procrastination tool #1

thisheartwontdie:

“Zoomorphic Calligraphy established itself only relatively late in Islamic art, when the taboos outlawing religious iconography had lost some of their power. It is an art developed in Ottoman Turkey, India and Qajar Iran. People say, it was known as early as 1458.”

Artist: Hassan Musa from Sudan.

(Source: calloffallyourdogs)