desert | Egypt II
“The fact that in Egypt you are never far from the candle ends of lost centuries is also borne out by what Alexander left behind in the form of a city on the Mediterranean. Every camel rider, heading into the Egyptian sunset, be he/she never so humble, is retracing Alexander’s footsteps because the sandstorms make no distinction between the conqueror and a modern traveler like yourself.”
– Jaysinh Birjepatil
written to Marrin in 2001 for the catalog, Moons, Arches and Coral accompanying her paintings at The Brattleboro Museum of Art in Vermont and The American University in Cairo.