Thirty Birds Arrive at the Court of the Simorgh
This scene depicts the final thirty birds arriving at the Court of the Simorgh as they slowly morph into the image of one larger, greater, unified bird. We drew this scene with colored pencils and a black pen and digitized it with Mac Preview. The white background signifies the emptiness of the Valley of Poverty & Nothingness from which they have just emerged. The colors, too, go from colder blues and greens in the back to warmer, fiery oranges and reds as “love [begins to make] the birds impetuous and unafraid.” There are thirty birds, including some which still appear as circles, as “insubstantial, trembling atoms gaz[ing]” toward the “promised goal”. This scene represents the final moment in which the birds are still distinct entities before their souls are enveloped into God and become One.
Background music: Original composition for Santur and Daf, with Tar accompaniment from freesound.org.
by Danial Shariat