Today is one of those rare days that the air conditioning system in the Fine Arts Library is working in a desirable temperature, consistent with my mood. I am here trying to figure out what books I need to keep for the summer. I finished the semester by handing in all my papers last week and now I am planning for the summer. My mind tries very hard to block the depressing thought that I perhaps won’t see my family this summer; as far as my eyes are concerned my mind is not successful at all.
I will continue writing for
Peyk newsletter. My latest column was on early photography in Iran inspired by a class I took this semester on Early Photography. The piece is a public introduction to amazing photographs of an often-unnoticed photographer,
Antoin Sevruguin. You can check the
PDF version of the piece on
Peyk 121 English section.
Have you seen any interesting films recently? I hope to have a more active film life in the summer. No certain plans yet, but two movies per week is a start.
I will take two summer sessions of French; the registration will open again on May 26
th. I have to be careful with the deadline; I’
ve already missed an early registration. This is basically the only thing I am sure I will do.
The rest of my plans like many other times are more of a ‘Wish List’ rather than an organized schedule that one can follow and put check marks next to the tasks that are done. I am going to keep the wish list unpublished for the time being.
Just to make this post a bit interesting: I finally had the chance to visit
Driscoll Villa at
Laguna Gloria (AMOA). I had two failed attempts before, I got there every time when they were closing the villa. But this Sunday it was like magic. I made friends with the nicest lady one can imagine and she let me in for 10min. I will visit the villa again. She promised to tell me many interesting stories about Clara
Driscoll.
Beverly Penn, Genius Loci: Villa (detail), 2007
Bronze, 72 x 72 X 12 inches
No to Coup d'etat!
