I was sorting out paperwork and notebooks with my morning cuppa when I came across an old sketchbook with an unfinished doodle of an elephant. Should I have kept sorting the shelf or should I have stopped everything to finish the sketch? You can guess the answer! 😉 I wasn’t born in India and I have lived many more years away from India than in. But I feel my connection to art and culture of the country is much more heartfelt than genetic! The richness of the Indian arts is quite unparalleled and I feel utmost gratitude that my work is influenced by it on a deeply personal level. Since the elephant is such a revered creature in India, I decided to go full blown Indian this Sunday morning! 🐘✨ Madhubani, Pattachitra, Kalamkari – no not tongue twisters- but some of the very many folk arts that form the rich cultural heritage of India. 🇮🇳 Maybe it was the warm and fuzzy feeling reconnecting with my childhood or maybe it was the bright sunshine through my window, but my morning cuppa never tasted this good! ☕️ If only all Sundays could be like this…..💖
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We are rewriting history and exposing stark and uncomfortable truths. We have taken down statues. Who will we replace them with? If at all?Now what……?
Elephant Sketch
I was sorting out paperwork and notebooks with my morning cuppa when I came across an old sketchbook with an unfinished doodle of an elephant. Should I have kept sorting the shelf or should I have stopped everything to finish the sketch? You can guess the answer! 😉
I wasn’t born in India and I have lived many more years away from India than in. But I feel my connection to art and culture of the country is much more heartfelt than genetic! The richness of the Indian arts is quite unparalleled and I feel utmost gratitude that my work is influenced by it on a deeply personal level. Since the elephant is such a revered creature in India, I decided to go full blown Indian this Sunday morning! 🐘✨
Madhubani, Pattachitra, Kalamkari – no not tongue twisters- but some of the very many folk arts that form the rich cultural heritage of India. 🇮🇳
Maybe it was the warm and fuzzy feeling reconnecting with my childhood or maybe it was the bright sunshine through my window, but my morning cuppa never tasted this good! ☕️
If only all Sundays could be like this…..💖
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