Feb 151 minFarmers' ProtestMy people are hurting They are dying Said my aching heart. Where is our home It cried. Here Breathed the wind As the sun wrapped its arms...
May 12, 20201 minStill I Rise - Maya Angelou"You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise. Does ...
Apr 18, 20204 minCOVIDAt this time last year, 'pandemic' was a word confined to textbooks and novels. Today, however, it is very much our collective reality. A...
Mar 8, 20181 minStrengthToday on International Women’s Day, I think of my mom and her quiet, persistent strength. Moving to the a new country, raising a kid (me)...
Dec 17, 20161 minChardi KalaIn Sikh philosophy, there is a powerful concept called Chardi Kala. It means 'relentless optimism'. In the face of adversity, we can refu...
Apr 16, 20151 minSymphony"...Maybe all this chaos is really a symphony the city composed just for us; An ode to the lighthouses glimmering in our eyes; A timeless...
Feb 3, 20151 minNo ComplaintsWe appreciate the beauty of flowers, but the green thing holding the whole flower up in the first place goes unnoticed. But it is strong ...
Mar 31, 20141 minCharcoal RainMy sister is 12, and to her I quote the wisdom of the great Taylor Swift: "Oh darling, don't you ever grow up". Because when you do, ther...
Feb 17, 20141 minShadingA little while ago my sister Mehr told me I should do a pencil sketch again, and since she's the boss, I of course had to listen to her. ...
Jan 23, 20141 minChitown ScratchboardIn my first college art class 2 years ago, I was introduced to scratchboard. Scratchboard is basically a black sheet of what appears to b...
Jan 4, 20141 minLandscape StudiesIsabelle Dupuy, my favorite artist (here's her site), paints quite a lot of landscapes. I first saw her work in an art gallery in the Fre...
Nov 20, 20131 minAcrylic FloralI'm taking a painting class this semester- my first one! Thus far, we have done all of our work with acrylic paints, since they dry faste...
Oct 15, 20132 min A Tale of Two WorldsOccasionally (but never revealing more than a little at a time) my mom tells me a story of what it was like to start her life over in thi...
Aug 24, 20132 minReady for Junior YearI came back to school last Saturday and moved into my new place with 4 new suite mates and my own (air-conditioned!) room. I'm pretty par...
Aug 1, 20131 minWatercolor PoppiesI left most of my art stuff in Cleveland when I came home for the summer... not very smart of me. But it was an excuse to make a trip dow...
Jul 17, 20131 minTaliahttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/16/talia-joy-castellano-dead_n_3606118.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular Today I ran into this video (lin...
Jul 14, 20131 minWoohoooo FinallyI've been thinking of making a site for a long time but never got around to actually doing it. BUT yesterday night on a complete whim (an...