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Reflections from the Bardo Museum Recently, I visited the Bardo Museum in Tunis. It was my second visit, seventeen years after the first, and in the meantime, I had changed a lot, accumulated more experience, and developed a deeper understanding of art. Walking through the museum, I was confronted with massive mosaics, intricate floor and wall designs, and countless depictions of gods, humans, and everyday life from the Roman period. This experience prompted a series of refle

My art studio was slightly cool, damp-smelling, and cobwebbed on a May day. I visited it from time to time, but my stays were short; I hadn’t been giving it the attention it deserved for a long while. I was making a living as a designer, and the thought of earning money from painting felt far away. My designer identity demanded too much of my time, effort, and presence. I sat on the chair near the entrance, hoping not to get caught in a spider web. The light inside was not to