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Coming soon: Inks & Paints of the Middle East REVISED A new, updated edition of my groundbreaking handbook of early Islamic art technology, incorporating five more years of research.

… it's time for another Kickstarter. I'm still hammering out some details, but plan to launch in November. If you have an interest in this area, I'd love it if you signed up to be notified and/or shared the link with someone who would be. Read on for more info…

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Transylvania may hold the secret to a long and happy life This region with one of the best known names on Earth is also one of the least understood. Could their ancestral way of life be the key to tranquility?

NatGeo week for me. In February, I went to the Homorod Valley, in rural Transylvania, to visit a village whose ancient form of governance is helping keep the modern world, if not at bay, then at least at arm's distance. www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...

Boston missed its own deadline for applying to a FEMA program. Residents are footing the bill.  - CommonWealth Beacon Across Massachusetts, more than 300 communities – including Boston – aren’t reaping the benefits of the FEMA program, known as Community Rating System. It’s led to residents in some municipalities...

NEW: Boston missed its own deadline for applying to a FEMA program. Residents are footing the bill.

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My kiddo is doing a project on AI for school:

Eliot Brown remembered for love and creativity amid tragic loss Family and friends honor Eliot Brown as a loving and creative spirit after he was tragically killed in a random act of violence.

This weekend I listened in to a memorial for a high school friend of mine who was by all accounts an incredible person. he Was remembered by all for his deep kindness and care for others as his crowning achievement.

RIP Eliot. You were a real one. www.wwltv.com/article/news...

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Satirical Adobe ad in the Onion: "Experience the magic of buying new software, every month, forever"

@theonion.com

The joys of being anon is being able to do away with the filters that keep folks in line. The threats of whithholding employment. How would they know its you if you are careful to remain anon.

Lived in a dorm that had the same as its logo (without the swastikas)

Senate approves $2.3 billion budget, overrides $70 million in Healey vetoes The Senate passed a $2.3 billion spending package Thursday that pumps money into MassHealth, financial aid at public colleges and universities and free school meals, while holding the purse strings on some funds that sheriffs are seeking for their jails and houses of correction. The Senate also voted to restore $70.4 million to the fiscal 2026 budget through a series…

The Senate passed a $2.3 billion spending package Thursday that pumps money into MassHealth, financial aid at public colleges and universities and free school meals, while holding the purse strings on some funds that sheriffs are seeking. on.nbcboston.com/xR6xN91

Box full of copies of Wild Inks & Paints

Look what arrived earlier than scheduled…

Events 22nd October: Tasha Suri and V. L. Bovalino with Samantha Shannon. Covent Garden Waterstones, London. 24th October: An Evening With Tasha Suri and V.L. Bovalino. Birmingham Waterstones, Birmingham.…

This is the month that THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA releases (Oct 21st!) and I wanted to share that I have a number of UK events, including an event with VL Bovalino and Samantha Shannon at a church, which feels slightly bonkers: tashasuri.com/events/

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Drawing of Animals and Plants

Drawing of Animals and Plants https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/98527

The last few weeks of revolution in Nepal have been fascinating, to say the least:

my plans would need a multitude of sticky notes…

This was a lighthearted take on the Panopticon:

I can’t keep up with a written day planner. Too many moving parts… they are cool though.

Nepal News LIVE: Nepal Former PM Oli Flees Away From Nepal | Nepal Protests News Live | N18L YouTube video by CNN-News18

Class ended abrubtly and I really hope my teacher is OK.

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“We are not just painting, we are preparing ourselves as a vessel to contain the cosmos”

I think I’m gonna like this class 🔴

“The painting is an offering to the Divine”. The Buddhist masters do not sign their paintings, because the purpose is spiritual perfection. Similar to the masters of Quranic illumination.

Pondering the connections between साधना and تقوى.

studying lotus painting and the teacher is in Nepal listening to helicopters and gunshots as the prime misnister and other leaders evacuate. Shes talking about how she practices sadhana, and I’m appreciating how many religious traditions evolved to cope with the utter chaos of human existence.

I owe you a nice long letter! This will have to do in the interim

Yes it is. I love getting older.

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