Hide me inside a sea shell and leave me to be forgotten,Let me just be myself with all the wavesHearing no sound,Seeing no color,Moving all feelings,In an ocean alone, never isolated,In the middle of the day,At the surface of water where everything is floating free,Nothing can pull me down,Nothing can…
Author: Rim Abbadi
Transformations
Awakened by the swaying trees, how can you be awakened up by something so quiet, something we don’t even hear in midday when we are wide awake, is it because we are busy living our busy daily routine? is it even possible, to be moved by silence? My mind is…
April this year
Sitting in my sick bed for almost a 10 days now, so far I have manage to reread Brida by Paulo Coelho, did a puzzle of Frida Kahlo’s portrait, finished up lots and lots of hot drink, soups and tissue boxes. Ran out of lemon and honey, watched “beauty and…
On the way to the island.
Next the window shield of a rusty old ship, I am surrounded by warm sky and thoughts, empty pages, headphones. Somethings will never change,The feeling of laying for hours under the sun raysBeing in a dream, never waking upHaving memories of us, you and meThe joy of being showered with…
Teapot and a petal.
And can the music take me to your eyes,Can it take me back to that safe feeling of being young,Or to being Naive maybe?With the knowledge gained by a heart,and by heart only.Can a melody transfer you to a ball of emotions,Missing everything, even what has not exist yet?I long…
Thoughts of snow make me warm.
Dreaming of snow, the fire it light in me in the strangest way, A red nose, hair strands covered with tiny crystal-like snowflakes, Dreaming of snow is what I have been doing for days. It has been almost three years since the last long snow walk. For the last two…
December is warmer than sunshine.
What is so special about this flower?Why a sunflower?Why does it sometimes feel like the only thing to paint?In the middle of this cold seasonIn a place covered in all different shades of blueIs it my heart’s way of showing its longing for the hazy summer days,or just my mind…
When things go wrong.
“with a cup of tea in your hand, anything is possible” The beginning of November has been a little bit intense. I am working on new products for my shop, I am trying to find a part time job, I am attending classes twice a week at the university and…
Some snowflakes to you!
It is not the cold yet around here but maybe I missed Snowflakes and how it warms me in the strangest ways. My desk has been full of winter and snowy landscape and cityscapes. Probably will try and sketch some seascapes in snow soon as well. The first two paintings…
About momentariness
Have you ever tried to touch a ray of sunlight? Does it feel safe? Does it feel warm? Never in my life have I been able to catch one. I have seen many of course, in different lengths, in variety of colors even. I have felt their presence but never…