Brocade (Place Lalla Yeddouna, Fes)

from G2G2G (Gate to Gate to Gate) by Paula Jeanine Bennett

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BROCADE (for El Haji Abdelkader Ouazzani) PJB
Fes location: Place Lalla Yeddouna

I went to the city
because I had to see the city
see Fes-El-Bali
safe from harm

I went to the river
because I had to see the river
and when I followed the river
I found him

And the master works the thread
over time the pattern spreads
from his blessed hands the brilliant colors flowing from the loom

Silver and emerald
gold and crimson
woven together
his brocade

And the mastery remains
from a pile of colored skeins
In a fabric built of time and skill and dedicated heart

I went to the river
because I had to see the river
and when I followed the river
I found him

Brocade,
Addibaj*

*addibaj is brocade in Moroccan arabic

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from G2G2G (Gate to Gate to Gate), released August 22, 2021

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about

Paula Jeanine Bennett Brooklyn, New York

Paula Jeanine Bennett is a multidisciplinary artist with a deep and soulful commitment to the creative path;
an American original with a global focus. She has done projects in India, Morocco, Italy and Indonesia, often collaborating with diverse communities as a cultural arts activist.  Paula is also a staff musician at both the Juilliard and Ailey Schools.

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