{"id":411977,"date":"2026-10-22T17:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/?post_type=product&#038;p=411977"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:48:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T19:48:55","slug":"the-firm-hold-testimonies-of-conviction-series","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/artwork\/the-firm-hold-testimonies-of-conviction-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Firm Hold (Testimonies of Conviction series)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Firm Hold is a continuation of the spiritual and ethnographic inquiry initiated in The Straight Path, focusing on the divine dimension of existence. Born from field expeditions to the village of Bilad Sayt, tucked deep within the Al Hajar Mountains of Oman, the painting features a humble minaret rising organically among towering cliffs and lush date palms. Rather than standing as an isolated architectural monument, the sacred structure is portrayed as a seamless, natural extension of the surrounding landscape\u2014reflecting how the Divine has been intimately woven into human life since ancient times. Drawing on the Qur&#039;anic concept of Urwat al-Wuthqa\u2014the unbreakable, firm hold\u2014the artwork reveals that the Sacred is not a distant ideal, but an active, grounding current. This harmonious union of the divine and the natural creates a true sanctuary of inner peace and resilience, reminding the viewer that true support and alignment are born and flourish within the heart. Rendered in classical oil techniques with rich organic textures, this physical painting rejects synthetic generation to stand as an authentic artifact of spiritual truth and enduring heritage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/artist\/lavi-li\/\">Lavi Li<\/a>","protected":false},"author":3309,"featured_media":411980,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"o","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[101],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/411977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=411977"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/galeriaazur.art\/esp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=411977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}