Backwards
Let history begin here:
With the house standing tall
from leveled ground.
Before my parents are my parents,
sugar cones are ground over their heads.
In the same room,
I blow out my first candle & sip my first drop of alcohol.
Every year, the garden ripens persimmons.
Before the bombs,
I bloom from the bricks
delivered to the bosom of my beloved.
Delivered to the bosom of my beloved,
I bloom from the bricks.
Before the bombs,
every year, the garden ripens persimmons.
I blow out my first candle & sip my first drop of alcohol
in the same room
sugar cones are ground over their heads
before my parents are my parents.
From leveled ground,
with the house standing tall,
let history begin here.
Persian Rug
Shirin Abedinirad, Magic Carpet, 2022. Land art and fibre art, Tehran, Iran. Inspired by the enchanted carpet of One Thousand and One Nights, the work uses mirrored surfaces to create the optical illusion of flight, evoking a passage into wonder, desire, and transformation “in the twinkling of an eye.” Artwork courtesy of featured artist Shirin Abedinirad.
