Album (farrago)
This is a farrago of photographs that begins with my grandparents’ wedding announcement and continues through the major points of my life, through the houses I’ve lived in and school classes I was part of, to my young children with a monkey wallah in Lahore and the fishpond in the woods where I now live.
(They are spread over three pages so please keep riffling through to the next one when you get to the bottom of each. I have not yet mastered why they don’t show up in the order I had intended or with their captions–but venceremos.)
About Hazel
Born to German Jewish refugee physicians in Lahore (now Pakistan, then British India) Hazel has lived, studied and worked in many places–India, England, Australia, Israel and the United States. She makes her home in the woods of the eastern end of Long Island, New York where she produces the art of leafages, the radio sounds of Tidings and writes about growing up Jewish in Lahore. Read more about Hazel…
About Leafages
Leafages by Hazel Kahan are made from real leaves, vines and tendrils interwoven with calligraphy, decorative pen and ink flourishes and imaginary Latin botanical names. Leafages contain a philosophical or inspirational thought, quotation or verse from sages, poets or religious texts. Some leafages are specially created for an individual, a couple or a family with words or leaves reflecting their personal narrative. They are available on the Leafages shop on Etsy although the supply is low right now, all my energies having been absorbed by the book I’ve been writing. Do come back soon when the shop will be full of new leafage abundance or contact me.