In a time when people fear the word globalization for what it means and what it deletes from our worlds- what is culture? Traveling and living between the U.S and…
The scents of a place feel different just as the food doesn’t fit nicely in our stomaches. When we arrived here we saw everything as if it was just acting…
Photo by Aria Fani http://ariafani.com A thick wall about 2 feet thick divided the town. It had developed slowly over time. Stone by stone. What might seem strange to you as…
Your words sway back and forth creaking on my porch It seems they want to stay in one place But they rock back and forth I sit patiently on your…
1. Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses regarding the Cushite woman he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. א. וַתְּדַבֵּר מִרְיָם וְאַהֲרֹן בְּמֹשֶׁה עַל אֹדוֹת הָאִשָּׁה הַכֻּשִׁית אֲשֶׁר לָקָח…
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Each place has a rhythm and this rhythm travels through diagonally up the streets whispers in my ear down my neck like its own band we travel and hear the…
WHEN THE DAY’S rain has ended and the sky wears it dark as a stain go and see what you have collected: water filling up the flower boxes, overflowing the teacups…
Raqib Shaw (Indian, born 1974)
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my…
Lights in the Hand 