Category 2007-2008 archive
kan ya makan…
kan ya makan… once upon a time… i remember long ago as a child, working out for myself that ‘time’ (as we knew it) was something ‘made up’ by humans, to divide and to count… ‘kan ya makan…’ is actually not part of my own childhood. although my father did tell me ongoing stories about […]
no (time)frame…
too late in the ‘discussion timeframe’?ironically, there suddenly is NO timeframe… amnesia through anaesthesia.memory for forgetfulness, without sensation. with paralysis.the surgical investigation gone wrong and emergency transfer. heart and lungs pushed to the absolute limits… h.y. wrote: But I am thinking about “leaving traces”…what i was writing before i lost that time(frame)? the quickly mythologized […]
no flag…
i continue to return to this poem written nearly 800 years ago by mawlana jalaluddin rumi (translated by coleman barks) :: no flag :: i used to want buyers for my words. now i wish someone would buy me away from words. i’ve made a lot of charmingly profound images, scenes with abraham, and abraham’s […]
evidence … no traces
3arabi-mapping… mapping? i have always tracked my footsteps, walking around blocks. always lived internal lives, making mind maps (long before virtual realities of blogs and second lives). always made lists on bits of paper, kept books to write things in. now, cool people do this electronically in their pockets (including cross-referencing!) some friends have laughed […]
significant cultural processes and productions that come to mind for you?
The other day I found some old papers (as you do). Three years ago I had emailed a number of people (see below), attempting a small random ‘survey’ (very Sydney-centred, I admit) to prepare for a presentation at UTS called: “Facing Fear: Community Anti-Racism after September 11, 2001”. ::———-:: 16 Nov 2004 dear friends i […]
…sound…
on speaking. and not… on hearing. and not… :: sounds :: taghreed. sound of birdsong khareer. sound of running water hadeel. sound of doves raneem. sound of fish, deep under water things i don’t hear very well. or not at all but i have a feeling for taghreed and khareer, hadeel and raneem. sometimes if i […]
sukh’riya
Can you believe I was wondering (and googling) what the word for “irony” is in 3arabi, and this phrase actually came up as a post on some blog: ‘what’s the Arabic word for “irony”…?’ Unfortunately it was written by an American standup comedian who is also a writer and an army reservist. Do I want […]
3arabi Mapping 
A.I. on ‘ghost flights’…
… my first thought on reading about the helicopter ride that Alissar took – and which she has no memory of, no evidence for – reminded me of the other ‘ghost flights’ that i’ve been thinking about lately. Those ghost flights are the more sinister kind – those that ‘render’ people to institutions of pain […]