When we speak of
loving someone,
what we mean is
that in that person
the love acts
as a mirror
for that place
within us
which is
love.
That being
becomes the
contact
with ourselves.
When the mirror
shatters,
the grief we feel
is the loss
of the contact
with that place
within us
which is
love.
©2008, Azadeh Azad
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The following is a short experimental video based on the above poem, which I directed for the anniversary of my beloved sister’s death in May 22 of 1986 at the age of 22.
Being my first attempt, the video is obviously dilettantish. Judith McDowell, a well-known Canadian actor, plays the role of Creator Goddess in Heaven, and Yassmeena Charania, a volunteer student, plays the role of my late sister in Heaven. She was the only volunteer who looked Iranian; but she had difficulty remembering her lines!
