He reminded me of the remarkable ancient Fayum portraits, which I learned about at art school in Greece. Another student from the Aegean Center for Fine Arts has written more here:
http://aegeancenter.wordpress.com/2009/03/16/student-post-the-fayum-portraits/
I was always fascinated by the thought of how ancient people looked.
The answer of course is that they looked like us.
Kashmir is the old world.
I am glad I got there to see the Kashmiri aesthetic before it all changes.
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