This week has not been good news, health-wise. I was hit by a nasty bout of insomnia, and got only 20 minutes of sleep on Friday night. That derailed the next few days entirely. And just when I began to recover, an annoying tooth ache reared its head.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
1.
Last Wednesday, Purneetha, Harshay, Amber and I spent an afternoon making things together. I convinced them all to try out my latest obsession — LEGO letterpress — and they were all so ingenious and creative with what they tried. Purneetha selectively printed plain origami paper to make birds with; Harshay made a glitchy looking monogram; and Amber reduced the spirit of the Chrysler Building into the limited blocks we had. Make art with your friends, I can’t recommend it enough!
2.
I spent a lot of my otherwise free time in the week preparing for my guest lecture for the Latin Two programme at Practica, which was supposed to be yesterday. As it turned out there was a mix-up at their end, and the lecture is actually in March. At least I’m ready for next month, and won’t be scrambling in the days running up to it.
3.
On the weekend, Amber and I went to see Jasjyot Singh Hans’s exhibition, Sit Properly, at Pulp Society, and it was fantastic. Jasjyot was there himself, live drawing. He was incredibly kind and soft-spoken, and so generous with conversation. The same day I also dropped off a small consignment of India Street Lettering zines at The Bookshop Inc.
4.
The highlight of the week, perhaps, was the tour that Amber gave me inside Tara Apartments, a housing complex designed by Charles Correa that sits in the heart of Delhi. Amber had spent some time in a family home there when he was younger, and I loved hearing his stories, as much as I enjoyed getting a closer look at this Correa masterpiece.
