Nabeel Basheer

I like people. I like being near them. I walk, and I look while I walk. I stop at tea shops. I run on the road in the mornings, on the days I want to and the days I do not. I cycle, and I take the bus or the train. When I get the chance, I go and lose myself in a city. I do not like crowds. I like being alone in one.

I am a student of science and I expect I always will be. I keep trying to understand art, which is slower going. I think most problems are design problems. I make things by hand, mostly screenprints. I cook for myself most days, but I love cooking in large batches, and more than that, I love watching people eat their fill. I am trying to write something worth keeping. It may take the rest of my life.

I admire people who make things, and people who sell things. Local markets, community events, small self-help groups. I admire companies that do the same, that give people honest work and look after them. Anyone whose work leaves others better off than it found them.