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Exotic Lines From Somewhere Far Away

February 03, 2007

From an exotic place, somewhere far away: Syrian Calligraphy. Gorgeous.My first reaction to anything "Arabic" is that of being a little cautious, or, on some level, 'conscious' of how fucked the world is right now, and fucked it is that any other culture than our beloved U.S.A. is to be suspected of being evil or whatever. I wish that sort of thinking wasn't attached to this stuff.I'm getting worn down by the propaganda.When looking at these, aside from all the political riff raff, I found myself really excited, thinking, "Man, these posters are saying something!" Beautiful. I wish they were translated.We have so much to learn about the world around us.Special thanks to Justin Braehm, back in Chicago, for the link. So good.

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