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Hawk was born in Lebanon in 1961. He moves to Canada in 1984. In 1988, he actively participates in various activities of the Diaspora related to the Movement of Artsakh. It is at this moment that Hrair becomes profoundly and permanently aware of his roots, his origins, his Armenian national identity. First trip to Armenia, in 1992. Spiritually, he does not come back, ever again... Physically, from then on, he would go there every year, several times a year, often for extended stays. However, it is the year 1993 that marks the beginning of the second life of Hawk (this formal middle name - not a nickname -, Pazé en arménien, fits him perfectly). That year, he was told that he had terminal cancer, and that there was not much more time for him to live. The physicians actually told him that, within ten days, he would be dead. Hrair survived. And today, some eighteen years after that prognosis, he is in perfect health. This total healing, which could be qualified as miraculous, may be explained in part by his personal character. Dynamic, hyperactive, combative, determined, optimistic and constantly enthusiastic, Hrair was not one to let the disease defeat him. But what also saved him, was his Faith. Combined with his absolute worship of the Motherland. In his hospital room where, in a state of medical isolation, he was enduring terrible treatments which by themselves could kill a man, facing his bed, on the wall, there were: a cross and pictures. A few photographs of Armenia and Artsakh. It is by laying down fiercely, day after day, his fatally injured hawk eyes on that cross and on those pictures, that Paze successfully snatched himself from the jaws of death, to take flight and glide high again in the sky, toward his true destiny. Toward…Yergir. Ever since that crucial year, Hrair lives only for and by Armenia, Artsakh and all the fundamental references, values and fundamental benchmarks of the Armenian world. Against all reason, he abandoned all commercial aspects of his profession, closed his yet prosperous studio. Because he could not bear anymore to see his talent and passion for photography used for practical or monetary objectives. Perpetual traveler - but not a wanderer -, his wife Lena and their children - now young girls - Lori and Palig, often wait for his return, in their always welcoming and warm home, in a suburb of Montreal. They support him with pride, in what seems to be his eternal quest of that last and ultimate photo which does not exist ... Various sponsors, patrons of the arts, organisms, institutions and individual Armenian patriots contribute to the financial requirements of Hrair's numerous projects. For everything else, Hrair has also his own network of devoted friends, as well as particularly efficient contacts, in all areas necessary of his artistic, spiritual and patriotic activities, his mission, worldwide. Site web de l'auteur : www.hrairhawk.com/ |
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