Saturday, Agust 4, & Sunday, August 5, 2007: No Computer and Much to Do

My computer died on me suddenly on my return from Mazandaran province. I have been working at Shahrokh's computer every day. Sunday was a full day. I went to Aunt Fakhri's house to work on Shahrokh's computer and then tried to work the camera, but it was not responding. My memory stick which has all the earlier photos won't open and my computer has the back up photos on it's desktop. Hopefully, the technician will be able to retrieve the photos. Shahrokh and I went to a camera place and as it turned out, the battery was low on my camera, so I was able to burn the photos of Mokarrameh's workshop on a CD.

I called Sanandaj today and spoke to Haddi. I explained that I wouldn't be able to visit him this summer and he told me that everyone was expecting me as it was part of my routine to go to Kurdestan every summer. I felt bad about this, but it's not possible to squeeze in so much in three weeks. Mokarrameh's workshop took up the time I had set aside for Kurdestan. I'm not too concerned because I have already visited Haddi two summers in a row and more or less have a lot of information on him and his practice, and the workshop was a great experience.

I went to the post office this morning and mailed three boxes to Kurdestan. A box went to Haddi with books and a CD of images of artwork, a box went to a distant Ardalan cousin with magazines of horses (he is writing his thesis on Persian horses), and a third box went to my third cousin, an Ardalan, who just had a baby. The third box contained baby gifts.

I did make a trip to the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art this morning and it was such a disappointment. All the contemporary art was locked away and the museum had nothing but a show on clothing. I spoke to the head of the museum who said the artworks had to be put away because they were getting ruined in the light! Hah! Can you find a better excuse?

It's late and I have to get back home. But before I go, here is a picture of my cousin Shahrokh who just came back from Germany where he had a very successful musical performance.