Who was Lethe Bashar?

by rosedeniz July 29, 2010 art

Tweet I knew him by his pseudonym, Lethe Bashar, but his real name was Chris. In the middle of him editing my short story The Mercy Troupers for Escape into Life, I realized his Twitter name had changed to Chris Al-Aswad.“Who’s Chris?” I asked.“That’s my real name,” he said.Lethe Bashar was the author of Novel of […]

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Free Recipe Cards

by rosedeniz July 25, 2010 design

Tweet From my design archives I dug out a set of vintage-inspired recipe cards I made last year. Download the free size A4 PDFs by clicking on the images below or browse my Mediafire folder for downloading. Please share and enjoy! Bon Apetit! Aftiyet Olsun! A4 Set of two Recipe Cards (Form-fill PDF)A4 Set of two […]

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Five years in Turkey and Five Insights

by rosedeniz July 23, 2010 creativity

Tweet Vanity, Rose Deniz 2010 This post was originally going to be tips for traveling light – a global citizen mama carries a lot of stuff across the world, but there are other ways to travel light – starting with disrobing definition and adopting changes in perspective. Here are five insights that stem directly from […]

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Summer stories

by rosedeniz July 8, 2010 nesting

Tweet In the maroon recliner in our living room with the overhead fan whirling, I read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn And Maggie-Now every summer until we moved from Wisconsin to Minnesota. My reading grew to include contraband paperbacks I hid behind bookshelves and the now defunct Sassy magazine.  My first summer in Turkey I read everything by Jane Austen. I measured […]

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How do you know what to share?

by rosedeniz June 22, 2010 art

Tweet Yesterday Judith van Praag of Hope Filled Jars asked me if I had artwork hiding anywhere that needed to be seen. Her post about a drawing from her sketchbook being selected for a show on mothering and art at A.I.R Gallery was about how the good work we send off to galleries and editors, the […]

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How do you identify your center?

by rosedeniz June 11, 2010 art

Tweet Ferries and mosques, seagulls and bridges. Quintessential imagery of Istanbul.  In drawings and flashes of ideas, many that remain untapped in Jungian shadows, I explore the reasons I am here and not there. I write and make art to ask questions and explore the answers, not to wear the painter’s hat. Different vehicles, same […]

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An opening in Ankara

by rosedeniz June 4, 2010 art

Tweet Photos from my opening in Ankara on May 31, 2010. Photo credits Sera De Vor, one of the most fantastic and enthusiastic people I’ve ever done an interview with. “American artists share their vision of Turkey” in the Hürriyet Daily News June 5-6, 2010. Monica and me with Thomas Leary, Public Affairs Officer at the US Embassy Thanking the US […]

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Paintings at TAA

by rosedeniz May 26, 2010 art

Tweet I’m pleased to announce that along with photographer Monica Fritz, I am taking part in a two-person exhibition at the Turkish American Society co-sponsored by the U.S. Embassy and the TAA in Ankara from Monday, May 31 through June 19. The opening cocktail is from 6:30-8 p.m. on Monday, May 31. I hope to […]

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The postscript explains it all

by rosedeniz May 21, 2010 global niche

Tweet I love P.S.’s. I love footnotes and hidden messages. But these days it’s all about becoming visible. Finding your voice. Whatever phraseology you choose, this week Havi nudges me to consider that being visible and putting stuff out there = terrifying but doesn’t mean I can get away with not putting stuff out there. Anastasia Ashman replies that the […]

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