Drawing: Neda’s Last Glance, Thousands More Sprout

After the videos of the cold blooded execution of Neda Agha Soltan in Tehran that gloomy day in June of 2009 in Tehran surfaced I was numb for a week and I still get that same feeling as I see the newly surfaced video of her last glance, that last breath, that last struggle before the last breath she took.

There are many choice we can make: Mourn a death or Celebrate a life.

I simply like to celebrate life and how it grows and engulfs tragedy and cleanses the heartache and all that remains is not a specific color, ideology, logo, slogan or orientation. Simply life. Therefore, Neda and all those like her are always ALIVE in us.

The world and life around us answers injustice in its own way, like a wave! it may be a tide once but it can become a tsunami another time.  When the time is right, it sets things right…. it may not be in a way we would like it to be (eye for an eye)  We have seen it in history time and time again.  I may become frustrated and even curse the world (as I did in my blog) but  I have learned to turst that natural cycle. All I am is a drop in that wave.

Here is what I originally wrote after I finished my drawing on June 20th, 2009:

“I was so moved and disturbed by today’s video of a young woman losing her life…….. her last gaze will be etched in my mind forever. I had to do something. If they cut one of these brave souls down millions more will sprout! I just found out her name was NEDA……. We will never forget you…..TO NEDAYEH AZADI dadi.”

Art is the expression of human spirit and there it has no limit. It may be pleasing to some and offensive to others. As long as it furthers the understanding and enriches communication it has the right to be expressed.

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Drawing: “Neda” ©2009 Kaveh Adel