'Hold the excess of your tangles, it is the humble spring of love'
Art finds our happiness, unknowingly and unexpectedly. The air rings with a flavour of familiar taste, resembling life that releases life into us.
This season we subtly tread these beautiful stories of discovery and self-love, this time we journey into our insides.
We met five women during our exploration of one of the largest art festivals in Asia, (Kochi Muziris Biennale 2018-2019) and weighed their stories of what got them there, their first memories of witnessing art and why it has aroused them.
- The Third Floor Clothing by Saloni Sakaria
"My first memory of art is
when I was 13 years old, I was living in Bahrain, and I went to this palace. It was like a kingdom, which is now converted into a museum. It's a museum of the Bahrain King's father, Late Amir. And the whole palace was adorned with things that belonged to him, from his childhood till the day he died. What caught my eyes were the interiors of that place - the Arabic architecture, Turkish tiles, Arabic lanterns - Oh it was so beautiful! I remember that. That was the first time I could call Art."
- Alka Meriam Varghese
"My earliest memory of art is
this drawing which I made in kindergarten, and it was a circus themed drawing. I just loved it. That was my favourite drawing that I ever made, because there were so many different characters, and they were all so goofy and funny, and they looked like they didn't care about the world in that moment. They were just having a lot of fun. And I've taken that on life.
Be who you are, don't care about what others think, and just have a ball of a time, always."
- Arya Menon
"I think it's tough to place the first memory of art
I have, although, getting my hands on water colours gave me a realisation that colours will go on to anything I put them on - a piece of paper & the surface beneath, the walls, or my skin; it was a realisation that art is infinite, that's what stayed!" -
Toshada Uma
“My first memory of art is
when I’d go to monasteries and look at all these wonderfully done paintings on the walls, the murals, and the thankas, and it allowed for space for people to step out of the daily chaos in their lives and just get lost in these meditative works. And since there are no big galleries or museums for people to experience works of art, monasteries become a very important space for people to find that peace and solace and happiness, that space where they can actually find meaning in art.” – AQUI THAMI
"My first memory of art,
I guess, is when I found an Amy Winehouse CD on the floor at the end of my driveway, which is in the middle of nowhere, so it's a fairly random place to find a CD. Anyway I took it home and I listened to this album that I had never heard of before, and I was totally amazed by how she used her voice and her melodies, and it started this fire in me, and encouraged my already growing desire to sing. Looking back, it was moment of big inspiration to me, as I continued to create my own art and my music." - Rosey PM
Photographs & Cinematography by Yash Yeri | Concept & Styling: Niyati Hirani | Video Editing by Girish Balakrishnan |
Music by Left Finger Moon (Sa Dingding Score) | Feat. Rosey PM, Arya Menon, Aqui Thami, Alka Meriam, Toshada Uma