http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3Adoriano deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:doriano en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sun, 19 May 2013 23:51:09 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/My-next-show-232174239 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/My-next-show-232174239 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:25:00 PDT My next show! nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~doriano There will be two other exhibitions in the other galleries with work by Hamdi Abou Elmaati as well as Pekka Person & Hamdy Reda.
The opening starts at 8.30 on Wednesday 24 June.

Daily, apart from Fridays, 10-2 and 5-9.

Host:  Gezira Art Center, Zamalek, Cairo
Start Time: 24 June 2009 at 20:30
End Time: 9 July 2009 at 21:00
Location: Gezira Art Center
Street: 1 El Marsafy Street, Zamalek (behind the Marriott)
Phone:  0227373298 ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Invitation-234187745 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Invitation-234187745 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:53:46 PST Invitation nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~doriano
Next Thursday 29 January there is the opening of a group show with 18 artists in Maadi, which I'm part of.

The show is called

ON A CARAVAN
East and West journeying together through the arts

The participating artists are

Egypt & Middle East

Mohamed Abla  
Dr. Reda Abdel Rahman
Omar El Fayoumi  
Hany Rashid
Dr. Farid Fadel
Maher Ali
Hisham El Zeiny
Mansour Ahmed  
Randa Fakes-LoGerfo

The West

Roland Prime    
Dorian Haqmoun
Julie Oxenforth
Isolde Kadry  
Maria Maher  
Connie Fiorelli
Lucy Westwood  
Kimberly Odekirk
Anne du Boistesselin

Location: St. John's Church Ma ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Critical-voices-234471191 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Critical-voices-234471191 Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:14:08 PST Critical voices nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2009-2013 ~doriano
This article in the Haaretz newspaper is worth a read:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051968.html

I quote:

"That's how it is in Israel. Opposition to peace is always legitimate, patriotic and may be loudly proclaimed; opposition to war is always traitorous, anti-Israel, illegitimate and should be hushed."

"On the first day of this war, the television showed horrifying images. Hardly anything was concealed. Split screens showed the terror in Ashkelon on one side and the grief in Gaza on the other. Granted, on the English Al-Jazeera channel, an excellent and bala ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Throwing-shoes-234726847 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Throwing-shoes-234726847 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:40:03 PST Throwing shoes nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~doriano A serious matter: what if the Presidential Head had been hit? Would he have lost some of his abundant intelligence?
No, seriously: he saw the shoes coming and could duck. I'm not repeating his comment...

What bothers me is that the journalist is apparently getting a seven year jail sentence, if not more.
Some would give him a medal, rather.

Seems the news on the sentence was premature since he hasn't even be to trial yet. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Ahmed-Fathalla-died-234972577 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Ahmed-Fathalla-died-234972577 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:20:47 PST Ahmed Fathalla died nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~doriano
On DA he was :devbatetooz:

I only met him twice: once in June '07 at a DA meeting, after which the huge man gave me a lift in his tiny red car.
And once this year at a DA meeting in Al Azhar Park, where I was sad because I didn't really have a chance to talk with him. Now I never will.

He was so bubbly and friendly.....

Last night I was looking forward to seeing him in a gallery, at an opening. I never did, because at that time he was dying.

This is why I still like DA: you meet people, sometimes even in reality, and you ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Think-about-it-235009315 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Think-about-it-235009315 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:32:21 PST Think about it nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~doriano
Think tank: Betrayal of Muslim reformers
Moderate voices are denied official support.
Douglas Murray

Last month Mark Thompson, the director-general of the BBC, admitted that he thought Islam should be treated more sensitively than other religions. As the London-based publisher of The Jewel of Medina (the novel about Muhammad and his youngest wife Aisha) could tell you, it can pay to be careful. Gibson Square had its London offices firebombed just before publication. But this is no time to accept any kind of censorship - whether self-imposed or worse.

The Centre for Social Cohesion has produced a p ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Tagged-236123498 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Tagged-236123498 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:10:49 PDT Tagged nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~doriano
The rules are:
Choose a singer/band/group.
Answer using ONLY titles of songs by that singer/band/group.
Tag 3 more people (let them know they've been tagged).

I choose Natacha Atlas :

Are you male or female?
" Man's World "

Describe yourself!
" Something Dangerous "

What do people feel when they're around you?
" Just Like a Dream "
or maybe "Kifaya" lol

Describe your current relationship.
"When I Close My Eyes  "

Where would you like to be now?
" Iskandria "

How do you feel about love?
" Hayati Enta "

What's your life like?
" One Brief Moment "

What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
"Mo ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/The-Cake-Wearers-236488804 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/The-Cake-Wearers-236488804 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:18:59 PDT The Cake Wearers nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~doriano Once upon a time in a cold mountainous country there was a prophet called Olat.  He had been chosen by a hitherto unknown aspect of the one God to be the new Divine Oracle. Women and their role got redefined; they were destined to be in a permanent state of grace through perpetual wedding ceremonies with God. The symbol to express this was the three-tiered wedding cake. The bottom tier was hollowed out to fit on the head. Otherwise the only rules were that the top tier had to be made of and iced with chocolate and the cake had to be worn straight on the head.  Women with chronic migraines were given holy dispensation and all ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/THANK-YOU-MOE-237384220 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/THANK-YOU-MOE-237384220 Fri, 09 May 2008 08:49:48 PDT THANK YOU MOE nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~doriano Thank you Moe, I'll never forget this. :rose::hug:

What's new with my Art: I participated in an 'international' symposium for painting in Old Cairo (see gallery); it was followed by a group show in the Portrait Gallery. The next step is a group show in the new Helwan Culture Palace (Metro: Ain Helwan) at the end of March.
Exciting.

I'm still having four paintings (and maybe soon some photos) in the Gallery Misr which is incorporated into and spread all over ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/My-first-big-step-238379678 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/My-first-big-step-238379678 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:46:07 PST My first big step! nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~doriano
I'm having four paintings at the Gallery Misr which is incorporated into and spread all over the most beautiful shop I have come across in Cairo so far: And Company, the name is.

An old town house with split level floors, rooms that open to the stair case, a remarkable atmosphere and great goodies beautifully displayed (from linen shirts and bed linen to hand made books, jewelery and paintings). I am describing this in such detail because the environment m ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Twilight-238531557 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Twilight-238531557 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:35:48 PST Twilight nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2008-2013 ~doriano I'm discovering new charms in the day-long dusk.

Already in my fifth month here! I love my flat and I paint and am looking for a gallery. No luck so far but where would I be if I gave up hope.

:sun:

And my paintings are still on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorianhaqmoun/
And now also on Artbus
http://www.artabus.com/dorian/

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:thumb364069 ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Moving-to-Cairo-239946121 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Moving-to-Cairo-239946121 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:59:21 PDT Moving to Cairo nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~doriano
And I can have the flat I wanted, so I won't be homeless after all. What a tremendous relief. The street where I will live has a very Proustian feel to it (so I guess I should read Proust, finally). And I will PAINT. Can't wait.
The owner hasn't kept his word and put the rent up but I would spend the difference anyway if I had to go to a hotel for some time and look for a flat.

I'm leaving here with a bang and not a whimper: last week I had a car accident, head-on collision :-(
Not much damage (miraculously) but a shock. I'll always see this red car coming ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Cairo-240761801 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Cairo-240761801 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:07:44 PDT Cairo nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2007-2013 ~doriano I also want to look into accommodation and galleries for when I move there later in the year Insha'Allah.
It feels like going home. I wish I was already there. When are they going to invent matter transmitters? Would be so much easier and faster.

I hope to come to DA but maybe not so often.

:love:

:sun::heart::sun::heart::sun:

My paintings are on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorianhaqmoun/

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It needs only me to stop the war in myself.

:love:

:sun::heart::sun::heart::sun:

My paintings are on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorianhaqmoun/

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:thumb42705443: ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Saddam-hanged-242018961 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Saddam-hanged-242018961 Sat, 30 Dec 2006 05:58:02 PST Saddam hanged nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~doriano I have hoped against hope that the death penalty would be changed to imprisonment.
By killing Sadaam they have descended on his own level.

I am totally and always against the death penalty, be it a Saddam, be it a Hitler, a Bush or a Blair.

May God have mercy.

P.S. This journal is only to express how I am feeling right now and not meant as a forum to discuss the pros and cons of the death penalty in general or whether Saddam Hussein 'deserved' it or not. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Photo-Recovery-242161800 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Photo-Recovery-242161800 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 06:43:44 PST Photo Recovery! nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~doriano I found a programme that managed to recover my lost photos :bounce::w00t:
The one I had used in the past didn't work so I downloaded an unknown one and luckily it worked. I'm soo pleased :-)
So if you ever have a problem try Zero Assumption Recovery.

Marrakech:
I AM at home wherever there is the Call to Prayer. Wherever there are people in gelabeyias, where there are the thousands of tiny shops, where there is chaos and peace.

The best Morocco photos are of course by :devMarie-Aude:
Since having been there I appreciate them even more.
Her Moroccan website http://www.oasisdemezgarne.com/lgen/default.htm is a treasure ch ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Marrakech-242208186 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Marrakech-242208186 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 11:33:27 PST Marrakech nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~doriano Inevitably I did comparisons with Egypt and don't know was I attracted to the similarities or differences. Probably both.

When you arrive in Marrakech you collide with the image you have, and thank god reality is different. Earthy. Raw. Warm. Noisy. Friendly. Quiet. And very very beautiful.
A bit red, after a while, I wonder whether the locals see the red.

A trip to the South over the High Atlas. Desert mountains like Georgia O'Keeffe paintings.
Kasbahs like fortresses.
And of course ill on arrival.
Going back to Marrakech felt like going home.

I AM at home wherever there is the Call to Prayer. Whe ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/How-many-angels-242588996 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/How-many-angels-242588996 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 02:53:01 PDT How many angels? nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~doriano I feel like having been kicked out of the Green Asylum of late into an over sanitized hospital ward.
Not my style. I love the whiteness of Flickr where I now have some paintings http://www.flickr.com/photos/dorianhaqmoun/

I NEED BEAUTY

There is so much grief, sadness, anger and death in the world these days that I need beauty in a big way to heal my heart.
Websites worth visiting:

This site gives a virtual tour of the Alhambra ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Beauty-242605817 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Beauty-242605817 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:33:15 PDT Beauty nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~doriano Websites worth visiting:

This site gives a virtual tour of the Alhambra, one of the most beautiful buildings ever created. Take your time and go on the tour:
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/

Amongst the most beautiful photos ever taken:
http://www.ashesandsnow.org/

And this fills me with gratitude: I'm featured in the August issue of PLW Magazine! Thank you, A!
http://www.planetlightworker.com/

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:thumb36902745: ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Total-Terror-242629287 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Total-Terror-242629287 Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:14:44 PDT Total Terror nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~doriano Here are some photos of the raw reality, not the censored stuff we see on TV
http://www.fromisraeltolebanon.com/

There are no victories. There are only victims.
My heart is bleeding.

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:thumb36902745: ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Religious-Terror-242755624 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Religious-Terror-242755624 Sun, 07 May 2006 08:38:55 PDT Religious Terror nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2006-2013 ~doriano
A 14-year-old boy being murdered by police because he's gay?
Can anybody believe this?
Grand Ayatollah  Ali Al-Sistani issued a fatwa against gay and lesbian Iraqis several months ago.
He asks for them to be killed in the most severe way.
And he is supposed to believe in Allah the Mercful and Compassionate.

I used to have respect for Al-Sistani. But he turns out to be just another criminally stupid and blind old murderer. May Allah forgive him.

:thumb36406976: ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/New-Year-Star-242956476 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/New-Year-Star-242956476 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 17:05:24 PST New Year Star nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano Tonight the sky was covered in thick clouds.

Two minutes to midnight I looked up at the sky and said: Just one star, I would like to see just one star.
Please.

The sky opened straight above me and there was the star.
The fireworks erupted: Midnight. Happy New Year.
A second star appeared next to the first one (what's the symbol of THAT, I wondered). Then a third one joined them and they formed a perfect triangle.

Some minutes later the curtain closed and the sky was covered in clouds again, looking like thick cotton wool against the fire ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Bumpy-Ride-242964037 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Bumpy-Ride-242964037 Sun, 25 Dec 2005 13:02:16 PST Bumpy Ride nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano
It was freezing cold on the open truck, and old man (whose portrait I'll soon show) was sitting on my leg and I felt alien in my Italian designer jacket among the poor peasan ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Dark-upon-dark-243019718 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Dark-upon-dark-243019718 Sat, 12 Nov 2005 01:55:49 PST Dark upon dark nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano The ultimate publicity stunt had failed because they had forgotten to switch the lights on, but I preferred it that way. Was just magical. And nobody saw it.

When entering the airport I wanted to yell 'I'm ba ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/20-2-steps-closer-to-Dorian-243057979 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/20-2-steps-closer-to-Dorian-243057979 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 11:54:32 PDT 20+2 steps closer to Dorian nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano Since I prefer the number 22 there goes.

1) My dream as a child was to become a painter but my parents had other plans. Went finally to            
        art school at 28.
2) My star sign is Scorpio with Leo rising.
3) I'm dyslexic and left handed but do some things only with my right hand.
4) There are always white lilies in my house.
5) The only place where I like crowds is Cairo.
6) I need music, art and books the way I need air.
7) Although I grew up in the countryside I feel at a total loss there.
8) I hate walking but don't mind it in big towns or by ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Little-old-man-little-old-hat-243097223 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Little-old-man-little-old-hat-243097223 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 13:17:48 PDT Little old man, little old hat nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano Browsing on DA I found the picture which is right now my displayed :+fav:
(http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/22983112/)

Please look at it. It shows an old man knitting hats. He's got a calm serene smile on his face
and he feels content. Wonderful portrait. Want to be just like him when I grow old.

The coincidence I mentioned above: I have one of his hats. My favorite hat. Bought it from him
several years ago in Istanbul when he was sitting and knitting between the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia.
The hat has been with me simply everywhere. Because of it I was invisi ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Have-you-ever-wondered-II-243100134 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Have-you-ever-wondered-II-243100134 Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:27:11 PDT Have you ever wondered II nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano It's good to get rid off as many illusions as possible, although life gets rather drafty without them.

The tantalizing and talented, profoundly lovely and lovingly profound :iconiamkatia: has asked me to write a new journal.

The problem is that I don't have much to say. I'm exquisitely exhausted, mortally so. Had a break last week (finally, first one in six months), drove 1000 miles without mishap, only to come back and bang the car backwards into a wall outside the supermarket the next day :-(
I didn't take many overwhelmingly convincing photos in Scotland, might put some into Scraps. Just to show people t ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Have-you-ever-wondered-243167081 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Have-you-ever-wondered-243167081 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:24:31 PDT Have you ever wondered nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano
DA has been my home, my asylum, my connection to the world.
I remember Egypt, carrying my laptop across a dusty mile of desert sand and plugging it into a precious socket, getting connected to the world beyond, keeping in touch with my friends.
Yes I have found friends on DA, I have fallen in love (foolish I know) and have been fallen in love with, have been inspired by people's art and overcome my geographical and psychological isolation.

I love DA and don't want to live without it, I love my friends and don't want to be without them. They are REAL, as someone has said in their j ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Ripples-of-Darkness-243171006 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Ripples-of-Darkness-243171006 Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:46:28 PDT Ripples of Darkness nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano The green aslym where I found refuge over the years has become tarnished.

:heart: My friend :iconbookdiva: goes from strength to strength in NOT keeping silent. :iconjark:
And so do many others.

SEE THE TRUTH http://www.t52.org/

And WHO wasn't a founder member as he claims to be? http://www.kyuuketsu.com/jark/archive/
:devjark: writes http://jark.deviantart.com/journal/6097407/ and I think he of all people KNOWS.

I never dreamt of seeing this happen on DA. A day for breaking the silence of passivity. A day for mourning. A day for fighting. A day where we feel ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Nostalgia-243180040 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Nostalgia-243180040 Sun, 24 Jul 2005 08:57:48 PDT Nostalgia nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano
Take my studio in Egypt for example. I remember with longing its size, the huge windows flooded with sun light, all the space I had for painting. The view. The blazing sun sets. The lovely people who came to visit and make comments on what I painted.

I easily forget the unbearable heat and later the equally unbearable cold, the ear piercing noises coming from all sides, the lack of privacy, the lack of a door which meant I could never leave anything without it being stolen. Not to mention t ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/The-Kiss-243190719 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/The-Kiss-243190719 Sat, 16 Jul 2005 03:26:14 PDT The Kiss nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano The most famous photo of a kiss is probably the one by Robert Doisneau.
http://www.robertdoisneau.com/largehotelkiss.htm
And there are some nice ones on DA.

Talking of DA: if you have not yet seen :iconorpheas: photos and words, go and see. And :iconMoeGoofie: has created one of the most beautiful images in http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20504782/

The memory of a lingering dream. Like http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20453815/ by :iconchrizcruz: ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Terror-Prose-243202344 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Terror-Prose-243202344 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:39:20 PDT Terror Prose nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano I shed tears.
My friends are safe.

Since I don't live in London (any more) I was in no danger. Not today.
Nothing can describe the experience of the people when the bombs hit.

I shed tears.
And the thought crosses my mind (like so many times before) why do these people have to die and not me?
I shed tears.

And live with the danger every new day brings. The danger of living in the wrong place at the wrong time in the wrong life, period. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/14-000-248665035 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/14-000-248665035 Sun, 17 Apr 2005 03:43:54 PDT 14'000 nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano
Just managed to set up my computer on a little table. No space for my desk.
Have been through hell but finally I have a roof over my head, my container that was supposed to be shipped to Egypt has arrived and I'm slowly unpacking.
I still don't understand what this has been/is all about and maybe one day I will.
My lost life in Egypt is still painful to think of, no surprise there, but I'm counting  my blessings! :-) :w00t: ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/On-the-road-243386079 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/On-the-road-243386079 Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:12:23 PST On the road nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano In the cold.
Missing Cairo, the people, the noise, the chaos.
Can't stay in hotels forever because my savings are melting like summer snow.
Need a job and a house - fast......... ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Tickle-a-donkey-243404930 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Tickle-a-donkey-243404930 Tue, 04 Jan 2005 09:38:57 PST Tickle a donkey nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2005-2013 ~doriano Drives me demented, and the comp is so slow that I could walk to Aswan and back.
So thank you so much who has written comments and so on. Can't keep up.

Off I go.
Can't submit photos from here.....:-( ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/End-of-the-new-life-243414659 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/End-of-the-new-life-243414659 Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:01:52 PST End of the new life nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano I was tempted to feel defeated but ultimately this has been my baptism of fire as a painter.
The place I fell in love with turned out to be very different from what it appeared to be, and there is no future here for me unless I leave 'dorian' at the gate and become someone else.
Not to mention that I can't get a work permit and bring my container and stuff.

So on 1 Jan I'm off to the Victoria in Downtown Cairo where it will be easier to plan trips to Luxor and so on than from out here.
Not to mention that every ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/City-of-the-Dead-243472168 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/City-of-the-Dead-243472168 Sat, 23 Oct 2004 07:50:07 PDT City of the Dead nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano Hundreds of thousands of poor people live there and they are very much alive, something you notice when you walk in there....

Went there yesterday and took some photos I'm really happy with. This place is like a faded dream out of 1001 nights. With a lot of squalor thrown it, the kind one easily romanticises as a tourist.

Later I stooped so low and had oriental rice at KFC, a safe place for Western Tummies. Then - oh historical moment - I bought a fridge.
Been also to a supermarket that sells everything from office chairs, digital cameras, perfumes right across to fresh chees ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Arrived-243480667 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Arrived-243480667 Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:27:29 PDT Arrived nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano I carry my laptop and walk for 15 minutes throug the sandy path.
Right now I hear the Muezzin. Tomorrow Ramadan is starting. I'll lose even more weight.
My flat is bliss. Overlooking a grove with majestic date palms reaching up into the sky.
Donkeys braying. The sounds from several mosques.
A comfortable bed. No fridge but two kettles. A gas ring.
A huge studio 10 min. away where every morning my chair gets stolen.
Do they not realize that artists also have bottoms.
Cairo so beautiful. A new life. A great challenge.
I'm off, it's getting dark, the windows have no nets and I don't want to be ea ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Next-stop-Cairo-243489992 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Next-stop-Cairo-243489992 Fri, 01 Oct 2004 08:43:32 PDT Next stop Cairo nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano I'll write again when I have an internet connection.

And then hopefully new photos of my new home.

Wish me luck!
:hug: to everybody... ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Countdown-243512398 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Countdown-243512398 Fri, 03 Sep 2004 00:50:12 PDT Countdown nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano Less than a month to go and I will be ejecting myself into a new life, a new world, a new dimension. Taking my (old) self with me, of course :-)

There are more than 100 people on my Devwatch and I have no chance to look at all the new pics, let alone comment on them.
Too busy with sorting through my things, cancelling subscriptions, running to the dentist, in short: all the things space ships do before takeoff.

I am not a space ship, because I'm getting to nervous to sleep peacefully.
And this is what ships do. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Moving-closer-243543355 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Moving-closer-243543355 Thu, 22 Jul 2004 04:34:46 PDT Moving closer nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano Moving as in moving to Egypt. Today the first shipping surveyor came and soon I'll have some quotations (and hopefully not a heart attack...:-( )

I'll soon book my ticket - and then be off at the end of September :airborne:

Wish me luck! :love: ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/My-gallery-puzzle-243543659 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/My-gallery-puzzle-243543659 Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:49:08 PDT My gallery puzzle nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano The ones with me on the camel, on the steps of the pyramid and the one with the wide open desert. Not to mention the really nice one with the Sphinx. :-(
How can this happen?!
Nobody else has my password. And in case I submitted them in the wrong category then DA usually sends a message.

I'm posting this to find out whether anybody has had a similar experience? ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/DECISION-243565007 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/DECISION-243565007 Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:12:39 PDT DECISION nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano Has happened to me this week.........

England feels so totally weird after Egypt.

I'm starting to work on my photos and will not resist the temptation to submit some tourist shots, the sights everybody has seen millions of times, with my person thrown in....:laughing:

I did manage finally to take some photos I find satisfactory, albeit not as artistic as the ones I took in Tunisia.

But the main reason I went to Egypt for was My Future, the photos will follow (I sincerely hope) in the years to come. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Cairo-Journal-THREE-243568522 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Cairo-Journal-THREE-243568522 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 05:27:03 PDT Cairo Journal THREE nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano Here the air-condioned elegance of the international five stars.
There: sitting on the door step at night. Looking at the full moon or the blazing stars, the whispering of the wind in the tall palm trees, the voice from the mosque, the howling of the cats that sit around me in a circle, hoping in vain I have some food for them.
I stayed near Bilbeis, 60 km from Cairo, in SEKEM.
See www.sekem.com

Everybody LOVED my paintings (and photos), people looked eagerly at my CD and portfolio.
And then Dr. Abouleish, the director/boss/founder, invited me.
To become the SEKEM resident artist. And live t ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Cairo-Journal-TWO-243570359 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Cairo-Journal-TWO-243570359 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 02:26:00 PDT Cairo Journal TWO nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano
You do see great scences here.

When I came from breakfast and walked past the Gold Shop in the hotel I saw a big old Greek Orthodox priest in there, swinging an incense pot, and the shop owner was reading the liturgy.
Great picture.

Or you walk in the street and see a dead cat sticking out of a bin bag.
Or you pass some hubub and see a bunch of men in fisticuffs, eagerly assisted by their women, punching and fighting and yelling.

But usually everything is very peaceful, including the traffic which is just unbelievable. E ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Cairo-Journal-243570803 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Cairo-Journal-243570803 Mon, 31 May 2004 02:18:02 PDT Cairo Journal nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano Have managed not to touch a computer for a week.
And I'm planning to keep it that way.
So I'm just here for a quick visit and won't answer any comments, messages and stuff.
Only: the DA heavies in their infinite wisdom and power have deleted my recent chest picture "The Dark Side of Light" - claiming that it was in the wrong category. I don't know where the fuck I should have submitted it and they could at least tell me. Well you can't expect help even if you pay subscription.
Anyway I'm too blissfully away from all that drakh to get worked up about this or anything else for that matter.
I'm suspended in this surreal ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Boustrophedon-243584213 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Boustrophedon-243584213 Sun, 25 Apr 2004 03:13:29 PDT Boustrophedon nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano     What images does this word evoke in you? More fun if you don't know what it means. (You can always look it up on Google or whatever). Tell me your stories. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Photos-recovered-243599963 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Photos-recovered-243599963 Sat, 06 Mar 2004 09:24:11 PST Photos recovered! nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano
So if a similar thing ever happens to you there is a solution.
Data recovery software does the trick.

Now I got some work to do: my photos........:-) ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Lost-and-Low-247037680 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Lost-and-Low-247037680 Sun, 29 Feb 2004 10:42:50 PST Lost and Low nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano I also took a Sony Digital Camcorder with me but realized that I prefer photography. At least I have the same views on film as on the lost photos but guess what - the computer won't recognize the camcorder. I have spent hours trying. The pleasures and nightmares of technology :-(

The 'low' refers to my inner state, so please forgive me if I'm not here very often.
Where is there a place for me in this world - pr ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Back-to-Front-247020374 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Back-to-Front-247020374 Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:25:31 PST Back to Front nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano The difference between rain and fog in Tunisia and England is that palm trees are always beautiful, and so is North African architecture, regardless how simple, and regardless how dark the sky.
And the colours: in bad weather everything turns into soft pastel shades, or even sepia. I just couldn't get enough. Just looking.

Here I feel surrounded by - - oh well, the Known, the habitual.
Someone wrote that a place is only exotic as long as you don't live there.

More when my head is on the right way round again (if that ever will be) :-) ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/sleeping-in-the-snow-246935471 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/sleeping-in-the-snow-246935471 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:42:27 PST sleeping in the snow nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2004-2013 ~doriano Hard to imagine.

My passport has finally arrived and I'm not marooned on this island anymore. Off to Sousse on Feb 10, looking forward to sitting on my favorite Cafe terrace and looking at the ancient walls opposite while listening to some beautiful music, not to mention drinking the wonderful coffee.....

Should I buy a house there and move? What really holds me here?
No emotional ties of a really strong nature......
So - what is stopping me?

Wish I knew. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Old-is-new-and-new-is-old-246846486 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Old-is-new-and-new-is-old-246846486 Tue, 30 Dec 2003 12:09:29 PST Old is new and new is old nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano
Everything is new
Everything is old
Nothing is new
Nothing is old

Since every moment contains the past and the future, or every possible past and every potential future, or...

I feel like dreaming: of foreign lands, warmth, sand, camels, palm trees, smells, sounds, music, the embrace of a dream even further removed. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Bad-luck-good-luck-246821522 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Bad-luck-good-luck-246821522 Sat, 20 Dec 2003 13:22:13 PST Bad luck = good luck nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano Yesterday the builder (guess which name) switched the mains off and on which resulted in my computer having the equivalent of a heart attack.
There I stood (or rather sat) in front of dead computer, too close to Chrsitmas to have it repaired, panic rising in my chest - I felt cut off from the world, my friends, my addication(s).
Maybe it was a not so sublte hint that I needed a break and not spend hours here?

:sprint: and bought a new one, only to find DA down when I was finally ready to go. Had my share of patience, I'm HERE again, ready to wish all my friends a Happy Christmas :w0 ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Pretend-or-not-pretend-246814663 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Pretend-or-not-pretend-246814663 Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:34:48 PST Pretend or not pretend nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano You either turn into yourself, follow the new habits born out of necessity during illness or try to snap out of this state by pretending to be flippant, frivolous and funny.
A not very convincing way to keep the cobwebs away?

Who knows?
Just a thought.
There are so many ways of dealing with being frozen. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Obsessed-246785623 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Obsessed-246785623 Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:50:58 PST Obsessed nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano Of course what happened was that someone snapped a camera I wanted away from me because I was a minute late and then in my fury I clicked on another one (and won it) only to discover that I hadn't seen the description where it said it is faulty! So - I'll receive a useless camera in the post :-(
Only I can be so stupid.
Should just crawl into a shop like a lamb and buy one, I guess.

Any advice? A compact 5 mp camera that I can carry without breaking my back, in other words not a so-called prosumer c ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Conflict-246734552 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Conflict-246734552 Sun, 16 Nov 2003 10:09:21 PST Conflict nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano
I extracted photos from the DVD my friend Petr gave me (the film portrait of me at 28 ). I need to get these pics out of my system, I don't know am I trying to exorcise my past?
All I can say I'm NOT stuck in my past. I just have to get them OUT.
So be warned of a 'Blurred Past' Dorian onslaught.

Here in the UK you don't hear anything apart from Bush's visit next week.
For once I'm part of a majority: like more than 2/3 of people here I wish he didn't come and disgrace and dishonor our co ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Tearing-down-the-wall-246702855 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Tearing-down-the-wall-246702855 Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:41:29 PST Tearing down the wall nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano For protection.
It keeps people out.....

Love this poem I received today:

rebellious i feel again
i swear i can tear
every chain
you wrap around me

i'm that crazy
fastened fellow who
cages monsters
by his magical tongue

i don't want
this mortal life
i don't desire
this mortal soul

you my life
you my soul
you my love
that's who i want

when you hide away
i feel darkness in my faith
and when you appear
i'm filled with grace

if i drank from this jar
it's because of your reflection
and if i breathe without you
i regret it for the rest of my life

without y ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Wistful-246693322 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Wistful-246693322 Wed, 29 Oct 2003 14:01:33 PST Wistful nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano With an 'art house' portrait of a young artist.
I saw a young handsome man, full of charisma, hope and expectation.

It was a portrait this friend had shot of me at 28 or 30.
The film had sat there for all these years and finally they cut it together and produced something really amazing.

I was in tears when I watched it. What has become of the hope, expectation and charisma?
Where am I know?

I guess everybody is asking these questions when confronted with pictures from the past.
As a result I went through my old photos and came up with some stuff I want to submit here.
Wistfulness. ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Recovery-246674089 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Recovery-246674089 Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:30:07 PDT Recovery nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano I've been able to recover most of my photos that I thought were lost forever. Found a really good program for this.
What seems to have happened was that my computer believed it had the BlasterWorm, which of course it didn't and doesn't.
But why should my computer not be mad? Don't they say that dogs are like their owners? So - why should computers be any different?
:laughing:
I'm really happy about my photos and stuff.
But now it's telling me that I need a new hard disk. :-(
God knows.
Whatever - I won't be here often in the coming days, I guess...
Thanks for all ]]> http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Steaming-mad-246667951 http://doriano.deviantart.com/journal/Steaming-mad-246667951 Sun, 19 Oct 2003 04:27:17 PDT Steaming mad! nonadult journals/personal doriano http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/o/doriano.gif?2 Copyright 2003-2013 ~doriano Couldn't repair it and had to reinstall Windows. What fun. Of course I've lost most stuff, apart from what was backed up somewhere.
All the originals of my DA gallery are lost - so much for my plans for a print account.
Nice Sunday occupation: setting up my computer. Spring cleaning in autumn? You can say that...:-( ]]>