MalikaSabaa
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| Location | California, United States |
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| Introduction | I was born in Baghdad, Iraq during the Persian Gulf War and lived there on and off for 5 years. My parents were in between two countries, studying for their PhDs in Engineering and Physics. My parents, although scholarly in their own right, were very creative and wonderful artists. Throughout my adolescence, I couldn’t quite reach deep into my visceral and grasp this intrinsic ability to draw, but everything changed for me as soon as my mother and father died of cancer. My mother passed away when I was 13 and my father shortly after. So you might wonder...how is it that this ability to draw surfaced. While I cared for my father, who was on a myriad of meds, he had odd sleeping hours and during this time, I began to draw, why, I don’t know. I have been drawing ever since and with every sketch, I grow not only in my skill, but mentally and emotionally. Drawing has been a wonderful release and so with this I can say, "thank you" to my wonderful parents for gracing me with their presence, however brief, and blessing me with a wonderful talent. |