The Space Between Print

It is 1990, Kuwait is invaded by the Iraqi armed force, to set off what is now called the Gulf War. I am ten years old and recently arrived in Kuwait with my parents from India. In the midst of unpacking to set up our new home, we are now packing to flee this overnight war zone. My most vivid memory of our escape home to India is being allowed to take my toy pram with my stuffed animals in it. And drinking endless cups of Sunkist on the night bus to Bagdad. The only time I fully realized the gravity of this situation was to see my parents completely breakdown in tears when we were reunited with our family in India. I realized this adventurous road-air-rail travel we had done over 3 days was an evacuation, and in no way anything fun for my parents. And my toy pram full of my stuffed animals that I was allowed to take along, was their way of keeping me out of their anguish. This piece is about my childhood, in peaceful or tumultuous times. I exist in the space between my parents. Their translation of the events around me were my truths. However far from reality or close to it, the space they built is where I exist. They kept the rain away, they kept the darkness out and they will forever be larger than life to me. In my new role as a parent I cannot answer what I would do if I ever had to flee the country with my child. Would I be able to let my child drink all the Sunkist and keep all his favorite toys? And let that be just a tiny blip in an otherwise peaceful and uneventful life? Or will that incident, like for many children around the world, be just the beginning of the most traumatic experience directing the course of their life

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:15.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

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