“In any culture the dispossessed and powerless willl turn to religion and legend, because what else do they have to believe in? They need these stories of heroism and superhuman saviors to give them hope.”
― Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun
― Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun
“We must become reacquainted with our true human selves.”
― Voice of Reason
― Voice of Reason
“Mapmaker mapmaker
make me a map
one to one scale,
without a single gap.
Map every rock,
every thought, every tree
and erase all the territory.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 2
make me a map
one to one scale,
without a single gap.
Map every rock,
every thought, every tree
and erase all the territory.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 2
“The universe is not made up of atoms; it’s made up of tiny stories.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
“A young artist's career is a matter of claiming a place for oneself, of saying, "I am here." Having gone through that phase, a more mature artist can concentrate on truly developing talent and vision.”
― Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun
― Shoot an Iraqi: Art, Life and Resistance Under the Gun
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