"I've always been more drawn to works by Rumi but lately Hafiz has been exerting a similar attraction. The post and comment here give me more reason to go over my book budget and pick up a volume by him.
Aberjhani"
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Connecting with ELEMENTAL in Savannah
Started Jun 10, 2008
Elemental: the Power of Illuminated Love by Luther E. Vann and Aberjhani
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Michael Guy Apr 14, 2008.
What in the World is a Widget?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Author-Poet Aberjhani Jun 5, 2008.
ART FORUM HAPPENINGS
PICKS: “Hi From California”
04.28.13-06.01.13 Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles, review written by Summer GutheryPICKS: Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra
03.22.13-05.25.13 Art Plural Gallery, Singapore, review written by Claudia ArozquetaNEWS: Lisa Freiman Appointed Director at Virginia Commonwealth University’s New ICA
New York ObserverNEWS: Dominic Molon Named Curator at Museum of Rhode Island School of Design
Providence JournalNEWS: Connie Butler Appointed Chief Curator, Aram Moshayedi Curator, at Hammer Museum
The New York TimesDIARY: Keeping It Real
Linda Yablonsky on dinners around Frieze New YorkPICKS: Scoli Acosta
02.03.13-06.23.13 Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Downtown, San Diego, review written by James EischenPICKS: John Riddy
04.12.13-06.01.13 Frith Street Gallery, London, review written by Rachel WithersPICKS: Cécile Bart
04.09.13-07.27.13 Galería Desiré Saint Phalle, Mexico City, review written by Chris Sharp500 WORDS: Holly Woodlawn
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Profile Information
- Hometown:
- Savannah
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- About Me:
- Art, Education, Film, Music, Reading, Spirituality, Wellness
- More About Me and My World
- In my world, art and spirituality are one and the same. It is my path and the light by which I look for way to travel it well.
On April 16, 2008, the Telfair Museum Jepson Center for the Arts in Savannah, Georgia, opened an exhibition of my art titled ELEMENTAL, that ran until September 14, 2008. I've been blessed enough to have shows of my work before but there's something special about having one on this particular scale in one's hometown.
In conjunction with the show, my first book, ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love, was also published in May 2008. The book features more than 60 reproductions of my art, some of which were included in the exhibit.
- Favorite Music:
- Jazz, gospel, some folk, some reggae
- Favorite TV Shows:
- I mostly prefer films by directors, writers, and actors who use their artform to create interesting and individual artistic statements.
ELEMENTAL The Power of Illuminated Love Now Available
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"There is no mystery here. His is one of the immortal voices of light that shine through every age.
NO MORE LEAVING
At some point Your relationship with God will becom Become like this:
Next time you meet Him in the forest Or on a crowded city…"
When the Violin Can Forgive the Past
"When the violin can forgive the past it starts singing." (Quote from When the Violin by poet Hafiz with graphic supplied by CTI)I’ve been taking some time in the New Year to introduce…See More
When the Violin Can Forgive the Past
"When the violin can forgive the past it starts singing." (Quote from When the Violin by poet Hafiz with graphic supplied by CTI)I’ve been taking some time in the New Year to introduce…See More
Happy New Year 2013 from Creative Thinkers International
"We'll take it one beautiful day at a time and see how 2013 goes.
L.E.V."
Music Around the World Video Club
This club is all about appreciating the universality of music. No matter what’s going on in different countries so far as things like wars, social disturbances, or economic headaches are concerned, people instinctively make and share music. The CTI Admin team suggested we share culturally diverse music videos like “Italian hip-hop, French blues, Asian folk, etc., presented in blogs, the video section, or on club posts.” I support that suggestion but also hope you share as many videos here in…See More
Human Liberty Around the World Symposium
Human Liberty Around the World is a Club Symposium that identifies, logs, and encourages the discussion of key principles and documents that promote freedom in the modern world. It is established at this time, in September 2012, because so many in the worldwide Global Village have…See More
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When the Violin Can Forgive the Past
"When the violin can forgive the past it starts singing."
(Quote from When the Violin by poet Hafiz with graphic supplied by…
Posted on January 10, 2013 at 8:30am — 2 Comments
A Personal Journey of Years (Part 3)
The idea that our (Aberjhani’s and mine) work fit together like puzzle pieces was accurate and marvelous. In one way, however, it was incomplete because the work the two of us have done is only part of something much larger. The greater puzzle of universal wisdom and beauty that we have strived to honor through our work includes the profound legacies of world artistic and spiritual traditions, the innate integrity of human communities… Continue
Posted on June 26, 2008 at 3:06pm
And What A Wonderful Surprise It Was
Please accept an invitation to be as surprised as I was, when I picked up a copy of the June 4, 2008, Connect Savannah and saw a picture of my painting, “All the Things We Are (Forsyth Park)” on the cover, by clicking on the following link. It leads to a great review by my fellow artist and astute critic Bertha Husband:…
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Posted on June 10, 2008 at 4:09pm — 1 Comment
The Personal Journey of Years (Part 2)
The first public acknowledgment of the [ELEMENTAL] project came June 25, 1993, when the journalist John Ryan published a story titled “Kindred Spirits,” along with a photo of Aberjhani and I by Wayne Moore, in the Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) former weekly newspaper, The Georgia Guardian. At that time, the book’s working title was “The Way of All Light.” It later changed to “The Light and the Way of Luther E. Vann,” and… Continue
Posted on May 29, 2008 at 12:33pm — 1 Comment
The Personal Journey of Years Begins
This is the first of several excerpts from ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love, now available at the Jepson Center for the Arts Gift Shop (telephone 912-790-8831) and throughout Soar Publishing (telephone 803-699-0633.
A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF YEARS
“The role of the artist I now understood as that of revealing through the world-surfaces the implicit forms of the soul, and the great agent to assist the… Continue
Posted on May 17, 2008 at 3:32pm
Comment Wall (58 comments)
- At 8:55pm on December 15, 2010,
Aberjhani said… 
- At 6:21pm on January 8, 2009,
Author-Poet Aberjhani said… - Rumor has it you will be among the talents at the Savannah Book Festival. That would be great to see :-)
Aberjhani
- At 4:21pm on November 28, 2008,
Sage Sweetwater said… - Dear Luther,
I was just thrilled yesterday when my prize package arrived. My small country post office was closed for business yesterday for the holiday, but the lobby remains open on these holidays so us country folks can retrieve our mail at any time. Something yesterday told me to take that drive a quarter of a mile to the country post office because there was something awaiting my attention...YES! When I opened my post office box, there was a key inside. That key is used for bigger boxes in which the post mistress puts larger parcels in. I opened up the box, and there it was, the manilla envelope from Creative Thinkers International from Savannah, Georgia! Happy Thanksgiving it was! I am thankful and honored to have been sent your and Aberjhani's ELEMENTAL The Power of Illuminated Love. The cover is so golden...beautiful with colors of your brilliant works, Luther. In between the covers I was mezmerized by the power of creativity of two men, Luther E. Vann and Aberjhani. I want to take time to slowly absorb your paintings, Mr. Vann, and Aberjhani's accompanying poems. I would like to draw the both of your attention to page 111 - The Homeless: Psalm 85:10. Ironically, this has great meaning to my poem The Brand which Aberjhani has read on AD. This poem is about a homeless man with a peg wooden leg. It is a true story about a man I knew in my early girlhood and through this poem I wanted to convey that not all that much has changed in the ways of racism, bigotry, and homophobia. One thing that I did not mention in that poem, and to Aberjhani, is that this hobo man with the wooden leg was a black man. Yes, he was. This is why I mentioned Aberjhani's poem The Day the Word Nigger First Entered My Life in the same instance. So then when I read these lines from Aberjhani's poem The Homeless: Psalm 85:10 - " Later that night, the wealthy man was dreaming about angels when he felt someone cut off both his feet." I think about peg leg with the wooden leg and the cruelty of the people who are not only homeless, but handicapped. And when I read a little further down about this poem and your image titled The Homeless: Psalm 85:10 where it says "can evoke multiple levels of response," yes, indeed it does, One thing that I notice in your wonderful and detailed paintings, Luther, is that you have several paintings in which you have incorporated a bicycle with prominent wheels and also the female breast. This says so much to me, as a creative artist myself that the wheel of life keeps spinning for us to pass on to future generations and the breast is the nourishment in which allows us growth in our relationships with family, friends, peers, and the global world. Thank you Luther and Aberjhani.
Warmly,
Sage
- At 4:04pm on November 27, 2008,
Robby Baby (Dark Poet of Amour) said…
I am going through your book as soon as I get off the computer here. Thanks for your contributions to my prize pack :)
- At 3:49am on September 13, 2008,
Poetic Literature by Victoria said… 
Good Morning Luther
May All Your Blessings Embrace The Colorful Hues Of Your Morning Into The Heart of Your Day....
Love & Peace
Vickie
- At 1:29pm on September 9, 2008,
Carole McDonnell said… - Great paintings, Luther! -C
- At 4:01pm on September 8, 2008, Author-Poet Aberjhani said…
- Peace Brother,
It was great sharing an interview with you today. Looking forward to checking it out when it airs later this week.
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- At 1:38pm on August 11, 2008,
Carl Butler, Jr. said… - I was in Savannah about 2 weekends ago, and I had a chance to see your Museum Exhibit and needless to say I was thoroughly impressed. Keep up the good work!
- At 6:55pm on June 10, 2008,
Didier Euzet Composer said… - Thanks so much for visit and comment Luther... I appreciate to much... Thanks also to have choice my music to your audio player...
The choice of GNONSSEIKAN is important for me... The langauge is WEBBé from West Africa where my wife is original borning (Ivory Coast near the Liberia border) ... the litteral traduction of this title is: ALL WILL BE CHANGE TO MORROW BETTER ...
I have write this music with this idea in my heart...
For SAVANAH (sorry for one N in oplace of 2 to your town) ... it's the land in africa... hi hi hi !
I discover slowly the CTI site... nice concept !
Congratulation for your paints... I see an impressionist Van Gogh influence... Wonderfull work...
Thanks for all Luther.
Kind regards to you and youre's
Didier EUZET
- At 1:12pm on May 23, 2008,
Saru M said… - Mr Vann. Hoping you are well. How long does it take you to do your paintings? In addition what is your inspiration?
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