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Posted on November 16, 2015 2 Comments
What a weekend! I am so happy it’s over though. I’m sad to have said goodbye to two of my best friends, sarah and laura, and happy to have met so many new ones, but it’s time to move on with my life, which came to a near standstill in preparation for my talk. Luckily I was […]
the beginning of a new painting on a sunny/rainy friday morning
Posted on November 6, 2015 2 Comments
I miss my son Khaled so much. And this has nothing to do with the painting. Or maybe it does.
UK days } part VI
Posted on October 24, 2015 Leave a Comment
This part of my London trip starts October 3rd. On the advice of a friend, I visited Erno Goldfinger’s home on Willow Street in Hampstead. I didn’t take any photos there but I left the house with a sense of having been there before. It evoked feelings of life in Iran in the mid-70s, even though the home […]
until love } fifty-two
Posted on October 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
Listen to On Again, Off Again by Lemolo } My obsession with origami polyhedra began a few months ago. Now I have fifty-two of these structures lying on my floor and I won’t stop making them until I find love.
UK days } part V
Posted on October 22, 2015 Leave a Comment
This is the fifth part of my last trip to London (I’m posting a week’s worth of pics at a time) spanning September 26th to October 2nd. In terms of reuniting with old friends, meeting new ones and visiting family, this week was my busiest.
UK days } part IV
Posted on October 15, 2015 Leave a Comment
I’m posting the rest of my September/October ‘UK days’ retrospectively, as my laptop went wonky after only a week in London. I’m back in Kuwait now, recovering from my very long trip, getting back into the hang of things.
watercolor sketchbook } her blahs
Posted on October 3, 2015 2 Comments
We leave in nine days. We leave Anna’s place in two. My heart is breaking already, no matter how much I miss my children, home and family.
thinking about tattoos
Posted on September 29, 2015 1 Comment
I haven’t really told anyone because a. I was worried it was just a whim and b. I don’t really care for the larger public to know, but I’m seriously considering the art of tattoo as a career. Well, tandem to everything else I’m doing. I know I have my own aesthetic and my own […]
UK days } part III
Posted on September 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
It looks like we did a lot, but we didn’t.
UK days } part II
Posted on September 14, 2015 2 Comments
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.
airplane timelines } ba 156 kuwait to heathrow
Posted on September 11, 2015 1 Comment
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.
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 […]
until love } forty
Posted on September 5, 2015 Leave a Comment
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. […]
bringing baby to the dark side
Posted on August 28, 2015 Leave a Comment
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.
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