Hatice
“…truth can only be meaningful when it serves justice…” – Hatice Cengiz
The Crown Prince will not be punished, says the Biden administration.
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi left behind his fiancé Hatice Cengiz when he was murdered by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s hit team.
Our relationship w Saudi Arabia is too important, Biden claims.
The “prince” silenced one of his most vocal critics as Khashoggi’s fiancé waited outside the Saudi embassy for him to get the necessary paperwork for their marriage. She waited outside for 12 hours while they coagulated his blood to reduce the mess of his dismemberment. They held a massive bbq the night they cremated him in an underground oven to hide the smell.
After the Biden administration released a report that held the Crown Prince responsible and then Biden declared that he would not be sanctioned, Hatice Cengiz stated, “The truth – that was already known – has been revealed one more time, and is now confirmed. Yet this is not enough, since the truth can only be meaningful when it serves justice being achieved.”
Today, truth feels meaningless.
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Collage on Wood
Just studying what it is like to combine the grains of the wood w/ the different images and symbols jumping around in my mind. I usually take composition more seriously, but here I decided to go with the flow without thinking about the result. I included symbols of my wrecked arm, my travels to refugee camps in Greece, the connection between my heart and my mind, and some other playful wanderings (or wonderings?).
Einstein
My first serious woodburn, creating this helped me recognize that woodburning slows me down – no space for worry or anxiety when concentrating so hard on something that comes about so slowly. I burned this piece for a devout Christian – I asked him to name for me someone he admires; I totally expected him to name a saint or some other biblical inspiration. Nope, Einstein, which further piqued my curiosity about where religion and science overlap. At the time of this piece, I was just diving into religious studies, and was (and still am) fascinated by Einstein’s agnostic views.