{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"&quot;Identity Is Something You Choose\u201d \u2014 Simone Fattal on Art, Exile, and Belonging - 266 - Alain Elkann Interviews","description":"MANIFESTATIONS OF THE VOYAGE.&amp;nbsp;Simone&amp;nbsp;Fattal&amp;nbsp;is a Lebanese-American artist. Born in 1942 in Damascus, she was educated in Beirut and Paris, studying philosophy at the \u00c9cole des Lettres and the Sorbonne, as well as archaeology at the \u00c9cole du Louvre. Simone&amp;nbsp;Fattal and Etel Adnan (1925\u20132021) were&amp;nbsp;life partners for 49 years, artists who shared a profound creative, political, and personal connection. Their multidisciplinary work spans painting, sculpture, poetry, and publishing. \u201cWe have to ask the women prisoners to write the poems. Which they did, and I transcribed them on the surfaces of the lava.\u201d \u201cMy inspiration doesn\u2019t come from artists. When I\u2019m working, poetic verses come to my mind.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not displaced, but a traveler.\u201d ","author_name":"Alain Elkann Interviews","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alainelkanninterviews.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39536600\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ea6c35\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/196904380"}