Comments on: Nothing Has a Final Shape

By: Leili

Leili — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:31:58 +0000

Thank you so much to Cheryl, Pritha and Katharine!

@Cheryl: Yes. People involved in making and creating things do seem to come across experiences like this, don’t they!?

@Pritha: Mapmaking is such a cool term. I feel that’s what you do, too. I learn so much from you. Thank you and lots of love.

@Katharine: I love and miss you! Naw Rúz love to you!

By: Katharine

Katharine — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:36:55 +0000

Such an inspiring and uplifting post.

By: Pritha

Pritha — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:47:53 +0000

I have loved this post since I read it first. For me it’s a story of grace found in unexpected places as a result of an event more easily parsed as disappointment. I am not all surprised that it is you that took me on this journey. Thank you for sharing your mapmaking; it has and will continue chart my course.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:55:29 +0000

I thank you so much for sharing this post. Such a lesson for every artist and every heart.

By: Leili

Leili — Thu, 05 May 2011 17:49:23 +0000

I never knew that shards of the glass from weddings were used in mezzuzahs or ketubahs! So interesting! Love your insights, as ever, Negin.

By: Negin

Negin — Wed, 04 May 2011 03:06:28 +0000

It makes me think of how in Jewish wedding ceremonies, there is a glass crushed underfoot (symbolic of the destruction of the temple, I think) but often times the broken glass bits are worked into something new – like a new mezuzah or the framed wedding prayer that is kept in the new couple’s home. I like the idea that after being broken into shards, there may yet be a recycling/ reusing/ resurrecting to come.

By: Philip Blyth

Philip Blyth — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:40:09 +0000

oh Leili…
a part of me is happy for you……………… (?!)
a few years ago, in art school (interactive media design), I had an unrecoverable hard-drive crash, and lost _everything_ i’d created up until then. I was shell-shocked for a few hours but then found myself (much to my surprise) simply accepting it, and a feeling of calm came over me. I still miss all those interactive pieces / digital paintings / photographs dearly, but — whereas my memory of my past is foggy — I remember them all very clearly… Detachment sharpens the senses, like the fast…

PS: Please keep all those pieces!!! One day, you’ll be able to crush them into the wet cement of your country home, Gaudi-style

By: golriz

golriz — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:03:49 +0000

i have to admit, this post breaks my heart a little bit. i do not like the idea of your beautiful creations having an untimely end. which is why i am in awe of how you look past the surface situation to uncover a beautiful life lesson. x

By: Shirin

Shirin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:30:13 +0000

Love the concept of nothing having a final shape!! Love that your lack of resistance to the “changes and chances” of life allows you to see opportunities to continue to create beauty indiscriminately…

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:03:30 +0000

My gosh, I admire your serenity and detachment in the face of such craziness! But the way you approach it reminds me of Tibetan Buddhists and their sand paintings–intricate sand mandalas that take days to create, which they then sweep away at the end of it all. The idea of creating art for the process and the spiritual experience and remaining detached from the end product. I wish I could achieve that level of detachment in other areas of life.