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My Year of Spirituality

My year of spirituality{Last year I suddenly realized that I was doing well in most respects of life except one. Of course I did what any self-respecting hipster would do: promptly download a meditation app and a couple of spirituality podcasts. And I thought: Yay! I will be spiritual by the end of the year. It’s amazing how these things happen – my friend Indira sent me a spirituality book out of the blue. “The Places That Scare You” by Pema Chödrön. I knew it! The universe really wanted me to be spiritual! And then something happened. I got pregnant! After the initial disbelief, I must say that it was this most commonplace phenomenon that really helped to open my eyes and perceive the wonderful, magical, beauty of creation. Anteater: God you can’t attribute everything to pregnancy – I still believe that the iPhone is the surest path to spirituality.”}

And yes I had my son earlier this year and we have both survived his early life.

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Counting my blessings

Really appreciating all my wonderful friends today:

Jonak, Rukminee, Nityan in Old Friends

Atul Joshi in The big Joshi

Sharat Chandra Parsa in The one and only Parsa

Hanna Olson in False Representations

Sketching in the sun

Åste Laberg in Åste’s shoes

Aaron Mullane & Katrina

All the drawings made while hanging out with Katrina – Cafe Simpan | Fed by the chef | Spring

Swedish Bingo Ladies with Katrina and Åste

An afternoon at Katrina’s with Åste & Katrina

Channeling the girls

Prashant

And the ones that are not in drawings – Ananya, Jedi, Uma.

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You can’t keep acid…and other stories

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We went to see Nalini Malani – A Retrospective. I found it surprisingly thought-provoking. The pieces exhibited in the hall where the Wedding Dress was displayed were the ones that resonated the most with me. Listening to Shades was nice as well.

Next was a group show called Is That What You Think. Some of the pieces were interesting – because you really could figure out the narrative behind the artwork if you try. Like the piece by Vivan Sundaram which didn’t make sense at a cursory glance, but as I moved around the room I really began to open up to the feelings that the artist might have wanted to express. One – a piece of video art showing rolling waves was a transporting experience though I didn’t really understand it.  Lightning Testimonies was an interesting way to watch the films, and that’s not the least of it. (And by the way if you want to see the drawing larger just double click on it – and then remember to return to this post!)

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And here’s a page from a personal journal – I got this beautiful Dreamvilla postcard from Rukminee.May1511

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