Thread: SKA's drawings

Originally Posted by Aquanina

Wow...*raises her hand* ...you've just got yourself a HUGE fan. I'm amazed at your work. I gotta ask...what's with all the arab/persian/jewish influences and such? I find them absolutely amazing and enthralling but I wonder if you have any connection to it like I do.
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Yeah I have Lots of Jewish family in Israël, been there many times and Visited Jerusalem once: it just BLEW me away. Those ancient city walls and churches standing there for well over 5000 years. It always stayed with me.
My grandparents from my Father's side, before they moved to Israël, were Sephardic Jews who lived in Morocco so I have always had a love for Middle Eastern Culture, art and people. Playing way too much Prince of persia and listening to Chassidic Jewish music, Klezmer,(Music my Musician Dad plays alot at Celebrations & Weddings etc...) Arabic Folk, persian Folk I always stayed in those vibes.

It bleeds my Heart to see the Devision and hatred between all these closely related brother-cultures and thus I always unite them in drawings of mine. My fantasy is the only place where they are peacefull and flurish in unison.

East is where the Magic comes from


PS: @ Ophelia: My mom placed a greasy oven-tray on it -_- But izzokay. It's not like it's completely ruined.

Originally Posted by SKA

It bleeds my Heart to see the Devision and hatred between all these closely related brother-cultures and thus I always unite them in drawings of mine. My fantasy is the only place where they are peacefull and flurish in unison.
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That is seriously awesome. It really is beautiful over there. I've been to Nazareth, Jerusalem, Haifa...My dad was born in Nazareth (I'm Palestinian and Lebanese) and have to see and hear about all the turmoil over there from my family and the news, so yeah...I can really relate to wanting to see the cultures united in peace. It's really effing stupid...you know, they discovered that the Palestinians and the Jews from that region (not the European Jews that moved to Israel but the original ones) are from the same goddamn descent lol. They're the same!

Originally Posted by Aquanina

That is seriously awesome. It really is beautiful over there. I've been to Nazareth, Jerusalem, Haifa...My dad was born in Nazareth (I'm Palestinian and Lebanese) and have to see and hear about all the turmoil over there from my family and the news, so yeah...I can really relate to wanting to see the cultures united in peace. It's really effing stupid...you know, they discovered that the Palestinians and the Jews from that region (not the European Jews that moved to Israel but the original ones) are from the same goddamn descent lol. They're the same!
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Yeah I couldn't agree with you more! It's brothers and Sisters that forgot they have the same ancestors. Devided by Culture and Religion. The European Ashkenazi Jews were originally from the place in the Middle East. As were all Jews. Too bad the European Jews took too much nasty Western habbits with them back to Israël. They have forgotten who they are. They even took nasty Racism back with them from Europe to Israël, Discriminating Mizrahi (Arab) Jews and Sephardic (Spanish) Jews and thinking they are white, European and thus feeling more Worthy. Rediculous ainit? I remember before THEIR arrival in Israël the Jews and Arabs lived in peace, both being brother cultures and eastern peoples.

Bah Europe is one foul continent. I was born here and grew up here, but it smells of Racism and barbaric Xenophelia-based hatred against Middle-Eastern peoples. No warm heartedness to be found here. I would love to see the Eastern ones unite again. If I'm not Mistaken it is yet again Western Influences that devide us. bah


PS: If you know the truth about the Situation there from your Family, as I know the truth about the situation there via my Israëli family, you will probably agree on what a rediculous and false Media Circus the Western Media makes out of it. And how misunderstood it all is round here: as if it's ''The Jews vs The Arabs'' The Western Media and politics are so ignorant and full of self-interrest only using this Conflict to their Economical and political ends. It only serves to Fuel the fire of the burning conflict. It's not pretty.


Hmmm this has just inspired me to make another piece of work depicting the Western Media and Western Disturbance for what it truely is. I'll be picking up the pen again soon.

Originally Posted by SKA

I would love to see the Eastern ones unite again. If I'm not Mistaken it is yet again Western Influences that devide us. bah

I agree, well put. Western ideology is so sure of itself and i honestly think its heading in the wrong direction. So many people are starting to look into eastern and asian ideologies to try and deal with their lives, because i really think a gut instinct comes through and you can feel that its just not right, its just not working.

Thats one good thing about lucid dreaming i guess, its such a powerful and overwhelming experience and really detaches you from the rationality of the modern world and corporate western culture. It all feels a little silly when you go back into the office the next morning after such a profound experience. And anyone can experience this. It needs to become a pop culture fad. Like a wake up call to the ones who need it most haha.

When I looked at your temple, I seriously thought I was looking at pictures from the burning man festival for a moment.

hehe Burning Man. I should and will defenitely go there one day.

I picked up my pastels and a large sheet of paper again yesterday and started to create this peacefull, sunny, heavenly serene town on paper. It had been on my Mind for a logn long time. I recently gave it a name that I thought would fit the "feel" of the town; Ashila. Actually I had this Imagination/Vision on my Mind for years since early childhood and I decided to bring it out and on paper.

It's far from finished yet, but I will update it carefully.
http://looseminded.deviantart.com/art/Ashila-66986880

And another 2 works of madness are done. I built a Babylonian Zigurat structure out of clay. It is also a stashbox as you can remove the temple from it's bottom plateau and there's a little clay, square box in the middle;
http://looseminded.deviantart.com/ar...shila-67658851

I made another work. A pastel on a large A3 size paper and it's all about dreaming. It's far from finished but I will update it later.:
http://looseminded.deviantart.com/ar...laces-67666608