Details of the Pazyryk Carpet
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Details of the Pazyryk Carpet
I turn to my Dad, sitting on the matching dark grey wool loveseat, on my right. His shoulders, still broad but are now curved inward a bit, from the combination of old age and the weight of the pain he has been carrying for decades. Those are the shoulders that carried me around the house so that I would forget about my wounds whenever I would fall and injure my knees or elbows, a common and almost daily incident, when I was a super active child. His perfect shaped head, not too round and not too oblong, with very short white hair blending so well with his bald spot, is held in the palm of his left hand now, resting against the arm of the sofa. His eyebrows, still not completely white, are now in a tight knot. Those are the eyebrows my mom fell in love with. She said they resembled a pair of perfectly shapes swords. The swords are now engaged in a duel, frozen in horror and sadness. Unlike me, Dad is not staring at TV. Instead, his dark eyes are fixed at the patterns of the Persian carpet under his feet – the same patterns that taught me harmony, balance, color, and most importantly anticipation.
My dad when he was young with his sword-shape eyebrows
Persian Carpets
Pazyryk Carpet - Made in 5th century BC - Discovered in Pazyryk, Siberia.