“Home” to Pakistan – Poem Reprint – Haiku Laziness and Out of Africa

One of the advantages of having had a blog for going on 8 years and switching platforms and even emphases from time to time, is that one can emulate the scribe that Jesus describes in Matthew 13:52 and bring out ‘new treasures as well as the old,’ only in this case that order is inverted [...]

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arabian sea – Haiku / Poetry on the Death and Burial of Osama Bin Laden

in murky depths a body lies a mouldering; arabian sea arabian sea, all the perfumes of the land cannot clean stained hands arabian sea, it cannot yet be that sea, of forgetfulness __________________________ Also, though I am not a Catholic and so do not know exactly what to make of this author’s mention of the [...]

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Photography as Inspiration – Mira Nair – The Namesake

If it weren’t for photography, I wouldn’t be a flimmaker. Every film I make is fueled by photographs. Sometimes it is a particular image of a photographer, sometimes it is what I have learned by seeing the world through his or her eyes. Either way, photographs have always helped me crystallize the visual style of [...]

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