{"id":3934,"date":"2015-11-29T00:01:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T06:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3934"},"modified":"2015-11-29T09:04:22","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T15:04:22","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-460-featuring-rashin-kheiriyeh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3934","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #460: Featuring Rashin Kheiriyeh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“While we were speaking, a horse suddenly rose out of the waves of the sea. …”<\/em>
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\nGood morning, Imps! Today I’ve got the artwork of author-illustrator and animator Rashin Kheiriyeh<\/a><\/strong> (here<\/a><\/strong> she is pictured with Lisbeth Zwerger just last month), who was born in Iran and studied graphic design at the University of Tehran, as well as the School of Visual Arts in New York, and now lives in D.C. She has illustrated more than 50 children’s books (in such countries as France, Italy, Iran, the United States, Japan, Germany, Spain, South Korea, China, and India) and has also illustrated for such newspapers as the New York Times<\/em> and Le Monde diplomatique<\/em>. She’s the winner of a New Horizon Award from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair<\/a><\/strong> and the winner of the Golden Apple Award at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava<\/a><\/strong> (BIB) in Slovakia.<\/p>\n

The illustrations featured here today are from The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, retold by SAID and to be released by NorthSouth Books this coming week (if I have my release-date facts straight). Sinbad’s tale<\/a><\/strong> is part of Thousand and One Nights<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (or, as it’s often referred to, One Thousand and One Nights<\/em> or Arabian Nights<\/em>). As this book’s intro notes:<\/p>\n

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The roots of the <\/em>Thousand and One Nights go back more than two thousand years. There is no known author or first edition. The contents changed through the centuries, with new tales being added and others rewritten or discarded. The story of Sinbad the Sailor only became part of the collection in Antoine Galland’s French version, published in 1704.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here’s a bit more of Rashin’s radiant artwork from this new edition, translated by David Henry Wilson. …<\/p>\n

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“One day a man came to Sinbad the Porter and said,
‘Will you carry this load for me to a certain place?'”<\/em>
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“I stood up, walked around,
ate some of the island fruits, and drank from its streams. …”<\/em>
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“The following morning the bird flew away, bearing me up into the clouds
until I could discern nothing below. …”<\/em>
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” … I pulled a handful out of my bag and gave them
to the owner of the piece of meat to which I had tied myself. ….”<\/em>
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“While we were resting, suddenly the earth shook. With a roar like that of a raging storm, a human figure as big as a palm tree appeared before us. …”<\/em>
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\nTHE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINBAD THE SAILOR. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by NordS\u00fcd Verlag AG, CH-8004 Zurich, Switzerland. This edition published in 2015 by NorthSouth Books. Illustrations reproduced by permission of the publisher.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font>
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1)<\/strong><\/font> Finding out that a good friend, who is one of my favorite people on the planet and who is sick, got to come home from a hospital stay. Just in time for Thanksgiving too. This could pretty much constitute kicks one to seven, but I’ll keep going anyway. <\/p>\n

2)<\/strong><\/font> Generous invitations, even when I have to turn them down. <\/p>\n

3)<\/strong><\/font> Tag-team story time at my favorite independent bookstore with one of my favorite friends. And on Small Business Saturday, no less. <\/p>\n

4)<\/strong><\/font> Good television. Master of None<\/a><\/strong><\/em> has been good thus far; last week’s episode of The Leftovers<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (“International Assassin”) blew me away; and Fargo<\/a><\/strong><\/em> continues to kick ass. Also, while we’re at it, I think that Kyle Mooney’s Bruce Chandling character on SNL<\/em> is pretty much comic genius.<\/p>\n

5)<\/strong><\/font> I got new wheels this weekend. I have mixed feelings about cars and my need for one, but it feels good to be in a new (used) one, since the one I’d been driving was, I think, on its last leg. <\/p>\n

6)<\/strong><\/font> And I came home, after securing said car, to new music in the mail from very thoughtful friends. Since the new car was CD-less, a situation I knew must be quickly remedied, I was extra happy to see this music waiting in my mailbox. Now the car’s stereo can be broken in. <\/p>\n

6\u00bd)<\/strong><\/font> Support from a family member, just when you really need it. <\/p>\n

7)<\/strong><\/font> Good health. My family’s good health. Food on the table. A roof over our heads. <\/p>\n

I saw this NYT<\/em> piece<\/a><\/strong> on gratitude last week and thought of you all. Thanks for kickin’ with me for FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY WEEKS<\/strong><\/font><\/font> now!<\/p>\n

What are YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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