ARTS INTERNATIONAL
Editor/Publisher, Bina Sharif
ARTS INTERNATIONAL covers THEATER, FILM, VISUAL ARTS, CUISINE, AND LITERATURE

Thursday, April 23, 2026

POSITIVE OUTLOOK

 POSITIVE OUTLOOK

Joy

curiosity

Gratitude

Embrace every moment, happy and challenging

Find beauty in small things

Smile, laughter

Time spend wondering

Add richness to the day

Let go of the worries of the past

Focus on the present

PERSUE YOUR PASSION

New experiences

CELEBRATE SMALL ACHIEVEMENTS

Live with mindfulness

Positivity

LOVE

Saturday, April 18, 2026

WHAT TO EAT????

 WHAT TO EAT???????

EAT EVERY THING

TOO MUCH CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT TO EAT?

GO AHEAD AND EAT EVERYTHING FROM NOW ON...

PROBLEM SOLVED...

EAT:

CARROTS, PUMPKINSEEDS, SPINACH, ALMONDS, MUSHROOMS,YOGURT, ASPARAGUD,

BROCOLI, AVOCADO, LENTILS, ORANGES, STRAWBERRIES, KIWI, BERRIES, GUAVA, 

 KALE, TOFU, CHEESE, CHICKPEAS, DARK CHOCOLATE, BANANAS, SWEET POTATO,

 BEETS, DRIED APRICOTS, BRAZIL NUTS, SUN FLOWER SEEDS, CHIA SEEDS, FLAX SEEDS, 

KIMCHI, MISO, KEFIR, CINNAMON, GARLIC, CLOVES, TUMERIC, HONEY,  FISH, MEAT,

 CHIKEN,  FIGS, MANGOES, OKRA, CAWLIFLOWER,  EGG PLANT, SMOKE SALMON, TUNA,

 SARDINES, OATS, BROWN RICE, WALNUTS, PISTACHIO, TURNIPS, DATES, EGGS,  STRING

 BEANS, PEPPERS, CARDAMON,  MUSSLES, OYSTERS, APPLES, PEAR, GRAPES, MELONS, 

RAISINS, NUTMEG, CUMIN, ONIONS, GINGER, BASIL MINT, DARK CHOCOLATE  AND

 CHOCOLATES AGAIN AND AGAIN...MILK...WATER...LEMON...


ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

ARE YOU SATISFIED?

NOW GET UP AND HAVE BREAKFAST...

WHAT?

HAVE BREAKFAST...

WITH WHAT?

WHAT?

WHICH FOOD?

I JUST YOU A GREAT BIG LIST...

BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE HOUSE TO EAT.

WHAT TO EAT?

OUT OF ALL THAT CHOICES, YOU STILL HAVE NOTHING TO EAT?

NO

WHY?

THERE IS NOTHING HERE...I HAVE TO GO SHOPPING

SO, GET UP AND GO SHOPPING

BUT I HAVEN'T HAD BREAKFAST YET AND THERE US NTHING TO EAT...

AND WHO THE HELL IS GOING TO CARRY ALL THAT FOOD USTAIRS?

THERE ARE 76 STAIRS TO CLIMB AND TO GET EVERYTHING FROM THAT KIST I WILL

HAVE TO GO TO TEN DIFFERENT STIRES, SPICE STORE, FRUIT STANDS, VEGETABLE

 PLACES, FISH MARKET, MEAT BUTCHERS, STIRES WHERE THEY SELL NUTS, CHOCOLATE

 PLACES, ORGANIC STORES,..AND MANY MANY OTHER PLACES ON EMPTY STOMACH...

CAN'T DO ALL THAT. NEED A FEW SERVANTS...

ALL ALONE BY MYSELF HERE ON 5TH FLOOR AND YOU HAVE GIVEN ME A LONG, LONG

 LIST OF FOODS I CAN EAT AND MUST EAT...ARE YOU IN YOUR RIGHT MIND?

I LIVE IN AMERICA, MINEY IS SCARCE, HEALTH FODS ARE EXPENSIVE, NO ONE PAYS 

THEY CALL YOU AN ARTUST...HOW NICE...THEY CHOSE A GREAT WORD FOR US,

 "ARTIST." AND AFTER THAT NO RESPONSIBILITIES LEFT ON THEIR PART, NO

 OBLIGATION. YOU CAN'T COMPLAIN...YOU ARE AN ARTIST.

SHUT THE FUCK UP...WHO TOLD YOU TO BE AN ARTIST.

YOU DID...YES, YOU DID. YOU SAID WE ARE LIBERALS, WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH

YES, WE HAVE IT BUT IF YOU USE IT TOO MUCH, YOU WILL BE HUNGRY, YOU WILL HAVE

 NO FOOD N THE HOUSE, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD ANY HEALTHY FOOD IN THE

 GOD ORGANC STORES OIR AT THE FARMERS ARKET...YOU AND ONLY YOU ARE

 RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DESICIONS. EVEN IF WE CALLED YOU AN ARTIST, YOU

 SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOD THE REAL MEANING OF THE WORD.

ARTIST MEANS THAT YOU WILL NOT BE PROFESSIONAL IF YOU ASK FOR PAYMENT

FOR YOUR WORK. DO YOU WANT TO BE A ORFESSIONAL ARTIST OR AN AMATURE?

I WANT TO BE AN AMATURE, PAY ME, SO I CAN GO OUT ANFD BUY FOOD FIR MY

 BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER.

SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON YOU. WE GAVE YOU A CHANCE TO BE A PROFESSIONAL

 ARTIST AND YOU WANT TO BE AN AMATURE.'SHAME ON YOU...

YOU NEVER DESRVED GREAT FOOD ANYWAY...GO TO A FOOD KITCHEN AND GET

 DIABETES...INSTEAD OF US PAYING YOU OUR GOLDEN DOLLARS...

SHAME N YOU. WE CALLED YOU AN ARTIST AND YOU REFUSED TO BE ONE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY THIUSANDS OF EOPLE IN NY WANT TO BE CALLED, "AN

 ARST?"

GET OUT OF OUR GLORIOUS CITY OR AGREE TO STARVE...

THE LIST ABOVE IS NOT FOR YOU.

NOW HOW ABOUT THAT

NOW, YOU ARE NEITHER AN ARTIST NOR YOU HAVE A LIST OF HEATHY FOODS YOU

 COULDN'T BUY ANY WAY.IWE LOVE OUR SYSTEM, IT WORKS...IT ALWAYS DID.

THAT IS THE REASON NO ONE CAN BEAT OUR SYSTEM...WE HAVE THE FOOD AND WE

 HAVE THE REAL ARTIST IN OUR COUNTRY...

YOU ARE NOT FROM HERE, ARE YOU?

I THOUGHT SO.

LET ME GIVE YOU A PIECE OF ADVICE.

BEFORE YOU GET ON THAT PLAN TO COME HERE, IT'S ESSENTIAL TO LEARN AND

 UNDERSTAND HOW EVERYTHING WORKS HERE AND ART US NOT EXCLUDED FROM THE

 SYSTEM AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA OF IT PLEASE DON'T BOAR THAT PLAN.

 CANCEL YOUR FLIGHT...STAY IN YOUR THIRD WORLD COUNTRY AND EAT LENTILS.

LENTILS ARE HEALTHY EVEN WE ARE EATING THEM BECAUSE IT'S IN THE IIST.

LENTILS WERE THE ONLY CHEAP FOOD YOU HAD BACK HOME TILL WE STOLE YOUR

LENTILS ALSO. WE DO RESEARCH ABOUT EVERYTHING AND WHEN WE FIND OUT THSE

 THINGS ARE GOOD FOR US, WE TAKE THEM. WE JUST TAKE THEM. GOT IT...

GOT IT? SHE DIDN'T GET IT...TOO DUMB...AN IMMIGRANT FROM THE THIRD WRLD

 COUNTRY WANT TO BE AN ARTIST WHO CAN EAT ORGANIC FOOD...

WHAT A LAUGH! WHAT A LAUGH! IT'S NOT A COMEDY, OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE SERIOUS

EVEN TRAGIC. WE ARE INTO WARS...WARS, WE ARE SO FOND OF WARS.'WARS ARE

 NECESSARY TO LIVE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE OIL AND THE LAND AND THE

 POWER AND THE DELICIOUS AND FRESH FOOD FOR  OUR ENERGY TO FIGHT MORE

 WARS.

HOW? TELL ME HOW?




Friday, April 17, 2026

MORE TO DEAL WITH HEALTH

 MORE TO DEAL WITH HEALTH

YOU LACK MINERALS, VITAMINS, ESSENTIAL NUTRITION

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, DAMN IT...

FIGURE OUT WHAT FOOD HAS THE PROPER VITAMINS AND MINERAS IN IT.

OK, FOR HEAVEN SAKE, ONE MORE TIME DEAL WITH THE OMNIPRESENT TRIAL

HOW TO EAT RIGHT...

VIT A:  CARROTS, PUMPKIN SEEDS, SPINACH, MANGOES

VIT B 12: ALMONDS, MUSHROOMS, YOGURT, SPINACH

B9:  ASPARAGUS, BROCOLI, LENTILS, AVOCADO

VIT C:  ORANGES, STRAWBERRIES, LEMOM, KIWI, GUAVA

CALCIUM:  KALE, BROCOLI, ALMONDS, TOFU, 

CHEES

IRON: LENTILS, SPINACH, CHIKPEAS, DARK CHOCOLATES.

RAMADAN COME AND GONE

RAMADAN COME AND GONE

1: Have to have a definite plan for the last 15

days of Ramadan.

2: Stock up milk, yougurt, fruit, olive oil

     eggs and bread downstairs.

3: Begin the fast downstairs and pray

4: by 10pm go to bed. 4am up for fasting

5: rest and try to get some sleep

    wake up by 8-9am

6: Bring computer to lafyette after PT

     three days a week...

7: Read, write, draw for the rest o the week

8: do the bed. Put away quilt, laundry, give away lots 

     of clothes

9: Look at and trow things away...

    dressing table, 2nd dressing table...

    why the hell you have two dressing tables?

    You never dress up sitting at those dressing tables looking at

     yourself in the mirror and admiring yourself in the mirror

     wearing a silk gown...

10: If you don't do these things during the month of Ramadan

       when everything has to be clean, clean and clean...you will regret it

        so much that you won't forgive yourself for a long, long time...

11:  I AM REGRETING. I AM REGRETING SO MUCH, SO MUCH.

       I AM NEVER GOING TO FORGIVE MYSELF...SO MUCH REGRET...

       ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF REGRET...CAN'T SLEEP, CAN'T GET UP...

        

       


"SIX REALMS OF HISTORY" Leo Tolstoy's book, 'What is Art?

 SIX REALMS OF HISTORY

The realm of knowledge

Realm of wealth

Realm of morality

Realm of faith

Realm of politics

Realm of beauty

AND ACTIVITY IN THE LAST REALM OF BEAUTY IS ART.          Leo Tolstoy

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"Beauty produces pleasure in us"

"Beauty is tge foundation of love"  Tolstoy

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'You put far too many demands on yourself."  BS

" Have to change my whole life thus my existence."

"You put far too many demands on your self."  BS

"When all matters will be settled?"   (Heedlessness and disbelief)

"The day of regret."

"Be Stead fast."

"To him belong whatever is before us and

whatever is behind us and whatever is in between,"

"BE AND IT IS."

"Peace be upon me the day I was born,

The day I die, and the day I will be raised back to life."

"THE AIM OF ART."

"The aim of art is pleasure

My art has become a source of torture,

a torment, a source of depression.

LET IT GO

DO NOTHING

THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED ART

So, there will be nothing to torture or depress you."   BS

PERMANENT TRMENT

ALMARI

KUPRAY

KITABAIN

FURNITURE

APARTMENT

KI HALAT APT KI?

FAZOOL THINGS

DEEL KARO OR THRIW AWAY

THIS NONSENSE HAS LASTED ALL YOUR MISERABLE LIFE...BS


HEALTH CONTINUES

 HEALTH CONTINUES

HAIR GROWTH

Ginger water

Almonds

Lemon Juice

Massage hair with all

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Ginger

Cinamon

Rosemary

Bay leaves

Massage with all

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Aloevera

Coconut Oil

Egg

Honey

Ginger

Cinnamon

Rosemerry

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FOOD FOR HEALTH

Green tea

Banana

Apples for constipation

Cloves

Honey

Salmon for dry hair

Oranges

Kiwi for insomnia

Dates

Yogurt

Cucumber

Peppers for hair

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FOR MEMORY

Blueberries

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KNOWLEDGE

Alacrity...quick

Obfuscate...Confusing others

Pernicious...dangerou

Quixotic...Imagning...khiali

Recalcitrant...surkush

Sycophant...chaplos, Khushamand

Taciturn...don't talk much

Ubiquitous...Pa...Her jagha mojood

Vacillate...not sure

Winsome...beautiful

Xenophobia...hate foreigners

Yearn...Turptna

Zealous...purjosh



Wednesday, April 15, 2026

HEALTH

 HEALTH

IRON

ZINC

VIT B12

VIT E

VIT C

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WHAT TO EAT?

VIT A:  CARROTS, PUMPKINS, SPINACH, MANGO

B2: ALMONDS, MUSHROOMS, YOGURT, SPINACH

B9: ASPARAGUS, STRAWBERRIES, BROCCOLI, AVOCADO, LENTILS

VIT C: ORANGES, STRAWBERRIES KIVI

ZINC:  SELENIUM, BRAZIL NUTS, SUNFLOWERSEEDS, CHIA SEEDS

OMEGA 3: CHIA, FLAX, WALNUTS

PROBIOTICS: KIMCHI, YOUGURT, KEFIR, MISO

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CALCIUM: KALE, BROCCOLI, ALMONDS,TOFU, CHEESE

IRON: LENTILS, SPINACH, CHICKPEAS, DARK CHOCOLATE

MAGNASIUM:  DARK CHOCOLATE, AVOCADO, BANANA

POTASSIUM:  SWEET POTATO, BEETS, DRIED APRICOT

B3: MEAT, FISH, EGGS,MILK, LENTILS, RICE, PEANUTS

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HAIR GROWTH: CHIA SEEDS, PUMPKIN SEEDS, SUNFLOWER, SESME SEEDS, FENNGREEK

GINGER, CINAMUM, ROSEMARY, BAY LEAVES, GINGER WATER, ALMONDS,LEMON JUICE

MASSAGE HAIR WITH ALL WITH ALL THE JUICES MENTIONED ABOVE.

MEMORY: BLUE BERRIES, CUCUMBER, ALOVERA, COCONUT OIL, EGG AND HONEY

WHAT TO EAT?

FISH, MEAT, EGGS, ALL KINDS OIF SEEDS, LENTILS, CHICK  PEAS, YOGURT, SPINACH,

 BROCOLLI, KALE, SWEET POTATO,  EGGS, BANNAS, APPLES, STRAWBERRIES, BLUE

 BERRIES, GREEN TEA, ALMONDS, GINGER, GARLIC, CINAMON, LEMON, MILK, DARK

CHOCOATES, BEETS, DRIED APRICOTS, CARROTS, MUSHROOMS, ASPARAGUS, KIVI, 

BROCOLI, AVACODOS, YOGURT, BRAZIL NUTS, WALNUTS, HONEY, CLOVES, DATES, FIGS,

PEPPERS, CUCUMBERS, CLOVES, DATES.

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SUCCESS

UNITY

CAPACITY

DETERMINATION