BRATTLEBORO — German physicist Werner Heisenberg might've been speaking of justice when he theorized his uncertainty principle, stating that whenever we observe something, there is a state of limited knowledge where it is impossible to exactly describe something or how it might behave under different circumstances. One Afghan refugee and artist is hoping to bridge that gap in the way different people understand the concept of justice by talking to high school students and creating murals to represent those discussions. "It has been a collaborative process and also a learning process for me and also for for the students," said Negina Azimi, an artist who fled her homeland in 2021 when the Taliban regained control.
She was first a refugee in Albania before coming to Brattleboro through a resettlement program with the Ethiopian Community Development Council. "I enjoy every time that I go to the schools because I'm also bringing my skills, my culture, my ideas, and also I'm getting more of their ideas." Azimi is a member of the ArtLords, a group of Afghans who painted murals in their home country.
When the Taliban took over, the murals were painted over and many of the ArtLords had to flee. "The students wanted me to talk about the justice and my experience about the justice in my country," she said. Azimi and the students at Dummerston Elementary, Bellows Falls Union High School, and Leland & Gray Union Middle High School have been brought together by the Greater Falls Justice.
