Big, Blue $43.8 million Newman “Zip” Painting On the 8 th of October, a lift technician at a museum in the Netherlands mistakenly threw away a piece of artwork made to look like two empty beer cans. Last year, the infamous artwork consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall was eaten by a hungry visitor to a gallery in Seoul, South Korea. Last month, I went to an art gallery and convulsed my face in disdain at the random blobs of paint that covered the canvases on the high walls. Modern art can be quite the sore spot for us connoisseurs. The painful abstract paintings, novels of base vocabulary, CGI drowned movies and music made on one beats app with auto-tune or nonsense lyrics physically hurt. I know I sound like your grandmother here, but bear with me when I ask you; how do you feel when you see a plain canvas covered entirely in blue paint? What emotions does a blue rectangle evoke? To me, none. But what if I told you that rectangle sold for almost $44 million? You’d probab...
A young writer, A-Level student and an aspiring journalist in Lahore, Pakistan.
Apart from my educational activities, I have been an enthusiastic activist for student and climate rights with the Progressive Students Collective. Part of the Climate March Planning Committee 2022 at the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. An Advocate for Space Exploration & Education with The Planetary Society, participating online in The Planetary Society’s Day of Action for three years. A Cultural Researcher intern at India Lost & Found. A voice actor for multiple episodes of Super Sohni by Samaaj, the first animated series in Pakistan to create awareness against child sexual abuse and completed the Reuters Digital Journalism Course.
In 2020, amidst the Covid-19 lockdowns, it became difficult for students including myself to acquire expensive coursebooks, so I found Saman's Book Bank - collecting books and providing them free of cost to those who needed them.
I always keep an eye out for events with the civil society like the Asma Jahangir Conference, Faiz Festival and Alhamra Theatre Festival because that is where I feel happy and understood.
I created this blog to showcase my passion for writing. The art of writing allows me to bring sense and order into a world of chaos and complexity to relax my own mind and shape my worldview. I hope one day I can communicate my thoughts to a wide audience to spark questions, ideas and a ripple of thoughts.
Inspiration flows to me through many personalities such as Carl Sagan and even my favourite comedian Norm Macdonald. Though the biggest impact on my soul has been made by my favourite author; Fyodor Dostoevsky. If I had a day to go back in time, I want to talk to him. I believe my life would have been very different if I hadn't decided to read Crime and Punishment at 13 years of age.
I love films, music, everything of that sort and conversation. Connect with me on my twitter or Instagram: samanzahra07
or email me at samanzahra127@gmail.com
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