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  • Day 15~ March 15th~ Egypt

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    They say that whatever you do while alive on this planet is printed in the astral light of it, in its archives, waiting to be tuned to and accessed… I remember one time while working in Paris and on a quieter morning at the Louvre, standing in front of the Mona Lisa gazing at her…

  • Day 13~ March 13th~ Egypt

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    Have you ever wondered why entities that aim to exercise power over us are always large, imposing, overwhelming? Government buildings, houses of religion, temples, Egypt… The first thing that I registered when looking at Egyptian art is how large everything is, how oppressively daunting it is. The first reaction is to feel small in the…

  • Day 6~ March 6th~ Egypt

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    There is something so entirely remarkable about the statues and the art you see from ancient Egypt. Putting aside any feelings of eeriness and discomfort, the art feels somehow, yes, alive. It radiates, it vibrates, it holds your gaze, it stirs deeply… And after doing all of that, it makes you think, question, dwell and…

  • Day 5~ March 5th~ Egypt

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    If you go to meet something for the first time and you take your prejudgment about it with you, how will you ever be able to connect with its truth? There is so much that is written about ancient Egypt. The libraries are full, the internet is flooded, university texts, endless research material, theories ranging…

  • Day 4~ march 4th~ Egypt

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    Ancient Egypt has the power to hold your attention and point towards the laws of nature, the place where that power arose in the first place… To an inhabitant of the Earth, what is more powerful than the sun? The constant giver fo life, the provider of warmth and light, the great father. How much…

  • Day 2~ March 2nd~ Egypt

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    I went to Egypt with hundreds of questions and came back with thousands. Egypt lives in children’s imaginations as the world of fantasy, of pharaohs, of mummies, of pyramids, of kings, of power, of ankhs, and I am yet to meet a child who hears about Egypt without falling prey to its enchantment. Ancient Egypt…

  • Day 1~ March 1st~ Egypt

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    Egypt, 1996, armed with a Pentax, 36 rolls of film, a total fascination with mystery, and an eagerness to jump into the unknown, is where I first began my love affair with photography. Egypt and what lives in it gave me far more than I expected in way of impressions, awe inspiring monuments, mystery, intrigue,…

  • Day 12~ February 12th~ Lebanon

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    You know how when you are a child in school, only very few things resonate and remain with you despite all the efforts from your teachers to fill your head with information? For me, it was a chemistry teacher that I really loved because he demonstrated all his theories in a practical manner, a math…

  • Day Seven~ February 7th~ Lebnaon

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    As a small child our first family home and school were in the city of Byblos. It is daunting to think that the city I grew up in is in fact the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world!  Byblos is said to have been founded by El, the god of Phoenicians, but archaeological evidence…

  • Day Two Hundred Sixty Seven, October 16, 2011

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    Clowns have been known to be around since the times of ancient Egypt, when the role of clown and priest were held by the same person. This points to a much more significant importance for the role of the clown which goes far beyond animal balloons and silly tricks. Through the deformation of certain features…