Art makes me create so many different ways to see the world, see myself. Every piece I have made is a different set of eyes to see through.
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Art which makes me make words used in everyday life convert themselves into symbols with meanings only I know. Art that, hence, makes me retype my story in ways not poisoned by the stresses and judgement of the world. I like to write the truth in any and all forms; letters, plays, poetry. I like use Any medium: movement, painting, and any that I can learn to make those symbols; those symbols with meanings to show the narrative the world creates about me, to show that world what I truly am.
Where do you find inspiration?The life I live is more than enough. people walking around me. The way they speak. How they think; I like creating thought mind maps of people close to me; I like making a thought mindmap of my own. Images of objects used as words with meanings in language: hearts, brains, pillars, forks, lions, trains; ands these as characters in my poetry and paintings. People I love, things they love. people's quirks in the way they talk. Artists and their hearts.
What would you do with $25,000?oof. I would save it from the whims of America until I knew what to do with it and was fully sure it was gonna help the world in some way. right now, what comes to mind is I would use it to build a space for children below the poverty line in Rajkot, my hometown in India to be able to explore their mind to build a place for themselves beyond the brutality and expectation of the trauma-led Indian narrative, and the cruelty of the world.
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