Her Hungry Skin with Star and Moon

Stories of the Forgotten Armenian Girls Enslaved by the Ottoman Empire

Dear Reader, 

Welcome to Berkana, your cultural mirror to everything obscure and hidden in the shadows of the past. The last few weeks have been toiling for me in terms of personal commitments and duty calls. I have been searching for the steadfast mast of creativity in midst of chaos. I have asked this question to my friend Renee Faber, in response to which she wrote this beautiful meditation on finding courage holding the torch of compassion. 

So, after a long spell of creative block, I am finally able to push through. I am gradually bringing back the discipline to write despite disruptive mental noise. The next goal is to stay in practice and not lose momentum. I want to thank you all for supporting and being with me on this journey because it is you dear reader, who pull me back to my center of creative power. Your encouragement has inspired me to create some of my best works. I am grateful and hopeful that you will hold on till I navigate through this difficult phase of block and s…