Featured Artwork by André Letria When they met, he was visiting her hometown. She had left the city of old forts, dust pink skies, giant roads and dry hills. He still lived there. They had one thing in common besides a shared city – cloudy grey skies in place of a heart. Neither knew about … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Writing
Sartre, Dostoyevsky & Chai
Jean-Paul Sartre says that humans live in a constant state of abandonment and anguish. You are what you are and not what you are not, but you can choose to be what you are not by not being who you are. It’s the simplicity of existence & the undying need to hold yourself accountable. While … Continue reading
Send me your sky, I’ll send you mine
Featured Image by Vijay Sarathy I’ll send you my sky framed in the pixels of my phone, and you send me yours, promise me that you will, so that we can try to find the same details in both the pictures like it’s a puzzle from kindergarten. I want to know which cloud is from … Continue reading
Afloat
Featured Artwork by Ellen Von Wiegand In January of 2020, I took a week off from college because I couldn’t get out of bed. I would eat junk food all day, feel sorry for myself and pretend to sleep when my flatmates came over to talk. I missed several deadlines for … Continue reading
The Material Series: Part 3
Part 3: The Self and Relationships “People leave traces of themselves where they feel most comfortable, most worthwhile.” … Continue reading
The Material Series: Part 2
Part 2: Mental Health and Self Care “Ten times a day something happens to me like this – some strengthening throb of amazement – some good sweet empathic ping and swell. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness.” … Continue reading
The Material Series: Part 1
Part 1: The Pandemic The pieces of our material worlds, the nestling of our identities sewn into their seams — shift, turn and transform in significant ways with each turn of change in our lives. It has then, perhaps, not been unsurprising to observe that elements of our material realm have developed into new meanings; … Continue reading
Journaling Days
Featured artwork by Darren Thompson Right from the beginning of my entrance coaching debacle, I knew I would not end up as a doctor. In no time, I became a ‘poor performer’. Sixteen and jailed at the school hostel, I walked with my hands stuck like an adhesive over my eyes to avoid seeing the … Continue reading
Boxes
Over the years I have managed to fill over 9 journals; a testament to my growth and my life experiences. I try not to restrict myself to a specific art style or a medium because for me every medium is a different mode of expression. I started using ball pens because I somehow correlated the … Continue reading
A Journey of the Mind to Nothing-ness
These digital collages revolve around the theme of how we allow the mind to keeps us busy by making our own little universe, with our identities and beliefs, which only leads us away from the existential reality. It is also about our true self which tries to find its voice to guide us to that which matters … Continue reading