In conversation with Arline Malakian

International Artist, Fashion Photographer, Author, Creator

Catharine Fennell sits down with Arline Malakian to discuss women, aging and the importance of defining yourself. First in a three-part series.

Art: The Gaze. A Photographic tableaux. http://www.alavri6.com/arline
Book: Be a woman. Expressions of Life. http://www.be-awoman.com/

Listen to the full audio podcast.


CF: How do you define yourself (when it comes to aging)?
AM: I have discovered with time, the more of a friend I become with me, the free-er and more me I become. I am who I have created me to be. The aging helped! I call this maturity. I have a past but I am not my past. I have found the strength to find and define who I am.

CF: How old were you when you found your “backbone”?
AM: Let me tell you that I am not entirely there yet! I ask myself some key questions... What am I here for? What difference can I make in this world? These questions kept me on my own trail. In my work, I am in the foreground of what society defines to be modern or beautiful – part of making these trends and the futility of it. It is only things to play with- but we don’t have to take this on.

CF: Tell us about your craft, your recent photographic art exhibit: The Gaze
AM: The gaze is the celebration of the moment. The gaze is impregnated with our own experiences and individual connections in the moment. Connect, reflect and create.

Contact Arline: arline@total.net