Thinking of Salman Rushdie today after he was attacked at the Chautauqua Institution this morning. I had the privilege to meet Salman at an event in Beverly Hills in 2008 that was moderated by Carrie Fisher. This is a photo I created after meeting this amazing man. A card of my painting "A Walk With Ganesh" sits on the table next to him. On this #worldelephantday I wish for Ganesh to lift Salman up in his current struggle to survive and heal. Hate has no place in our world.
"A poet's work," he answers. "To name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep." pic.twitter.com/6ZzbXZbe7j
— Rabih Alameddine (@rabihalameddine) August 13, 2022
"We must work to overturn the false narratives of tyrants, populists, and fools by telling better stories than they do, stories in which people want to live."- Salman Rushdie https://t.co/9IYojUUGYT pic.twitter.com/g1kzyUhwZO
— Gregg Chadwick (@greggchadwick) August 13, 2022
O Salman, our right seer,
— Kent Chadwick (@kentchadwick) August 13, 2022
how you’ve suffered
for our freedom
of imagination.
Heal strong!#Rushdie #tanka
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