Welcome to Chapter 8

Dancing Out of the Chrysalis

This chapter is a story about how the threads of design and dance have woven their way through my life. It’s about how I had to let go of the ways I expressed myself, only to reclaim them when I dared to be myself. It’s a tale of transformation that takes hold of you, takes you into its chrysalis, and molds your shape into something tangible. It’s not a transformation in the traditional sense but rather a return to your authentic self, your true purpose. What will you return to?

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Nayrouz

Nayrouz

September is a new year of sorts, a time when children return to school, tidier and taller than they left as their summer selves. Autumn is a time ...

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Chapter 8 - A return to self

Chapter 8 - A return to self

Chapter 8 - A return to self  In previous chapters of Salim Azzam, we celebrated oddness as an authentic superpower and marveled at the show that u...

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Behind the Chrysalis

Behind the Chrysalis

We start this life young and uninhibited; we do whatever comes to mind; we say things without a second thought; we are unafraid and curious; we liv...

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