qana / beirut
today, in qana, the israeli air force transformed kids into ashes.
today, in beirut, i am not able to transform this page into a drawing.
posted by mazen (old profile) at 16:35
Sunday, July 30, 2006
today, in qana, the israeli air force transformed kids into ashes.
today, in beirut, i am not able to transform this page into a drawing.
25 Comments:
Continue drawing; your work is fantastic and everything must come an end eventually... Even the atrocities that you have to witness right now.
Stay Strong!
ayri bil pope
ayri bil israelis
ayri bi your taxes
very expressive piece mazen.
it "illustrates" your(and our) state of mind very well.
alla yistor,
ah,
ayri bi allah kamen.
Mazen: it is uplifting that amidst the murder and destruction you depict there is an artist who stubbornly refuses to be anything less. Please continue your meaningful work. I hope it inspires (shames?) others who haven't yet been able to engage creatively with the violent time in which we live.
the recent drawings are right on the edge of what it must be like to be in a war - sad angry and then right up against it. I honestly don't know how you deal with it.
In solidarity
P
Marhaba!
VERY nice work! my husband sent me the link to your minimalistic improvisation, i was impressed and have posted links to you through my blog.
hope you are fine!
regards,
elektra dekker
no words.
no tears.
only sorrow
empty
aching
sorrow.
i. . .
oh
what's
the
use?
Mazen - keep on drawings no matter what. Everyone in this life has a role to perform, so keep on what you are doing.
I wish you strength and courage to continue drawing. I join my voice with all those raging with anger: STOP the bombing - STOP the killing!
Athena from Athens, Greece
it was jesus 2000 years ago
themessage of love , now the israels with the message of blod
keep on
Qana 1996-Dedeux.
How many times must a person walk down that road?
U.S now reeling from international condemnation, pressures Israel to a cease fire.
I heard today of this terrible, terrible massacre. I extend my sympathies, as a stranger, in Australia, to you all. What else can I say?
thank you illusion of progress, finally someone who talks sense, heart and future.
it is sad to see people still surrender to the primal urge of supporting blindly one party or the other; people who find some blood cheaper than another, some lives more meaningful than others. wake up.
At some point in the future we will experience something new and liberating - a huge silence where there was the sound of people shouting "IT WAS HIS/HERS/THEIR FAULT". And then the sound of people accepting responsibilty for what they do and what they fail to do.
Like a good trumpeter, I won't hold my breath.
P
Hello my friend. You are not alone.
MiltiadisS from Greece
Israel killers!!!!...
Great drawings! A friend of mine said he preferred the bombs to the trumpet in your piece ... oh well.
http://www.truemarch14.com/Site/Blog/977CF8B2-EDD6-4695-99AB-A6DC90A9121B.html
http://www.truemarch14.com/Site/Blog/16B64D6A-D150-4E43-AB34-EBE8CE6832AE.html
Much, much admiration for your ability to express yourself so eloquently given the hateful circumstances. I, for one, have ben profoundly moved by your words, drawings and music.
Take care.
I'm sure you will, but just in case, I'll encourage you to please keep drawing Mazen...the mere fact that you've been able to thus far is an inspiration to many folks around the globe.
There's an article on Modern Art Notes today about art created during conflict that touches on its importance.
...have faith...and keep drawing
My heart i with you I cry tears for you all words are useless, we must feel collective shame for standing by, as a Jew I deplore this violence
Children of Qana...
Please forgive us all, for letting this massacre to happen.
I pray Allah every day...i just want this war to end.
The only thing i was able to draw was a picture of myself crying...
Forgive us all...
Shirin from Lebanon
http://shirin-from-lebanon.blogspot.com/
Hi Mazen
I don´t have a computer at home so I´m only connected when I´m at work. I never care about having a computer at home. But this weekend I miss you so much that I went to cyber to see what you have post. I was wondering about you & your family both saturday & sunday.
I don´t watch TV so you are the one who is telling what´s happening.
Here in Argentina we went to Israel´s Embassy to show our disagreement although is useless we need to feel that we are not so far away, that war it´s a bad thing everywere and everywere it´s our place.
I love what you are doing.
kiss, hug & love
I feel small. I am in awe of your strength and perseverance. Your drawings moved me to tears. As an artist myself I have great respect for your work. May you survive this horrible, horrible time and may we all find peace.
my grief, like that of many others throughout the world is with you.
so is my admiration for you,my frustration, and anger at what zionists are doing to humanity.
but if you can still manage to draw, to write, and to express yourself, it means that they have not won.
you have a friend in new york.
take care Mazen (of your art too)
Hay razón en decir q el mundo no se acabará sino será la humanidad la q se extinga, somos nosotros quienes nos dirigimos hacia la muerte, pero me pregunto, q pasa por la mente de aquellos líderes al seguir con su necedad de una guerra en lugar de abrir un diálogo con el contrario?, ellos no son los q pelean, ellos mandan pero no sufren en carne propia los estallidos de las bombas, la sangre de la gente, el fuego de las armas y quien les dice q eso es lo q quiere un pueblo? es injusto, pero mas injusto es ver q en una guerra de "hombres" sean los niños y mujeres quienes mueran.
Love and peace brothers
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