UK days } part II
Posted on September 14, 2015 2 Comments
september 12 } time to meet my brother t and his family at the ONblackheath festival, which turns out to be a hodge podge of a kiddy festival turned music festival at night, but fun nonetheless
It’s been a busy few days since my sister and I arrived in London on September 10. You may notice that there isn’t a Part I to this, and that’s because I started this trip’s log with an Airplane Timelines post. I have very confused organizational methods. Read More
airplane timelines } ba 156 kuwait to heathrow
Posted on September 11, 2015 1 Comment
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It’s a long trip to London this time and I’m wondering if I made the right decision to stay for this long. It’s just that I’m at a crossroads and need to be here to know exactly how I want to conduct the next few years of my life. Read More
the traveling tap 6
Posted on September 9, 2015 Leave a Comment
Last Sunday I decided that I wanted to create a sixth Traveling Tap for my upcoming Nuqat Conference talk in November. I made this decision at the eleventh hour since I’m traveling tomorrow to the UK for a month, and wanted to take it with me. I haven’t packed, am completely exhausted, and have so much housework left to do. But at least my tapestry is set. Read More
until love } forty
Posted on September 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
a constellation of forty galaxies
It might look like I’m just playing around, but this is what I do when I’m stuck. My portrait of Paul Newman went very well until I got to the watch, which I have done and redone maybe seven or eight times now. So I get in a rut and I can’t do anything but…play around. So in the meantime I’ll be playing with my polyhedra; so far forty and counting. Until I find love, until I’m unstuck. Whichever comes first. At the end of the day, they’re both the same thing. Read More
the contortionists
Posted on September 3, 2015 Leave a Comment
as always, it starts with a face
Sometimes I get bored. But it only lasts a second or two. Read More
zeri crafts notebook } crackface
Posted on August 31, 2015 Leave a Comment
zeri crafts notebook } crackface
bringing baby to the dark side
Posted on August 28, 2015 Leave a Comment
turtle-necked and black is the way nephew and aunty roll. i love the way this portrait turned out. khaldoun, this is just the beginning
It’s Friday. I was inspired. And then baby showed up. I got him into a black turtle neck and we started our little shoot. He was a natural. In fact, he was so ‘Come on, Vogue’ I could hardly keep a straight face. The guy’s a pro, just like his Aunty G. Read More
the curiosity of napoleon rose
Posted on August 22, 2015 Leave a Comment
the curiosity of napoleon rose
eve, me & the polyhedra
Posted on August 18, 2015 4 Comments
eve joins the circus of eden
i was so excited to find these now re-purposed notepads, even though i’m still keen on the colored origami paper. i’ll have to keep checking
A few days ago I trekked to Muji at the Avenues to restock on color origami paper. Of course, as expected, they were out. But I found these square notepads with ecru-colored paper, ready and perfect for being stamped and folded. The new polyhedra are smaller, which I actually like. And I don’t think that Muji Kuwait will ever stop supplying these non-niche notepads. I hope not anyway. Read More
zeri crafts notebook } a bottle of water
Posted on August 12, 2015 Leave a Comment
zeri crafts notebook } a bottle of water
We drink water because we’re in need of hydration. Read More
trouble in polyhedra-land
Posted on August 11, 2015 Leave a Comment
it’s not always roses with these colorful, stellated polygons of delight
A couple days ago I decided to tackle the 270-piece polyhedron, so found this site for instructions. The instructions were clear and helpful, and I should have read them very carefully before beginning the challenge. Luckily, I hadn’t created new sonobe units for this structure. But silly of me to not have read the part about larger units creating flimsy models, as Mr. Stephan Lavavej explains on his site. I spent all of Saturday contorted, frustrated and in tears at my failed attempt at the now elusive ‘Epcot ball’. I rarely accept failure, and this was one time I did. But it doesn’t mean I’ll never try again. Read More
a new painting in progress this friday
Posted on August 7, 2015 2 Comments
the way she is at the moment. i’m so tempted to keep her this way
Since Beirut I’ve been dying to paint. But it didn’t work out the way I pictured it would be, subject- and technique-wise. Let’s see where it goes. Read More
airplane timelines } flight ME402 beirut to kuwait, august 4, 2015
Posted on August 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
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- page three } moment of prescience; a precursor to events which would soon unfold at the airport?
girls & the mountains
Posted on August 2, 2015 Leave a Comment
I let the girls run amok in the Pantiles so I figured why not let them go wild up here in the Lebanese mountaintops? Read More
new commissioned painting in progress } paul newman
Posted on July 26, 2015 Leave a Comment
Last May or June I was commissioned by my brother to paint a portrait of Paul Newman. His only conditions were that he wanted the painting to be large and that Paul Newman was wearing his Rolex Daytona watch. So in effect, this is a double portrait.
Anyway, Paul wasn’t that big of a challenge. The watch on the other hand… Read More
until love } nineteen
Posted on July 25, 2015 3 Comments
my toys are sturdy. you can throw them and juggle them, take them apart and put them back together again. like me
Well, it says ‘nineteen’ but since these photos I made two more, despite my not allowing myself to. But like I said, ‘Until Love’. Read More
until love } twelve
Posted on July 21, 2015 3 Comments
three suitors orbit their sun
Yesterday I bought six sets of origami paper, in order to feed my new obsession. Read More
my green & stone sketchbook } the first seventeen pages
Posted on July 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
sometimes they roll themselves over for a meet and greet
On my last trip to London I bought a new sketchbook from Green and Stone’s, no surprise. It has been rather difficult to find a sketchbook with the right degree of soft- to roughness ratio and absorption. When I bought this one, I felt I’d found the one. As lovely as the paper is, it still doesn’t measure up to the paper in my marble sketchbook, which was so conducive to that perfect sketch.
Anyway. I wasn’t planning on documenting the pages in this book because frankly I felt my sketches were boring and somewhat perfunctory. But as I went deeper into it, and discovered how to work with the paper, it started to make more sense to me visually. I realized that this sketchbook should be viewed as an evolutionary progression rather than a series of individual drawings. So here are the first seventeen pages of my new sketchbook. Read More
Dear Maysaa | Over and Out, Ghadah
Posted on July 16, 2015 Leave a Comment
I’ve been missing the olden days. But that’s how I live, basking in my past, because I tend to be less judgmental of that Ghadah. And for some reason it’s always the good memories that filter through, don’t you think? I miss Raw Epistle, and going back and reading my friends’ letters has inspired me to write again.
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