Life and Opinions of an Artist ; "A Time For Dreamers"

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comment!  I happen to be one of those in between cultures people who does not agree with populism because i have had the benefit of speaking various languages and knowing various cultures .  Populism makes me a stranger in the country i was born in and it also takes away from all the things i have achieved by living in other cultures and learning about others .... why not open our minds and try to learn about and from each other as much as possible ....  and i ask myself if the people controlling the internet are trying to lock us into our small minds instead of allowing the internet to be a way of reaching out and creating something better .... i have a feeling that some of us are allowed while others are kept in their place The noisy dispute over the meaning of populism is more than just an academic squabble – it’s a crucial argument about what we expect from democracy. By  Peter C Baker More from this series:  The new populism When populism appears in...

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9 10 "A Time For Dreamers" by Nilofar Mehrin my book on sale on Amazon “The Poet” mixed media collage, 1990 I was talking to a friend, who painted and was a teacher at an American university in Florence. He was a web designer and had done many websites for artists he knew. He had seen my studio and my cards 1 and said, “Why don’t you write a story to go with your cards?” I had always wanted to write such a story, but I didn’t think real life would allow me any flights of the imagination. That’s why I thought about writing about the times I lived in. I have always wondered about art meaning different things in different countries. As an example of recent successful 1 The inshallah cards are reproductions of water colours and acrylic paintings. I sold these in shops from 1998-2013. 11 Living Art As A Work in Progress 11 artists, I have been thinking about Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst’s art, because they represent my generation. I want to talk...