Symbolic art lies between the art of copying and the art of improving. In symbolic art, the art of copying and improvising unite, and therefore in symbolism both principal aspects of art become perfected. A person inspired by the symbolic expression of nature sees in all things of nature a symbol, representing to him something, at the same time revealing to him some mystery of life and nature. This knowledge is a key to the whole creation. To a person possessing this knowledge everything in the world seems a closed box, the key of which he possesses. As soon as he gives his attention to anything he sees, he immediately finds at hand a symbolic expression which, used as a key, opens the door to every hidden treasure.

There are two aspects of symbolic knowledge. One aspect is "nazul," when everything in nature begins to give its key to the artist in the form of a symbol. And by using the key, the artist becomes able to find out the mystery that every form represents. The other aspect is "uruj," in which a wave arises from the heart of the artist, bringing before his view a design by which he can best express his thought symbolically. The artist produces this wave that rises in his heart by his pain, satisfying thereby the demand of the spirit for perfection. In nazul, therefore, the artist receives the message; in uruj he gives it to the world, thereby fulfilling the spiritual act to which the inspired artist is destined.

According to the temperament of the artist, he is either more inclined to nazul or to uruj. The temperament of the one who is inclined to nazul has the jemal temperament, and the one who is inclined to uruj has the jelal temperament. However, uruj and nazul both act and react upon each other. Without uruj, nazul is impossible; without nazul, uruj cannot be. They act and react upon each other; and so perfection lies in receiving both, at times nazul and at times uruj, as one divides the time of his life during day and night into action and repose. God bless you.