Afghan Orphans Show Off Artistry

My friend Natalie Car­ney is in Kabul doing a doc­u­men­tary on Afghan orphans. And although I’ve seen it many times, I’m always blown away by the sheer resilience of kids in war zones. The urge and abil­ity to be a kid — to play, to smile, to escape a lot of the shit of their every­day lives — when they’ve been through so much more than I ever will is over­whelm­ing to a tired old cynic like me. I am con­stantly hum­bled by these children.

Any­way, Natalie has been post­ing video blogs of her time in Kabul and this one really shows off the tal­ent of the youth in Afghanistan. She tours a cen­ter for bud­ding young artists and as you’ll see, some of these kids have got some seri­ous game when it comes to pen and paper. Mind you, they’re self-trained, too, mak­ing their skillz dou­bly mad.

As Natalie says in her post­ings, “Again if there is any­thing you wish me to cover, ask the girls, explain pls let me know and I will try my best to incor­po­rate it it into the next blog early next week.” I think that’s a great idea, and I urge all to throw some ideas her way.