The Seven Valleys of Attar
Performance at The Getty Villa Museum in Los Angeles
Commissioned by The Getty Villa and The Farhang Foundation
I share this moving work with you not only as a poet and lover of poetry, but also as a soul who repeatedly attempts to walk the path toward the Beloved. I am always on the move, and it is this movement that Attar encourages. He warns us not to dry up in our own puddle, but instead to persevere in our journey toward the Divine. That Great Ocean is eternal. It is patient. It waits for us all. May we all arrive at its shores as drops of pure water. That’s when we can join it, become it, and finally comprehend it.
- Sholeh Wolpé
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