Category: art
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Clearing the Mind: Reflections on Athar Jaber’s Clearing
This work is currently shown in the public art abu dhabi biennial. Clearing the Mind: Reflections on Athar Jaber’s Clearing In our world today, we are inundated with impressions, references, and an endless stream of thoughts. Our minds buzz with ceaseless activity, and what was once a subtle and fine-tuned connection to our surroundings has…
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Virtual Tour- ‘Facing Future’ Exhibition
Here is the virtual tour of the exhibition that is still open for view in Venice till October 5. Today is the international day of Peace. Praying for peace in Lebanon and all other places of conflicts where children and innocents are suffering. Also moments from the opening event. Thanks to all who went all…
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Venice Exhibition and ‘Facing Future’ Book: Embracing Creativity in a Changing World
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It has been a while since I posted. Here with this post, I hope to update you, my friends, with some of what has been happening in my creative life. As always I am trying to understand the changes happening in me and in the world around me, like most people are. The world is…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 77/365
Sometimes my mind goes back to when I was a small child and I can for a split second reconnect to a time of pure joy. Those were moments when all that existed was the present. Time had a different nature to it. It did not threaten me with the future or blame me for…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 76/365
When you have a few words to say, and you let the words fade, you are happy to be blank, to be in the moment, where words are not necessary. Such is being inside the domain of art.
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 65/365
Hi everyone, wherever you may be, I hope that everyone is doing well in the midst of all the uncertainty that swirls around us on planet earth these days. At the end of the day, we all have so much to be grateful for. Here is my list of 10 for today: *whatever created me…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 42/365
Good Morning, I am back in Germany getting readjusted to my routine and processing the 13 day journey I just had in the Emirates. Before it blurs into the halls of my memory, I thought to list 9 words that I would choose to describe the trip and my experiences. It’s a challenge to do…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 33/354
Good Morning, It has been raining so much here in Dubai the last two days, it reminds me that anything can happen despite our projections and familiar expectations. A good resolution this for me this year is openness mixed with flexibility to be able to meet the unknown with more resilience. The future is here…
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Morning Coffee Talk~ 16/365
Good Morning, Time and time again, I dwell on the concept of ‘time’. It’s time for ‘time’ one more time, and how many times are enough times.Well just maybe one more time. Time passes slow when things are difficult, fast when they are joyful, time heals our wounds and time can be endless when we…