contentment and expression for all
This is the story of how I went from launching The Shrinking Couch as an experiment, to really believing in it. In starting The Shrinking Couch, I had thought that many people would want to write, to contribute, to share their stories. I was wrong. Some people did, but they needed a lot of convincing. … Continue reading From Experiment to Belief: What ‘The Shrinking Couch’ Taught Me So Far
I often admired these precise lines and curves that were being shared on a craft group. They looked so inviting and psychedelic yet gleamed of a calm. I learnt that this art form was called Zentangle. Zentangle is an art form that uses a lot of different patterns, some that even appear to be three-dimensional. … Continue reading Zentangling: Ice Cream for Mindpain
These used to be on my instagram (shock, horror) This morning, a friend reminded me to be, and I always wanted to do a photoessay wall art by Lothika Jha Tara Tara runs this venture, and eats coffee. — Submit your expression to us at mirrorworkss@gmail.com with a short bio + picture + relevant contact … Continue reading Ways of Be-ing
you know i dont think being happy is about figuring out the big things damn, son its about how you wake up in the morning the tone you set for your day how quickly you shake off ennui, drown it in coffee and a hot bath agarbattis and meditation dance music and the ride to … Continue reading the little things
Sreeja Basu Sreeja studied communication design at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, with a special interest in sexuality studies. She is currently in the liberal arts postgraduation programme with the Young India Fellowship at Ashoka University, Delhi. Her career aim is to blend design thinking and sex education in schools. She enjoys illustrating, … Continue reading Twenty Two: A Graphic Novel
I haven’t been sleeping well for a few weeks. I’ve also had a dry cough – messed up throat chakra – and have been meeting a new person off of Tinder every day. Last night’s terrible under-washed date finally tipped it for me. Something in my open relationship wasn’t doing it, or I wouldn’t be … Continue reading Navigating Open Relationships
We’ve all done it, we’ve all hated it and we’ve probably all avoided it as much as we would an advised colonoscopy. Today, I am looking at three different file types that have to all be converted to the same format and then merged before being sent off to our unholy printers in Singapore and/or … Continue reading Mule Work
(My edit – Professional Advice for Everyone because we are all sensitive, whether we can acknowledge it or not) If you’re reading this, let’s face it you’ve been told to “suck it up” before. In the professional realm there is very little room for heightened feelings unless your professional realm IS feelings–the arts are probably … Continue reading Professional Advice for the Emotionally Sensitive
Oo the mighty zah-aur, you are the land of love, the enlightenment wave, the sea that touched the sky.. Thank you for your blessings.. Opening the heart.. Let the air in and out.. Opening the third eye.. Make us see the purest love and what it is about.. Opening the magic ears. To hear.. To … Continue reading A Prayer to an Imaginary God in an Imaginary Land
The diagnosis of bi-polar disorder or even a diagnosis of borderline personality ^disorder^ rather than personality structure does not resonate with me at all. At Ambedkar University, we are partial to a depth approach to psychic pain – meaning that we see the symptom as a clue/communication to “personal”, familial and cultural psychic pain and pathology. We attempt, … Continue reading Borderland
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