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Got a long checklist for the Christmas break, from home chores to research work, and then I did something which wasn’t on the checklist. This painting, some Persian classical music and I in solitude for 8 hours. Here what I have at the end. The whole process was like self-therapy 😍 I wanted to do this since I got to watch an indigenous elder drawing this style with absolute concentration at Uluru. The colours I chose to represent the flag of indigenous people in Australia, honouring our memories of the Uluru journey 🙏🏻

An amateur art, done on the old booster to reuse it in the library, inspired by the aboriginal artwork. Red represents resistance and yellow represents hope. To all the lives we lost in the battle against all shapes of oppression....we remember, we resist! 🎨 #mullivaikalmassacre #may18

Collecting seashells was my childhood hobby. It is still. The only thing that has changed is the way I see the seashells. In my childhood, they were mere ornaments. The last time when I was at Brighton beach, I went on collecting them with Kumaran. I brought them home and sat looking at them for a while. Each of them seemed unique. They looked like they had a story to say. They had a life before. They had a journey I never bothered to know. They were the messengers of oceans. I was at Altona beach last week. It was smelly, the colour of the water has changed, no seashells around, but I found bits of plastic. Not a surprise, it is closer to the industrial area. Here I have put together those seashells and bits of plastic together on my painting to remind me again that ocean lives matter. 

On the left, 'Colors of Chaos', on the right, 'Colors of Calmness', and in between, 'Life of Us'. Those who know me well can point out which side of the 'Life of Us' canvas represents me 😜 There is no straightforward 'happily ever after' like they say. Married life takes understanding, patience and continuous adjustments besides love as we both learn to live together. Make lots of mess and say peace ✌