Tag: peace
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The Shape of Hope~
The author reflects on the weight of global conflict, contrasting it with a grounding moment captured in a photo of their daughter’s hand holding a starfish. This inspires thoughts on the intricacies of life and the cycles of history marked by division. Despite challenges, the author chooses hope, believing in peace and the potential for…
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The Paths We Walk~
A child walks alone under the arches, stick in hand, tracing invisible lines on an old stone path. The arches repeat endlessly, like the choices life lays before us—each one a gateway to another possibility. There is something quiet in the moment, but it speaks loudly of decisions, of chances taken or missed, and of…
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A Gift from the Sea
Today, I spent a tranquil few hours at the beautiful beach of Saadiyat Island. Despite the optimal beach weather, the winter season here keeps the beaches nearly empty, granting a serene and almost sacred stillness. The turquoise water sparkled under the warm sun, meeting the soft, white sand, while the rhythmic sound of waves seemed…
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Finding Solace by the Sea: My Emirates Reflection
This is my fifth visit to the Emirates, and every time I leave, I carry with me a lingering thought: something feels incomplete. For years, I’ve felt the subtle call of the Persian Gulf, its turquoise waters whispering to me, yet I never made the time to step into its waters. It’s strange how life…
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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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State of the World~
Where are we headed ? Our world today is hurting, women are crying, children are dying and the killing of innocents is just another daily story on the news… How did we become so desensitised to the pain of others? I see myself going about my day, doing my daily tasks, stopping for a moment…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 85/365
The world around us is always changing, every second could bring a new outcome, could cause a new future to onset. What are we in control of? Only our choices, in the now. Europe feels so turbulent at this time and that unsettlement, I feel echoed in me. I feel the shockwaves of the despair…
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Morning Coffee Talk~10/365
Good morning, Balance is on my mind today. I am looking outside my window and seeing how on top of a very large pine tree a bird is standing gracefully on a single thin branch in the freezing morning air, gently looking around and scanning the quiet neighbourhood as the cold wind moves the tree…
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Photography Projects in Lockdown~ ‘Peace of Mind’
Part two of this collaboration from artists and photographers putting an image and words to a concept was about ‘peace of mind’. Here is the result:
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A face to remember~ Lebanon
The most striking thing about visiting the refugee camps is always the unmistakable bright spark of hope that lives in the children. Despite all the hardship and unbearable living circumstances, they find the ability to play, laugh and be children.