Power Outage – Once A Way Of Life
“Is there anything in this place that works without power?” she shouts, exasperation lining her voice. “Didn’t we have a rechargeable lamp or something?”
Digital Aesthetics – An Ever-Evolving Art Form
The Girlboss aesthetic, at its zenith between late 2014 and 2019, was easily identifiable across social media, owing to its pastel pink moodboards, gold-tainted and bold-lettered slogans that declared, “you can do it” and collages of women clad in blazers
Daily Walks Despite, With and For Children
Life at home with small children can be equal parts wondrous and suffocating. The need to escape the four walls of our living room, which feel as though they are closing in on us, often overwhelms me.
Why Crafts Matter – The Grounding Tactile Effects
Why? What is it about crafts that makes them relaxing? One common answer today is that they provide a form of mindfulness: the practice of focusing on the now.
“Is there anything in this place that works without power?” she shouts, exasperation lining her voice. “Didn’t we have a rechargeable lamp or something?”
The Girlboss aesthetic, at its zenith between late 2014 and 2019, was easily identifiable across social media, owing to its pastel pink moodboards, gold-tainted and bold-lettered slogans that declared, “you can do it” and collages of women clad in blazers
Life at home with small children can be equal parts wondrous and suffocating. The need to escape the four walls of our living room, which feel as though they are closing in on us, often overwhelms me.
Why? What is it about crafts that makes them relaxing? One common answer today is that they provide a form of mindfulness: the practice of focusing on the now.
A Londoner’s Allotment of Life in Earth – Growing your own food
When I think of a garden, I think of a sanctuary. Somewhere to sink into when feeling unmoored. When I think of an allotment, it feels more exposed. Sociable, sure. But too far from home to fit into the comfort bubble.
Would ChatGPT have an Ego?
would AI have an ego, and why does it matter? So far, we see that the AI writers are sharp, wisecracking smooth talkers. Sometimes they send a chill down our spine with unexpected human-like empathy, even faking human imperfections.
City Street with A View
Who owns the city streets? The cars? The traffic cones? The cables? The sprawling stalls? The cows? The ditches? The bollards? Cities are unique in their context, and so are their streets. The strips of…
When I think of a garden, I think of a sanctuary. Somewhere to sink into when feeling unmoored. When I think of an allotment, it feels more exposed. Sociable, sure. But too far from home to fit into the comfort bubble.
would AI have an ego, and why does it matter? So far, we see that the AI writers are sharp, wisecracking smooth talkers. Sometimes they send a chill down our spine with unexpected human-like empathy, even faking human imperfections.
Who owns the city streets? The cars? The traffic cones? The cables? The sprawling stalls? The cows? The ditches? The bollards? Cities are unique in their context, and so are their streets. The strips of…
AI wrote for me, and I am bored
Language is as straight as the highway only minus the sun and the wind. It is simple, it is straightforward, and it is pathologically boring. My interest wholesomely halves.
Hey Google! – Writing for Your Attention
Is there any way to tell the story you want to, in your own words? How do you stop your unique language and style, your singular voice getting stifled by the hashtags and trends?
Reading is the Antithesis of AI writing
Without relating, comparing, analyzing, recreating, and vicariously experiencing the nuances of the text offered to you by the author how could the act of reading be complete?
How to Read Instructions for Dummies
Reading is a habit. You read everything, every line of the electricity bill too. And the currency bill too. As the chocolate melts in your mouth, you read the packaging. You know all the store locations because they mentioned it on the carry bag. You know the warnings that come home with a pack of superglue.
Language is as straight as the highway only minus the sun and the wind. It is simple, it is straightforward, and it is pathologically boring. My interest wholesomely halves.
Is there any way to tell the story you want to, in your own words? How do you stop your unique language and style, your singular voice getting stifled by the hashtags and trends?
Without relating, comparing, analyzing, recreating, and vicariously experiencing the nuances of the text offered to you by the author how could the act of reading be complete?
Reading is a habit. You read everything, every line of the electricity bill too. And the currency bill too. As the chocolate melts in your mouth, you read the packaging. You know all the store locations because they mentioned it on the carry bag. You know the warnings that come home with a pack of superglue.
Houseplants – Art of caring for something silent and still
Every memory I have is adorned with the plants that grew alongside it. The hibiscus-lined driveway of my childhood home, beaming with cotton candy pinks…
Our Transformed Maximalist Homes – Now What?
There is comfort to be found in clutter. A reassurance in the busyness: proof of people, of a life well lived, of objects treasured. Over the last few years…
As Art Becomes More Inclusive Through the Individual Everyday Expressions
By directing the reader’s attention to the mundane, TDLM throws light on art in its entirety, binding the concept thematically around the ideas of time, space and people–which are central to what everybody’s every day is really about.
NFTs influencing Gen z’s idea of art?
Navigating the territory of the art world is a motivational experience. Art exhibitions throughout history have been the pictorial panacea for one’s emotive convalescence. However, the design of these…
Every memory I have is adorned with the plants that grew alongside it. The hibiscus-lined driveway of my childhood home, beaming with cotton candy pinks…
There is comfort to be found in clutter. A reassurance in the busyness: proof of people, of a life well lived, of objects treasured. Over the last few years…
By directing the reader’s attention to the mundane, TDLM throws light on art in its entirety, binding the concept thematically around the ideas of time, space and people–which are central to what everybody’s every day is really about.
Navigating the territory of the art world is a motivational experience. Art exhibitions throughout history have been the pictorial panacea for one’s emotive convalescence. However, the design of these…
Windows to the World Inside – How we View Them
We took an essential architectural feature and turned it into a language. Windows are not just windows; they are stories, philosophies, and rewards. In a screen-lined…
Libraries in crisis, we forgot about them and now want to save them
On one fine spring afternoon in my second year of freshman, I vowed never to enter a library again. Standing in my place some hundred years ago,…
K-pop – A Culture Technology
The motifs of Korean culture are the cynosure of transcultural audiences in cyberspace, and beyond, in the contemporary entertainment milieu. The Hallyu (Korean) wave, a reference to the formidable,..
We took an essential architectural feature and turned it into a language. Windows are not just windows; they are stories, philosophies, and rewards. In a screen-lined…
On one fine spring afternoon in my second year of freshman, I vowed never to enter a library again. Standing in my place some hundred years ago,…
The motifs of Korean culture are the cynosure of transcultural audiences in cyberspace, and beyond, in the contemporary entertainment milieu. The Hallyu (Korean) wave, a reference to the formidable,..
Design Thinking (DT) in Community Engagement and Trust Building – Case study on ‘Constructing Homelands’ Project
Shared Humanity in Urban Art Mural – Case study on ‘We Are’ Project
Urban Facelift to older localities through Mural Art Trails – Case study on ‘Malleshwaram Hogona’ Project
Experiments with natural colors to introduce tribal children to Art – A case study on Kerala’s ‘Karimbu’ Art Project
Constructing Homelandsis a collaborative project that seeks to engage with migrant women (who are active collaborators in this project) working in the informal sector within…
‘We Are’, the longest panoramic mural in India, located in Chennai Tamil Nadu, spreads the message of shared humanity and depicts portraits of people with or without AIDS…
Conservancy lanes which are generally found in the old, planned localities of Bangalore, run parallel to the main roads. These lanes are remnants of…
‘Karimbu’ project, a visual arts camp, was initiated by the artists of Trespassers under the leadership of the State Forest Development Agency of Kerala for the education of Art among the tribal…
