Rassouli, the Artfold Man
April 25th, 2008 by the manifester“Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd” (St. John 10:16 KJV).
In the once of not long ago, I met a man who was of insights far beyond the common average. He seemed almost not of this world. As we shared the wonders of wonders in a language rooted in the heart soils of our souls, those other worlds in each of our eyes met.
Through centuries and centuries and across the long of times upon times, rarely do connection of thoughts such as ours meet in the personified form.
Insights to spiritual reality have great freedom of expression through music and art and can often equal the written form of spiritual insights. In my home, I have a fifty-seven inch high, three-part-folding panel of several portraits drawn by Rassouli.
When I first saw some of Rassouli’s repertoire, I knew I was encountering treasures of hidden riches being revealed from secret places of his heart. Here were new visual paths for eyes to dwell in. Here were unlocking communings of color and form, stylized in layered meanings that blended pictorial phenomenon without the restraints of the old art styles of defined edges.
Here was a spirit-form of art, full of rhythmic metaphors - pixels and pigments arranged to take on character presentations of galaxies with a festival of underlay, one plot of a color at a time in paint grains that spoke through a fusion as though a living essence. Sometimes it seems as though Rassouli’s portraits dance in a hover of transparent whirls which rise from the paints to become surface auras.
From whence comes this creative passion depicted with a glaze of paint, with ragtah sweeps, and a touch of the brush? Endlessness overcomes restrictions by a shading of color tones, from which then rises a prism of new metaphors of consciousness.
So what do I say to Rassouli….. I say forget not to do as you once told me was your practice: go, radiant one, away from yourself, apart from the heavy laden mill of the human rush; stand in the air in an alone place, and let the soundtron vibrations that quantum-touch the whole universe inspire your next unfold.
It has been said that there is “nothing new under the sun”; but above the sun, as an orange of mystery, connected to the original place of the mind, there be an arcanum of dimensions ”worlds without end”.
Therefore, Rassouli,,,,, be used as Rumi once said he was used: “The universe and the light of the stars come through me”.
If you are interested in viewing some of Rassouli’s art, here are two of his websites: www.rassouli.com and www.fusionartinternational.com .
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The Manifester
April 27th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
It is one of the greatest natures when an individual can share in positive speeches of another without there being any err of ego or pride being displayed. It shows the aptitude of understanding and the power of “body ministry”.One part of the body not afraid to show off or allow the attributes or qualities in another part of the body of Christ to be made manifest or revealed in a illuminated sense for it benefits the entire body.
Such is the way of the Manifester,allowing the talents of the many parts of the Christ body to be seen and exercised. If a light be hidden under a bushel or basket who will see such a great light?
Bless the living God for the threading the needles eye and connecting us to the other sheepfold that will make us one again.
April 28th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Thank you, Brotherbill, for such insightful words.
The beauty of the love of God flowing free in spirit is the liberty to express and to appreciate the expressions of others. The artful tapestry of the Saviour is so intricate of many-oneness, it is sensational to behold and exhilarating to become a part of.
Thank you, Manifester, for your free-loving spirit and anointed oracles of speech.
Thank you, Rassouli, for your magnificent, spirit art.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
amazing insights, manifester! thank you for making contact with such a beautiful soul as Rassouli. i visited the website and all i can say is, “WOW”. it’s like looking into the spiritual realm.
what i find so interesting is that there are so many ways to express the love of God. you have the gift of manifesting the I-AM through words, Rassouli, through his artistic renderings.
blessings to you both for being such tools of divine expression.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I just visited Rassouli’s website and wanted to tell you how much I appreciate the reference. Art can be used to express so many beautiful things and I like your quotation of Rumi because it does seem like Rassouli’s art is like that with the universe and stars flowing through his paintbrush.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
such an alive conveyance of spirit and life in those works,,, they seem to be moving even as you look at them. thank you for sharing such a beautiful link,,,
April 28th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
To be with Rassouli is to gaze at the canvas painted by his own eventful journey. His eyes are soft as his brushes: they have seen the untold and the unwritten and have faithfully conveyed their spectacles of glory into masterpieces rarified by divine inspiration.
To see Rassouli’s art is to witness doors and windows flung wide open into the spiritual sacred fountains from whence this master’s mind and heart draw their exquisite renderings of breathtaking imagery and passionate portrayals of the God-breathed stories they have poured through his vessel to share with us.
The manifester’s tribute to this incomparable artist Rassouli, who bridges heaven and earth with his beautiful revelatory art, is most fitting, since it comes from one who by God’s grace bridges heaven and earth with his beautiful revelatory words.
Blessings upon you both for your artisanship. How we thirst and hunger for more from each of you… As the deer panteth after the waterbrook, so our hearts pant after God and the jewels of art and writ and song that glorify AM as you each have done in your journeys here. May all the world come and see, dance and sing, learn and know, drink and be filled at both your wondrous outpourings of love and anointed works destined for the ages.
April 29th, 2008 at 4:19 am
These images tell stories about worlds far away. I’ve never seen anything like it.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:12 am
When I gaze upon the beautiful forms and swirls on the portraits I see the Love that has emminated from the Angel of His Presence from within his Aura Core. Rassouli sees Love in a manifested form in art swoos that have come from the essence of God’s Love. I believe that the Manifester has captured “The Lost Language of AH” in a swoo of written form that has emminated from the Angel of His Presence from within. We are blessed to be partakers of this Art and Written insights. May God bless you both.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I cannot find words to express the way I feel when I read the Manifester’s blog, “the artfold man”…and then to log on to Rassouli’s website and view with utter awe and amazement his art… Artfold Man! What is your source and discovery within? Manifester! I believe that you know!
April 30th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
That is some beautiful art! Thank you for the link!
May 6th, 2008 at 7:50 am
The vibration is strong with this one. Creation of blended fusions coming to focus as a pixel from far far away. Seeking always in perfection to find key elements in climax.
September 27th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
WOW ! The Manifester and Rassouli together, this is truly heaven sent, 2 masterful masters, one of words and one of paint all we need now is the one of sound !
Thank God for you 2 heaven sent.