*An intimate, biographical interview contextualizing the life and work of an eminent and much-missed artist and writer who passed away in 2021. This Improvisational and spontaneous conversation speaks towards a life in aesthetics and the author's belief in the beauty that inhabits her existence: the beauty of the world, the beauty of art.
*Translator first encountered Adnan¿s work at the Wattis Institute in San Francisco in 2013 and worked from a desk in Berkeley with a view of Mount Tamalpais, a serendipitous connection to Adnan¿s experience, each of them working with the mountain in the window, their line of sight.
*Author is the winner of the 2021 International Griffin Prize and her recent books have been featured in The New York Times and The New Yorker and her artwork has been shown in a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
*Author is an internationally beloved artist and an important example of postcolonial Francophone literature, politics and poetics known for her paintings, tapestries and artist books. She is an example of how politics, poetry and philosophy can be woven together and communicated seamlessly through the life experience of an artist and elder.