around the world, illustrating how Baha'i princ...
  69. Charles Wolcott. Foreword (1989). — Essay on the meaning of music, and the dynamics of artistic endeavor in the context of the pull towa...
  70. Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Four Levels of Detachment in Doris Lessing's Shikasta,, The (2004). — The concept of detachment in Baha’u’llah’s Writings and its application to Doris Lessing’s S...
  71. Otto Donald Rogers. Function of Revelation in Artistic Expression, The (1976). — Overview of some Baha'i themes and how they are reflected in the making of art: man as an instrument...
  72. Tom Lysaght. Genesis in King Lear: Joseph's Many-Colored Coat Suits Shakespeare (2019). — Creative comparison of the biblical figure of Joseph and the character of Edgar in Shakespeare's Kin...
  73. Barry Kernfeld. Gillespie, Dizzy (2000). — Gillespie (1917-1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer; his acceptance of ...
  74. Roger White. Glimpses of Abdu'l-Baha: Adapted from the Diary of Juliet Thompson (1979). — Portrayals and dramatizations in verse, adapted from recollections by Juliet Thompson.
  75. Laura Clifford Barney. God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts (1910). — A play based on events in the lives of the early Babis, with a focus on Tahirih.
  76. Elham Afnan. Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature (1989). — The Baha'i Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopi...
  77. Ross Woodman. "Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature,: Commentary (1989).
  78. Alyn Shipton. Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie (2001). — Roughly 2-3 page excerpt from book.
  79. Brad Pokorny. Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, by Alyn Shipton: Review (1999-07).
  80. Bernardo Bortolin Kerr. Humanity of Evil, The: Bahá'í Reflections on the film The Act of Killing (2014). — The theology of evil throughout history and in Baha'i thought; ways in which people de-humanize and ...
  81. Julie Badiee. Images of a 'New Creation' in Twentieth-Century Art, Some (1995). — A look at the works of some 20th-century artists to show that, whether they were aware of the Baha...
  82. Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
  83. Roger White. Indiscretion of Marie-Thérèse Beauchamps, The (1981). — Fictional dramatization of a recollection of seeing Abdu'l-Baha in Montreal (1912).
  84. Sarah Munro, David Cerpa, Niaz Massarrat. Instrument of Music, The: A Musical Comedy (2019-11). — Dramatization of the role of music in the expansion and consolidation of Baha’i communities, drawi...
  85. Robert Weinberg. Introduction to Compilation on Writers and Writing (2001).
  86. Annemarie Schimmel. Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith (1990). — One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed v...
  87. Universal House of Justice. Inayat Rawhani, trans. Iranian Expatriates, Letter to, following 1979 Iranian Revolution (1986). — Letter of support and guidance to Iranians who had recently fled the Iranian Revolution, dated 10 Fe...
  88. Naysan Sahba. It Is Written: A Monologue Recounting the Episode of the Martyrdom of the Báb (2001-07). — Fictional monologue of a character who participated in the execution of the Bab.
  89. Sarah Munro. Josie McFadden (2013). — Josie McFadden is a fictitious character who works in the home of Reverend Frederick White and his w...
  90. Todd Lawson. Joycean Modernism in a Nineteenth-Century Qur'an Commentary?: A Comparison of The Báb's Qayyūm Al-Asmā' with Joyce's Ulysses (2015). — Comparison of the formal structure of the two works and themes such as time; oppositions and their r...
  91. Hussein Ahdieh. Juliet Thompson: Champion of the Baha'i Faith in New York City (2021-05-06). — Essay about the life of Juliet Thompson, a prominent early Baha'i and friend of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
  92. Greg Massiah. Kafka's spiritual dimension (1996). — The metaphysical significance of Franz Kafka's work is often overlooked. An exploration of religion ...
  93. Layli Maria Miron. Laura Barney's Discipleship to 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Tracing a Theological Flow from the Middle East to the United States, 1900-1916 (2018). — How Laura Barney employed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s teachings to influence social discourse as she taught...
  94. Mark Perry. Layli, Majnun, and the Infernal Tree (2001). — Short play dealing with the story of Layli and Majnun and partly inspired by the Seven Valleys.
  95. Josephina Fallscheer. Richard Grosser, trans. Letter to Frau Alice Schwarz-Solivo of a Talk by Abdu'l-Baha (1933-04). — On the 'freedom of will', inheritance and instinct.
  96. Belinda Belton, comp. Letters inscribed upon His sacred scroll: An anthology of poetry by Australian Bahá'ís 1999 (2000). — A collection of 16 poems.
  97. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File (1988). — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
  98. Edwin McCloughan. Long, Withdrawing Roar, The: The Crisis of Faith and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry (2002). — A Baha'i response to the argument that the crisis of faith in the late 19th century was conditioned ...
  99. Nathan Ashelman. Love of the Master, The: A Visit with Curtis Kelsey (2012). — Fictional dialogue of Curtis Kelsey's visit to a Baha'i Conference in 1958, on the themes of Abdu'l-...
  100. Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Manifestations of God and the Master: Representation of in Portraits, Photographs, and Dramatic Presentations (n.d.). — Excerpts on the use of imagery of the Central Figures in art, stage, and print.
  101. Julie Badiee. Mark Tobey's City Paintings: Meditations on an Age of Transition (1989). — On the evolutionary character of Tobey's "City Paintings" during the decades of the 1930s-50s: they ...
  102. Universal House of Justice. Message to the Conference of the Continental Boards of Counsellors on the Nine Year Plan (2021-12-30). — Features of the new 9-Year Plan, "the first major undertaking in a sacred twenty-five-year venture, ...
  103. Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
  104. Vasu Mohan, Donna Denize, Nadim van de Fliert. Monologues on the Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah and Howard University Visit Commemoration (2017-10/2018-04). — Five biographical monologues delivered in the fictionalized voices of Harriett Gibbs Marshall, Laura...
  105. Julio Savi. Most Dramatic Chapter in the Spiritual History of Humankind, A: A Pictorial Essay (2020-05). — Introduction to the life of the Bab, with historical photo-realistic illustrations by Romanian artis...
  106. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Music (1991).
  107. Universal House of Justice. Music Lyrics, Singing, and Dancing at Feast (1994-03). — Baha'is may incorporate music, singing, and dancing into the spiritual portions of the community dev...
  108. Simon Maw hinney. Music Reviews (1999). — Reviews of recordings by Baha'i artists Geoff and Michaela Smith; Chris Ruhe; Kamran, Khodjasteh, an...
  109. Simon Maw hinney. Music Reviews: Five New Recordings of Bahá'í Music (1998). — Reviews of Songs of the Ancient Beauty, Lift up Your Hearts and Sing, The Prince of Peace, Here at B...
  110. R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram. Music, Devotions, and Mashriqu'l-Adhkar (1987). — An in-depth examination of the development of music and hymns within American Baha'i devotional life...
  111. Robert Stockman. Music, Devotions, and Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: Review (1988).
  112. John Chesley. My Name is John Good, Servant of the Servant (2013). — John Good was a man who heard Abdu'l-Baha speak at the Bowery Mission in New York in 1912. From his ...
  113. Jack McLean. Mystic's Flight, The: The Parable of Majnún and Laylí (2001-07). — This classic love tale of the Middle East, quoted by Baha'u'llah in the Seven Valleys, is prized by ...
  114. Robert Weinberg. New Cycle of Human Power, A: Abdu'l-Bahá's Encounters with Modernist Writers and Artists (2021-01). — On the impact of ‘Abdu’l-Baha on a number of individuals who were at the cultural vanguard of a ...
  115. Marzieh Gail. Notes on Persian Love Poems (1968 Spring). — A short history of Persian poetry. Includes a selection of poems by Hafiz, Rumi, Ali-Kuli Khan, and ...
  116. Universal House of Justice. Nudity in Art (2008-07-30). — There is no objection to artists depicting the human body from nude models, nor to Bahà’is acting...
  117. Kim Ennis. Numinous Land, The: Examples of sacred geometry and geopiety in formalist and landscape paintings of the prairies (2012-04). — Includes many references to the Baha'i Faith and its influence on contemporary artists. Link to thes...
  118. Bahá'í International Community. Papel de la educación, los medios de información y las artes en el desarrollo social, El (1994-08). — El papel de la educación, los medios de información
  119. Ron Price. Passionate Artist, The (2000). — Essay on the inner life and private character, and the origins of the author's own creative inspirat...
  120. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. Path of Beauty, The: The Literary Life of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum (1999-2000). — An extensive review of the varied literary works of Ruhiyyih Khanum – poems, plays, ethical guidan...
  121. Dorothy Baker. Path to God, The: 1937 (1937). — Essay published as a pamphlet about the goal of life, revelation and access to heaven, self-improvem...
  122. Moojan Momen. Perfection and Refinement: Towards an Aesthetics of the Bab (2011). — The writings of the Bab have implications for the "plastic" arts; significance for native traditions...
  123. Picture Gallery of Early British Bahá'ís (1998). — Published in honor of the UK Baha'i Centenary, 1998/99.
  124. Universal House of Justice. Pioneering, Language, Arts, Example of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1998-02-10). — Pioneering; Serving parents; Serving where need is; Gardens; International Auxiliary Language; Arabi...
  125. Robert E. Hayden, Douglas Ruhe, John S. Hatcher. Place of Poetry in Religion and Society, The: An Interview of Robert E. Hayden with Douglas Ruhe (2014). — Introduction by Hatcher to the life of Hayden (2014); transcript of a talk between Hayden and Dougla...
  126. Ernesto Fernandez. Platón, Leonardo y el sistema del Monte Carmelo (2012). — The symbolic systems of Plato and Leonardo da Vinci, and their modern architectural representation i...
  127. Roger White. Poetry and Self-Transformation (1989). — Poetry is no longer very accessible to the average reader or widely read; serious poets are often in...
  128. Duane L. Herrmann. Poetry and the Arts in Rebuilding Society (1989). — The status of poetry is exalted in the Baha’i Revelation, starting from the writings of the Bab to...
  129. Peter E. Murphy. Poetry and Transformation (2014). — A personal story of how the evolving attraction to and love of poetry transformed the author's life....
  130. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. Poetry in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Writings and Utterances (2017). — 'Abdu'l-Baha mentions at least seven aspects of poetry: inspiration, beauty, eloquence, versified la...
  131. Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Poets, Guidance to (1988-03-13). — Guidance on the responsibilities of poets; includes an overview of Tablets addressed to poets.
  132. Mary A. Sobhani. Postsecular Look at the Reading Motif in Bahiyyih Nakhjavani's The Woman Who Read Too Much, A (2015). — Nakhjavani’s historical novel includes metaphors that underscore a link between the secular and th...
  133. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Professions (n.d.).
  134. Anne Gordon Perry. Promise of Peace (2015). — A dramatic reading for two voices, incorporating various excerpts from Baha’i Writings. It's a fle...
  135. Shirin Sabri. Purpose of Poetry, The (1988). — Justifications for the work of contemporary artists; now is the time for Baha’is to work towards t...
  136. David L. Erickson. "Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary (1989).
  137. John S. Hatcher. Racial Identity and the Patterns of Consolation in the Poetry of Robert Hayden (1990). — The dramatic tension in Robert Hayden’s poetry has often been mistaken for personal ambivalence an...
  138. Horace Holley. Read-Aloud Plays (1916). — Nine short plays. Contains no mention of the Baha'i Faith.
  139. John S. Hatcher, ed. Reflections on the Art of My Poetry: An Interview of Roger White (1929-1993) (2016). — A glimpse into the mind of a gifted poet and the struggles that he, like many Baha'i artists, encoun...
  140. William Sears. Remember Bill Sears: musical meditations (n.d.). — Four musical pieces accompanying selections from the speeches of Sears.
  141. Trudi Scott. Remembering Bernard Leach (1986). — Memories of the Baha'i potter Bernard Leach (1887–1979).
  142. Rhonda Palmer, Anne Gordon Perry. Remembering The Master (2012). — Variations on a script for 1-3 voices, with both monologue and presentation versions, consisting of ...
  143. John S. Hatcher, ed, Amrollah Hemmat, ed. Reunion with the Beloved: Poetry and Martyrdom (2004-06). — Poetry by or in honor of early Babi and Baha'i martyrs. Includes foreword by Hushmand Fatheazam, and...
  144. Sonja van Kerkhoff. Rewriting the Script: Some thoughts on gender roles and the Bahá'í Teachings (2000). — A collection of visual and physical art exploring these themes.
  145. Christopher Buck. Robert Hayden (2004-01-29). — The first African American poet-laureate of the United States (as Library of Congress "Consultant in...
  146. Christopher Buck. Robert Hayden's 'American Journal': A Multidimensional Analysis (2008). — A study of an often neglected poem which combines an informal cultural analysis of the USA with a so...
  147. Benjamin Friedlander. Robert Hayden's Epic of Community (1998). — A study of Hayden's poetry in the context of the American experience.
  148. Norman Zepp. Rogers, Otto Donald (1997-09-06).
  149. Benjamin Leiker. Sacred Baha'i Architecture (1999-09). — Symbolism and history of Baha'i temples.
  150. Carolyn See. Saddlebag, The: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2000-09-15).
  151. Phyllis Sternberg Perrakis. Saddlebag: A Fable for Doubters and Seekers, by Bahiyyih Nakhjavani: Review (2002).
  152. Ben Roskams. Sailor's Problem, The (1995-12). — A short play about unity featuring Sherlock Holmes.
  153. Adina Hoffman. Salaam Cinema: On Mohsen Makhmalbaf (2013-10-07). — An Iranian director's ongoing meditations on the nature of illusion and reality, truth and consequen...
  154. Anne Gordon Perry. Sarah Farmer Monologue (2005). — Created for performance in the New Hampshire Chautauqua Series and at Green Acre, in celebration of ...
  155. Roger White. Settling the Score With Mr. Ogden Nash for the Seven Spiritual Ages of Mrs. Marmaduke Moore and Thereby Achieving if Not a Better Verse at Least a Longer Title (1979). — A dialogue for two readers, adapted from a poem.
  156. Julio Savi. Shedding Light in the Hearts: Reflections on Poetry (2001). — Limitations and merits of poetry as an emotional stimulus, as truth, and as a privileged form of lin...
  157. William Michael Rossetti. Shelly's Life and Writings (1878 March). — Brief overview of the Babi Faith and Qurratu'l-Ayn vis-a-vis themes and personages in "The Revolt of...
  158. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Social Action (2020). — Concepts of social and economic development in the Baha'i teachings; material vs spiritual dimension...
  159. Roger White. Some Sort of Foreigner (1981). — Fictional dramatization of an encounter with Abdu'l-Baha in 1911, and reflections on "this business ...
  160. Ludwig Tuman. Spiritual Role of Art, The (1991). — The Baha’i writings indicate that art can render services of a mystical, moral, and social nature....
  161. Denis MacEoin. Still Lives (1993). — The nature of private lives and biography in Middle Eastern culture, with brief discussion of Rushdi...
  162. Abdu'l-Bahá. Shoghi Effendi, trans. Tablet to Auguste Forel (1976). — A letter of ʻAbdu'l-Baha, in reply to questions asked by the Swiss scientist Auguste-Henri Forel, d...
  163. Terre Ouwehand. Tahirih (1816 - 1852) (1984/2015). — Written for performance in 1984, published 2015.
  164. Jack McLean. "The Purpose of Poetry," by Shirin Sabri: Commentary (1989).
  165. Horace Holley. The Writings of Bahá'u'lláh (1922-08). — On the creative nature of literature; the writings of Shakespeare; Baha'u'llah as author; the influe...
  166. Graeme Were. Thinking Through Images: Kastom and the Coming of the Baha'is to Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (2005). — Anthropological study on the Baha'i Faith in the Nalik area of New Ireland, New Guinea, especially t...
  167. Sarah Munro, Sofie Geschier. This Gem-Studded Crown: A Dramatic Sketch (2017-03). — Fictional dialogue of the first of eight actual meetings between Martha Root and Queen Marie of Roma...
  168. Judith S. Kays. Tobey, Mark George (2000). — Tobey (1890-1976) was a famous American painter.
  169. Olivia Kelsey. Two Shall Appear (1943). — A play which attempts to depict in a brief form the background and some of the heroic events of Baha...
  170. Jack McLean. Under the Divine Lote Tree: Essays and Reflections (1999). — 85 literary and theological existential essays on topics such as poetry, scripture, philosophy, spir...
  171. Bijan Samali. Universality of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The (1996). — The laws of the Aqdas focus on the individual; are applicable to everyone; facilitate the realisatio...
  172. Steven Phelps. Verge of the New, The: A Series of Talks (2017-09-18). — Introducing a way of looking at the past and future of religion in the context of the scientific rev...
  173. Elizabeth de Souza. Views from a Black Artist in the Century of Light (2020). — On the experiences of Black artists; biographical notes on McCleary “Bunch” Washington; African-...
  174. Pierre Spierckel. Vojdani: Ou, La quête: drame en huit tableaux (2007). — Drame relatant la recherche spirituelle de Vojdani telle que contée dans "Fire on the Mountain Top"...
  175. Istvan Dely. Wildfire: Reflections on Music, Drama, and Dance (2006). — Istvan Dely's reflections on music, dance and drama within the Baha'i community.
  176. Anne Gordon Atkinson. Women in Art (1991). — Historically there have been many impediments to women achieving success in art: household duties, t...
  177. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, comp. Writers and Writing (1991).
  178. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Faruq Izadinia, trans. امر بهائی و هنر (Amr-e Bahai va Honar) (2007). — Persian translation of Compilation on the Arts.

2.   from the Chronology (13 results; expand)

  1. 1903-05-00 — Russian poet Isabella Grinevskaya wrote the play "Bab" which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904...
  2. 1912-12-21 — 'Abdu'l-Baha witnessed His first dramatic performance. It was a mystery Christmas play entitled Eage
  3. 1960-07-12 — Horace Hotchkiss Holley, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 April, 1887 in Torrin...
  4. 1976-04-24 — The passing of Mark George Tobey (b. December 11, 1890 Centerville, Wisconsin – d. April 24, 1976 ...
  5. 1986-00-00 — The Baha'i Association for Arts (BAFA) was formed with its base in the Netherlands....
  6. 1987-09-29 — The Post Office of the United Kingdom issued a commemorative stamp honouring Bernard Leach, Baha'i a...
  7. 1988-00-00 — 'Arts for Nature', a fund-raising programme held to benefit the work of the World Wide Fund for Natu
  8. 1988-06-30 — The Baha'i Arts Council, Canada, held the first arts festival, 'Invitation 88: A Festival of the Hum...
  9. 1989-00-07 — Three International Music Festivals were held in Africa. [BINS215]...
  10. 1991-12-00 — The first Music Festival for Youth of Zaire was held. [BINS288:8]...
  11. 2015-11-06 — The première of Mercy's Blessing, a film by May Taherzadeh in Lilongwe, Malawi. To date it has won...
  12. 2018-07-08 — The opening of the play about Tahirih called Daughter of the Sun to an audience of 450 people at the...
  13. 2020-11-29 — The paintings of Maryam Safajoo depict the many forms of persecution faced by the Baha'is of Iran. S...
 
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