Everybody’s Got a Story by Heather WardellMy rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve gotten used to thinking of galley reads as less than perfect in some way, since they aren’t quite the finished product. ‘Everybody’s Got A Story’ was a pleasant surprise in that sense, because I read a pre-release…
I love Warli so much, how could I not do this? We can all be dancers!
Everyone’s just another pixel in the collage till you boil them down to their #BlackandWhite stories. I’ve heard people say that Black-and-white is the better form of photography. As a colour lover, I resisted this for a long time. I still enjoy vibrancy but I’m beginning to see how colour…
A Van Gogh on a bottle
Western feminism talks about the infantalisation of women. Childish behaviour is rewarded, glorified and in some cases, forcibly attributed too. I think the Indian counterpart is a bit different – but there is an Indian counterpart. The Indian culture, across states idolizes the Plain Jane. In general conversations among my…
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This time I tried a shaded effect (which is a lot harder on a curved glass surface than on a flat fabric or paper one!). The design didn’t lend itself to black borders, which I realised later is a major factor in making bottle art stand out. Lesson learnt. Still,…
The middle of the night feels slightly hysteric. Since late night TV and corporate lifestyles, midnight is what 8:30 p.m. probably was to the generations before. ‘Twilight’ has been co-opted by a low-grade teen horror tale. You’re lying awake at 4:12 in the morning. You dreamt of a guy you…
A book about pirates and kids.
Conversations are full of many things – agenda, anxiety, entertainment, learning. But the quality of empathy elevates it.