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Today we’d like for you to meet the artist Mahnaz Yazdani. Mahnaz’s deep and meaningful work often portrays society's problems in surrealistic illustrations that tend to show how everyday people (just like us) suffer from things that seemingly the rest of our modern society refuses to acknowledge more often than not.

One could say we probably have gotten used to the said problems just because we are always surrounded by them, so much that we don't even notice them anymore. However, things such as war, global pandemic, and problems revolving around our mental health aren’t going anywhere any time soon.

All in all, Yazdani’s work might give you a thought or two regarding the way we live currently.

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DUN DUN (she/her)
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seen this happen in front of me irl in a park, and it was frustrating to say the least

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"I am a storyteller who tells most of her stories in her comics and animations. I started my art journey as an animator and cartoonist twenty years ago. My focus was on making animation for years. Since 2015, I have been professionally drawing editorial cartoons. I had so many stories in my mind waiting to be created, but animating all of them needed lots of years, so I chose comic style to tell my stories faster."

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    Lindsey
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really like this one. Sharing ideas and love being where they all intersect. Very cute.

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    "Maybe the main characteristic of mine has led me to create such art: a humoristic outlook and thinking about the feelings of other people, for example, how does a kid feel under bombardment. Those help me to create a humorous story and then tell it in the shape of a comic, cartoon, or animation."

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    Nijlenna Rusty
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So beautifully illustrated, yet so devistately accurate and confronting. Currently we are being told to take our empty plastic bags back to our house, because the seahorses are dying.

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    In the age of the Internet, the lack of access to stable and high-speed Internet means the deprivation of job opportunities, education, social, cultural and all the facilities that are just available online.

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    monkeydog
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's saying that only those from privilege (represented here by the kids flying in on dollars) have access to knowledge (the book fortress). The less privileged are locked out.

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    DUN DUN (she/her)
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tbh, you can get lost in the world of your garden; time passes so differently there

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    teresa rudnik
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Books and written language are the greatest informational tools of all the centuries.

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    Kaiserfranzgirl
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Google translation of her post on Instagram: For my mother and aunts ... My mother and aunts spent many years of their lives behind the carpet, from childhood to the years they experienced motherhood. The weavers built a ladder to bring themselves and their families to what they are now and will be. I'm proud of having such strong women in my life. Women who, believing in better tomorrows, bought the hardest and continue to buy ... Your hard-working hands are the most beautiful hands ....

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    Mark Henninger Jr.
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost...they should have ripped The kid in two...then..that's how it feels. You're even two different kids at each one of their houses after they split

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    Amanda Mazon-Smith
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a good illustration of what family separation without communication and respect can do to a child/family. It doesn't always have to be this way though. I've worked with many families who seperate, because they don't want their child witnessing an unhappy relationship and repeating the cycle, and they keep communication and respect and find ways to coparent. Family counseling is a really positive way to help the transition.

    Zane Paul
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was a child of divorce and I didn't feel this way. I appreciated the two different perspectives on life I got growing up. I never felt like my identity was tied to either parent, so I never felt like I was being "torn" or tossed between the two (though custody did change hands a few times). I get why some people might have negative sentiment towards their experience as adults, but mine was very positive. I saw good and bad traits in the lifestyles of both parents, and I cherry picked what I liked to build my own life. I'm so glad my parents got divorced. It was the best thing for all of us.

    Cecilia Matthews
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like your parents were better at co-parenting than they were at marriage.

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    Hyde and Seek
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or ya know the relationship between parents was horrible because one of them is an abusive cheating spouse.

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    Sarah Farrow
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The child's whole foundation of love is being consumed by bitter parents. Therefore her foundation is crumbling beneath her.

    Redwood Rebelgirl
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Divorce is vicious. Especially for kids. We must DO BETTER & make THEM & THEIR HEALTH, SAFETY, & WELL-BEING THE FOCUS, no matter what is going on!

    Marsha M
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heartbreaking. Parents have no clue that the one the hurt the most is their children during a bad divorce. 😞

    Katherine Thornberry
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents divorcing was honestly a relief. Few people consider how hard it is on a child living with parents who constantly fight, or an abusive parent that the other won't leave "for the sake of the children." Divorce isn't always a bad thing.

    J L
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am proud that, after my divorce, my children were never used as pawns. They saw their father whenever he was able to see them despite intense pressure from my family (I hung up on them). He died 3 years after the divorce and it can never be said that I ever prevented them from visiting him.

    M M
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So tragic for the children... such irresponsible parents

    Loretta
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I f****d up and there is no edit button, so at least I finish my comment: If you are not prepared to be loving parents to your child who (to your best knowledge) are going to stay together for the long term, then you shouldn't have a child.

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    No it's the real face of feminism: divorce abortion heterophobia and expanding mental illness - what began as equality has been subverted into a war on society.

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    When the breakdown of the traditional family unit becomes so commonplace that children are vastly affected in negative ways. Keep families together.

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    Nijlenna Rusty
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We do need to consume less drinking water, but somehow I don't think this will solve this problem.

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    ZAPanda
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    same everywhere dude. Money gets you a cushier sentence and out sooner.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is that long ass Putins table and he cant hear the world telling him to stop being an a*****e...

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    Heather Vandegrift
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally happened to a friend. Her house was older and NOT in a flood zone. Developer put in condos that caused her property to periodically flood when it rained. It was loveable until hurricane Irma came through and her house got 4 ft of water in it. No flood insurance (because again, NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE), but homeowner's insurance refused to pay because it was a flood event. Turns out the permits for the condos were illegally issued because it was pretty clear what works happen to the properties on the downward slope of the ground they built up to build the condos, bus sure couldn't find an attorney to take the case to sue the county and the contractor for the damage.

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    Kaiserfranzgirl
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Translation of Instagram description: hope for a piece of bread! (Wave of Iranian workers moving to work in Iraqi Kurdistan)

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    International contributions to the tRump of a Pig bank to suck face

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    Nijlenna Rusty
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ooohhh, would love to have one of those book flash drives in my brain! Saves me from actually reading the boring obligatory stuff.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    somehow I think the bullet will still hit and the doves will stop coming.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Instagram description translated: Landless ... Thirty-five years ago, the Burmese military government passed a new law declaring the Rohingya people non-Burmese and stripping them of their citizenship. The United Nations calls them the largest landless population in the world ... #rohingya

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serves him right. If only everyone was subject to suck dire consequences for their actions

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    Ryleigh
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is sad but true. Leaders have alot of power making it harder for others survive due to lack of money and leadership.

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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This also looks like my government, yet I know it is meant differently.

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