Pensive brows and distant eyes
among hand-carved spoons, hammered metal
mounds of fiery red pepper, purple sumac, rose petals
the fragrance of laurel soap, piled high
in pyramids of green and earth.
Harika is the Turkish word for wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary. It has always been one of my most favourite words, for both its meaning and the pleasure of pronouncing it.
Welcome to Harika, the adventures of a compulsive sketcher.
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