She published two books of modern poetry and wrote political articles and investigative reports in Los Angeles, covering controversial issues. Again receiving criticism from the Persian male population, Afshar redirected her vision through the medium of art. Afshar promotes unity and humanism and feels everyone should be recognized for his or her achievements, whatever the race, color or sex. She believes the soul of a painter is registered in each painting, transferred through the heart, brain, fingers, and brush. Her paintings reveal many depths that touch the viewer and with a snowball effect transcend him to a broader, social level.
Art is like light in the dark tunnel of everyone's soul.
It's fragile and fulfilling, and if you know and touch art, you can reach out, open your mind, turn away from selfishness, look for the common good, take responsibility and make the right social and political decisions. Each of her paintings is an outpouring of herself. A look at 60 paintings appear to be from 60 different artists. My art is words of poetry transformed into brush strokes. She seeks to achieve unity through harmonizing many varieties and shades of color.