Art,Thinking of Beirut and Donald Trump
Stepping into Panera Bread(a few days after August 4.) this morning I'm anxious to read about the dramatic event in Beirut. But I'm looking at some canvas and still life and become triggered to draw it off the wall.At first, it's a simple outcome on sheer white paper.Red,yellow light passionately,with a real look to it I point out in blue the chaos of the explosion. Beirut,Beirut, ‘Je suis avec vous’,Ive dispatched a spirit hoping people find kindness,I hope they will receive bread,lots of it from their neighbor and us all. My scribble bread is a symbol for hope and kindness.Somehow, on a glowing hot summer night being helplessly smitten drawing was communication that sparked more chemistry. Interestingly, and almost unaware I’ve kept even painting after it was over to connect more with writing(and because it poured out of me)I found out writers should draw to calm themselves.I came to realize it specifically in this article.It’s an interesting(often until you figure it out irritating,stressful) journey of shifting gears between writing and find a deep artist within you I had no idea existed. For a while, I don't know I thought it might overpower my devotion to write, despite I was mentally blocked(mainly from Covid19) and could not hope for more,I’m an Artist but I like writing more.No,I love both equally all the same.So,therefore decision making is something I take time for because it’s always a question of ethics. And If you don't pay attention for a needle second you don't know how you could possibly have made the wrong decision and ‘life is basically over’, fills your mind with tremendous guilt.So it’s also easy to assume that people at work got triggered by decision making for this similar reason not thinking it through.But the port of Beirut was not nicknamed for no reason,’ The cave of Ali Baba and the Fifty Thieves’ for its extensive corruption including …..’’tax evasion and blame-shifting’’ it goes beyond and much more.In this way, overshadowed and maybe the one person who got to be 105 years(?) old who survived hell and torture wants to forget that about 100 years ago during WW1 an unremovable shadow marked the entire mountainous region with the horrific famine that took place at Mount Lebanon in 1915 (at the time belonging to Syria and under British rule).An unthinkable impulse of nature had surfaced,and it began with a dry harvest and one locust.A drought ruined the harvest that year and the complex political entanglement between Ottoman forces,French,(involving Turkey and Germany) placed a ban on the entire eastern Mediterranean shore(and all Arab Ports) chocked people out of work into poverty what was known through a silk production the... ‘‘economical backbone of Lebanon’’ was suddenly dismantled. Weather spirits descended more locusts. These enduring creatures ate all green and try plants an estimated half a million Lebanese died, a horrific event that lasted for three years.This specific story is as endless as the Eastern Mediterranean itself with interpretations that trigger writers and history buffs to dig for more to fully understand what is in this article just a footnote of history.The French mandate who left during WW2 implemented its language and it shaped itself-a blend of French Arabic is unique accented-often used for diplomacy purpose by the government it orbited in its energy and puissance. Wealth,exciting luxury hotels and restaurants, fashion, glamour, beautiful women and men in a region of mountains surrounded by the eastern Mediterranean is mirror reflecting a gorgeous place that contradicts with Beirut’s pain too often on the brink of smoke. So,far we can read and disagree depending how interested we are on this that a cargo of ammonium nitrate were stored for seven years had been ignored to be removed although authorities send letters to the government that went unanswered. Donald Trump, while staying at his club in, Bedminster reacted immediately and dispatched 3 planes to Beirut (Military Planes c17 from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar) in them:water,food and medical supplies. He also send nurses to cure thousands of insured people. (Very similiar to the prince of Saudi Arabia who dispatched 2 planes and first aid kits and tens for dispalced people who lost their homes.The United Nation and other oranganisation teams send millions of dollars.)As diplomatic as Americans can be a lot of the time the, Trump Administration offered help to assist with an international investigation if they reach out and ask.In this way, it gives the Lebanese Government space to think and an opportunity to be strong who is often too proud is a Lebanese trait and perhaps can lead to unsolved issues for a while to come. America First is the president’s priority,he helps another country and yet navigates momentum he drains the swamp of the left, ‘’the fake news ladies and gentlemen fake news’’(often heard in a rally). An echo is shaped on social media is a political trend that goes often against him as well but speaks more for him with about 60’000’000 people following him a unique spirit was set into stone the day he got elected.
Author:Peggy Kluge
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