I.

Of what faith shall I believe?
And of what truth shall I believe?
For faith benighted us all

Faith,
Yet another fairytale
For which we shall rise in betrayal

Of what faith shall I believe?

The father?
The son?
The pretentious spirit?

II.

Of what faith
And truth
Shall lead my way
And forgive
All my sins?

The power
Has blinded
The followers

III.

Of what faith shall I believe?
And of what truth shall I believe?
Of what path shall I take?
To cleanse my filthy soul
And my jar of vices

Of what faith shall I believe?

The father?
The son?
And the secular spirit?

IV.

Of what faith shall end my suffering?

The tongue
That spite
The misconstrued
The tongue
That scorned
The Almighty

Of what faith shall cleanse my filthy soul
And end my suffering?

V.

And yet you
Preached to me
The coveted lies
And hid the truth
From I
And damned me
The blasphemous one

Of what faith
Shall lead my way
And rekindle
The lost hope

The blind
Will be
Forever
Blind

(c) Fariza Strömblad
January 2012.
-edited: April 2012.

without fear
I will dance
with death
in dissolution
without fear
I see death
in the eyes
and embrace
my desolation

(c) Fariza Strömblad
April 2012

dot-tiff:

From: Sashi

A book design project.
We collaborated with fellow designer Tushaara Paul to work on a book written by Caitlin Siew, an art therapy student from LASALLE College of the Arts.

.TiFF are Dixon Leow, Fariza Stromblad and Fizzy.

Killer Chopsticks

Interpreting of given text (Killer Chopsticks by Mak Mun San) through visuals using various image making techniques.

I also wrote a short poetry in response to the text to better support the visuals.

Photography, poetry, concept & design by: Fariza Stromblad

fading light in the distance
fading in the decaying silence
witness the golden streams of tarnished dreams
and the pain that drowned me in my sleep
see the midnight wolves crying
and the seasons freezing
the blackened sun dawning the horizon
shattering every hope existed
fading in the distance
disappearing in the ether
shadows painting over
never waking me from my sleep

(c) Fariza Strömblad
March 2012

and it will go on
bleeding from every pores
into the grounds you lay
forever
motionless
in a world full of darkness
showered by tears
and unwritten apologies

and we’ll meet again
when the earth
and sea collide


(c) Fariza Strömblad
February 2012

No words to speak
No tears to cry
A heart that breaks
Into a million pieces
Set a drift
In grief

May the pain ends
For you my dear
Set your essence free
Away from all the world’s
Hatred and misery

This heart aches for your loss
Like needles in flames
Burning to embers
Devoured in flames

But I hope the pain ends
For you my dear
Set your spirit free
Away from all your
Trials and misery


(c) Fariza Strömblad
February 2012
rest in peace, grandpa. :’(

and what good will
an apology make
without sincerity
condolences sent will
never be enough
to bury the
hurt

for by those
apologetic words
and the knife that
destroyed all my remains
shall be the
mechanisms of men
in a desperate attempt to
seal up his
guilt

(c) Fariza Strömblad
January 2012

Trust,
Nothing but an empty vessel
Made to be broken

Trust,
Sitting on the fences
Of nerves disconnected

Trust,
A broken vessel
Of never-ending hurt

Trust,
Devouring all the pain
Inflicted upon its prey

Yet I entrust you
With all my tainted innocence
To inflict pain upon me

(c) Fariza Strömblad
January 2012

How Soon Is Now?
A typography homage to The Smiths.

One of the best bands in the world. Period.

You can now purchase this as an art print, as well as iphone skins on Society6.
[link]

(c) Fariza Strömblad

dot-tiff:

Sinful 7.
The very first project done by .TiFF

About the project: Our eating personalities may be adversely affected by the amount of junk food we harped on each day. Thus, leading to the rise of consumerism. Feeding off of consumerism, an ugly and sinful corporate war was established between leading fast food chains to win the hearts of the patrons.

.TiFF are Dixon Leow, Fariza Strömblad and Fizzy.
All illustrations, packaging design & concept (c) .TiFF

Interested in purchasing a copy? Please contact us directly at thedottifftrio@gmail.com

Old Pain.
Charcoal on paper.
I did this on 1st Jan 2012. First drawing of the new year, woop!


(c) Fariza Strömblad

happythreesixfive:

Word of the day: German.

Inspired by the German session we had today. Fun fact: We met at a German language course some time in 2009 so what better way to celebrate our friendship than to tribute our Day 2 of Happy 365 to German! That is the picture of the inside cover of Rammstein’s Rosenrot album.

xoxo,
Fariza S.

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happythreesixfive:

Word of the day: Hobby.

The picture only shows half of my stash of drawings. I have more lying around the room… somewhere. I love exploring with various drawing mediums like pencil, charcoal, pen and ink. I started drawing in my late teens as a way to tackle depression and now it has turned into a hobby, eventually landing me in an art school where I am currently studying. The process of drawing makes me calm and the satisfaction I gather is indescribable.

xoxo,
Fariza S.

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My side-project with my mate Dora.
Coming soon! 

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