With a paint brush in hand, Tina Vaziri is often away having adventures with Mr. Bee. Her travel notes are filled with illustrations, sketches, and stories.

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hands bees and cats | March 4, 2008

Three coincidences:

  • David and I love talking about religious history. We were discussing the story of Lilith, and her lack of mention from the Bible. Several hours later in the day we turn on the History channel and see a show on stories omitted from the Bible, with the first story being about Lilith.
  • On the same show, there was also a story about Aseneth. She was seeking purification when an angel sent a swarm of bees to surround her and to build a honeycomb around her mouth. The story was beautiful and similar to the sketch I had finished a week ago, before learning about Aseneth.
  • I was admiring the album cover artwork for The Bedlam in Goliath by Mars Volta and asked David if he knew who the artist was, he didn’t. The next day a friend of mine sent me a story about a very dark painting and how stupid people thought it was haunted. David and I looked up the artist and found out it was the same man who painted the Mars Volta album cover.

I’m going to do a painting for Aseneth.


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2 Responses to “hands bees and cats”

  1. Moxie Says:

    I love the Aseneth story–thanks for sharing it. Beautiful drawing as well.

    March 4th, 2008 at 11:23 pm


  2. stu Says:

    you’re one of those people who do cool sketchbook pages. so jealous.

    March 7th, 2008 at 1:01 pm


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