The design in Central Asia is so profoundly beautiful. I hope to surroud myself and my life with such creations. This piece is displayed prominently in the Museum in Dushanbe.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Looking back on Turkey
Turkey looked very familiar after my prior travels. I was quite comfortable in what seemed to be sanitary, calm and even rather small bazaars...comparatively speaking to the chaos of certain markets in Iran and Dushanbe.
Updates from Boston
Hello,
My apologies to those of you who may want to know developments in my plans. I am currently still in Boston and finishing up a difficult semester at BU Law, where I practiced at the BMC as a student attorney. I dealt with several unusual cases that gave me more than my fair share of headaches. Currently, I am planning for a trip to Geneva. I will return shortly and then take some final exams. This coming semester I will be at the University of Leiden to take some unorthodox law courses, like "Law and Governance in Indonesia." Such a subject might not otherwise be my first choice.
I am reading often - and thanks to a suggestion by Jason, finally getting through 1984.
Here's a great passage:
"Talking to her, he realized how easy it was to present an apperance of orthodoxy while having no grasp whatever of what orthodoxy meant. In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding, they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird."
In other news, I will probably travel soon by train to Nebraska, and I will surely document it for you. My friend Liz will come by leiden while I am there and we should have a great time.
--I am also working on a collection of short stories, which I estimate will be complete by June. They are loosely based on my travels, but not at all for plot or people. I look forward to having some of you as my proofers.
Love,
K.
My apologies to those of you who may want to know developments in my plans. I am currently still in Boston and finishing up a difficult semester at BU Law, where I practiced at the BMC as a student attorney. I dealt with several unusual cases that gave me more than my fair share of headaches. Currently, I am planning for a trip to Geneva. I will return shortly and then take some final exams. This coming semester I will be at the University of Leiden to take some unorthodox law courses, like "Law and Governance in Indonesia." Such a subject might not otherwise be my first choice.
I am reading often - and thanks to a suggestion by Jason, finally getting through 1984.
Here's a great passage:
"Talking to her, he realized how easy it was to present an apperance of orthodoxy while having no grasp whatever of what orthodoxy meant. In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding, they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird."
In other news, I will probably travel soon by train to Nebraska, and I will surely document it for you. My friend Liz will come by leiden while I am there and we should have a great time.
--I am also working on a collection of short stories, which I estimate will be complete by June. They are loosely based on my travels, but not at all for plot or people. I look forward to having some of you as my proofers.
Love,
K.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Longing for Dushanbe
I have been back from Dushanbe for several months now...but I can't say that I could possibly long for this country any more! I really want to go back despite all the problems and difficulties I had there.
Here I am with a gorgeous Uzbek horse in the Lenin Park (traveled all the way to Dushanbe to give rides), just a short time before my departure for Turkey.
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