Life has been chugging along, and I’m slowly getting psyched for bits of travel that are lined up for the next few weeks. As always, the changing weather has caught me by surprise, and I find myself confused about how to dress for it. I started drawing my daily outfits again after a months-long break. This always helps me think more clearly about my personal style, and comparing the drawings from this winter to those from a couple of years ago show a startling change in the silhouettes I am drawn to.
WHAT’S BEEN HAPPENING
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Last weekend was the Great Backyard Bird Count, and it was amazing to be out in nature on three out of four days — two evenings in the local park and a morning at Sunder Nursery — to do a spot of birdwatching. I saw the grey hornbill after ages, and it was only my second time spotting the Egyptian vulture on Saturday — so overall, very fun.
grey hornbill at sunder nursery, photographed over two years ago
2.
The trip to Sunder Nursery was for a proper picnic before it gets too warm. Amber and I invited my parents to come along. We ate some treats from the weekly market at the park, played cards, and drew each other’s portraits without looking at the paper. Afterwards, we went to The Bookshop Inc, our third trip in as many weeks. Call it third time lucky, but I finally picked up a couple of books. I also took some time to add the books we have purchased in the last fortnight to our database on Libib. On Tuesday, I started reading Epicurus’s Being Happy.
3.
I had another presentation for the design project I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. I got some solid, actionable feedback and I’ve already started working on changes. It has taken some time to get there, but I feel like I have some measure of flow when it comes to the project.
4.
Last Wednesday, which Purneetha christened Palentine’s Day, Amber and I hung out with her and Harshay — eating dose, drinking coffee and doing errands together.
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This week, my little talk at BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 04 was announced. The event, happening on March 2, is a day long marathon of conversation with people and about projects that are featured in the latest issue of Better Letters Magazine. I’ll be talking about India Street Lettering, and how I came around to making zines (and even a short film) out of the signs I’ve been documenting for over a decade.