The individual artist is a medium for making representational and deeply meaningful symbols of the community’s collective consciousness, whether they are symbols of the community’s religion, love, hurt, power, hate, hope, dream, fables, foibles or on and on and on.

“If your skin is crawling, pay attention. If something doesn’t feel right, pay a…”

“We tend to hold that popping medicine in our mouths and swallowing is the exten…”

“Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words…”

“Iranian women are very consciously aware of gender-explicit oppression. Therefo…”