With Ease

“Verily, with hardship comes ease.” Surah Ash Sharh (94:5 and 6). Wa inna ma’al usri yusra is a verse I love coming back to. The ease isn’t something that comes after. It’s already there, folded into the hardship, whether we can see it yet or not. This piece came out of sitting with Japandi calligraphy lately, and wanting to bring that quieter, more restrained language into my calligraphy world. Less dense and more space to breathe. Painting it, watching the word take shape stroke by stroke, ended up being its own reminder, and I hope it serves as one for you too.