Maryam Maigida :: Duniya Makaranta INCENSE and the weight of something

and the weight of something real

It arrives already carrying a story

and heavier than it looks

These elements will bring a sense of comfort

Wood only deepens with the years

Maryam Maigida :: Duniya Makaranta INCENSE and the weight of somethingA whole town built out of paint. Ochre, rose, teal and brown houses climb the canvas, windows punched in with black, market umbrellas open between them, and at the bottom two yellow buses sit lettered by hand one SCHOOL BUS, one HOSPITAL BUS. Above it all a cream and pale blue sky moves in thick swirls. The paint is applied so heavily the surface is nearly relief. Every roof, every window, every letter stands up off the canvas, and the whole thing