From The Atelier Hafiz Hajeedar was recommended to me by my brother-in-law, who is a good friend of the artist. Hafiz is a full-time artist who has exhibited his works. I checked out his portfolio and liked what I saw. There’s a sense of energy and unexpectedness to his work. You never know what you are going to get, but you know it will be thoughtful, playful, and have a shimmer about it. For this …
Welcome From the Atelier The visual aesthetic dimension of From the Bar Stool. The goal of FTA is two-fold. The first is to explore and articulate the visual aesthetic dimension of my essays. The second is to work with, support, and promote in a small way our local artists, illustrators, and designers, particularly those starting out, whom I have had the pleasure and privilege of commissioning. The Art Pieces Click to read the essay accompanying …
This was another commissioned piece by Hafiz Hajeedar. You can read about my write-up about him and check out his portfolio here. You can check out his other piece for me here. This was one of my more personal essays and thought Hafiz appropriate for it. I love it like I do everything he has done for me thus far. He captures the various options I considered besides law. The thing I like about Hafiz …
Hafiz Hajeedar’s commissions have become a regular monthly addiction. You can check out his profile in my first posting of his art here. This is his second commissioned work for me. Again, the digital version does not compare with the original artwork. There the blue leaps at you and the gold shimmers in the light. I love how Hafiz playfully captures the themes of gender and law with a hint of Islamic motif. The image …
A few years ago, I had my personal epiphany about legal practice and art. Since legal practice is performance and performance is art, then legal practice and law can be artful, and therefore, art. In short, legal practice = performance = art or law = beauty = art. It occurred to me that in moments when we, as lawyers, employ our skills so well that we surpass the expected boundaries of competency, legal performance becomes …