Yad vashem

February 6, 2021 | Masuma

My daughter had to make a poster for Holocaust day and that reminded me my trip to Israel back in my youth and I had spent almost 2 days at Yad Vashem museum.

That had changed me back, I read through all the survivors and the exhibits about pain and resilience .. it was like I couldn’t leave that museum. Back in London I was enthralled at my visits to Imperial War Museum.

And now in the present world, which other concentration camps exist that the world should resist?

Deer runs, Hiphop

February 3, 2021 | Masuma

Deer 🦌 runs , hip hop!

stood there soulfully
Humming mystery,
For long
In silence

Kept loving deeply
With her canopy of energy,
For long
In silence

Seeing through the veil
With her inner lamp lit
The illusions disappear
and a different trail hits

Just beat it.
Just beat it.

-Masuma

deers have soulful eyes and no wonder it just feels me.

Being there

January 20, 2021 | Masuma

“What was your childhood like?” healing begins from here.

I do ask

And this is a wonderful sharing to do.

“To be there” through the shared conversations is a magical travel of time. Difficult memories heal, simply because they are felt by those who would make the difference just by knowing/understanding, it’s as if they joined you too. They become a part of you, makes feel stronger.

ask, heal, bethere

crows talk randomartwork

Just

January 20, 2021 | Masuma

Cycle

January 8, 2021 | Masuma

Hugged

January 7, 2021 | Masuma

Chocolate is working

January 3, 2021 | Masuma

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁, “𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱”, 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲

-𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀

Under the influence of this quote, sharing a chocolate approach for creative writing habit forming

The other day we went for a walk through this beautiful Denham Country Park,
And I was interested for my children to do a short narrative on their walk afterwards.

Could had just tasked and asked (boring/medicinal) a very clear medicinal dose.

How can this turn into a chocolate?

So instead, the offer was that we all 4 (parents inclusive, yes) do a short write up in 15 minutes.
The one with more figurative writing, extended metaphors is applauded with brownie points.

And Oh my God – my very own children, took their pens and paper with joy and the output was an elevated thoughtful writing and they did take their time to refine whereas we the adults committed to just 5 minutes of excellence🤪

Later

The collective reading of each one of us, was an enjoyable competitive 🤩 chocolate affair.

And how just by reading out, ideas are influenced.

This will continue because