Name: Fault Lines Mirrors: a Divine Love Story (ongoing for 3 months!)
Start: 2025-11-27T18:00:00
End: 2026-02-27T18:00:00
Location: Creative Grounds DC

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14 years ago, a man who traveled the world and built his life on love, generosity and devotion passed away due to Brain Cancer on Thanksgiving, in the morning dawn before Fajr namaz. A scrappy handyman, athlete, artist, film and music consumer and a classic Punjabi man, with a touch of American swagger had to come to terms with his mortality. He might not have spoken it to me, but I sensed it. His universe and the community witnessed his strong mental and physical health come face to face with the fact that he could wither away, become anxious that he was responsible for the fact that his family could starve. A strong soul who was an anchor of his family became vulnerable, and slowly the family was drowning under the pressures of God’s ocean. Each year “Thanksgiving Day” is an anniversary of Muhammad Mustafa’s passing. When truly, it is a Day of Mourning. On this day, we remember the Truth and we speak from it. Please gather and join me to witness his universe from the perspective of his daughter. Fault Lines Mirrors: a Divine Love Story of a Pakistani~American~Muslim is now open on November 27, 2025 and will run till February 27, 2026. There will be other intimate events as well. TBD. Feel free to go solo, with friends, fam or any trusted folks! It will be ongoing for three months according to Creative Grounds DC hours.-------------------------------------- “Fault Lines Mirrors: a Divine Love Story of a Pakistani~American~Muslim” is a solo exhibition exploring the evolution of my father, Muhammad N. Mustafa Chaudhary. I chronicle his emotional and spiritual universes, which were fated with racial/class capitalism and disability/terminal illness through the lens of Islamic Sufi spirituality. Death is a gateway, marked by detachment of the Ego and purification of the Heart, as this Universe is a mirror, breaking the illusions of the Self. I travel from his past, through the Ishq/Death Portal, a gateway in understanding his Divine Love Story with Al-Wadud. “Fault Lines Mirrors,” a redemptive and sacred mapping of an oblivion, invites viewers to introspect on the fault lines right here in the DMV, with my father’s essence and legacy as a mirror to your experience. I trust you will, with an open heart, migrate through the paths of personal to political, the past to future, and the illusionary prison to the unveiled Truth.playlist: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gNSf1pYiMAgV37p3biq1d?si=f57TQLTyQ2qyR2UE4YsbjA">https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gNSf1pYiMAgV37p3biq1d?si=f57TQLTyQ2qyR2UE4YsbjA</a>