

Analysis Paralysis
Many ask questions like, ‘do you think about an idea before you paint,’ or ‘what inspires you?’ The most common one is, ‘how long will...


Spiral Time
There is evidence that speakers of Aymara of the high Andes, now in Bolivia and Peru, think of time differently than everyone else in the...


Enter and Transform
Here is an earlier draft of a concept note for a past solo show called 'Entrances', which I did in Irving Arts Center, Texas US, in 2007....


Water Striders
Water striders are able to walk on water. They use the surface tension of water and their long, hydrophobic legs to help them stay above....


Cultural Humility
There was a talk by Okwui Enwezor, an eminent writer, curator and artistic director of Venice Biennale 2015, who was in town for the...


ObjeKt-Mundane
I curated a group show of four artists in February 2014 at the Durbar Hall in Kochi, south of India. Its a great gallery space of...


Communication
I had a long conversation with a Canadian art teacher who was visiting India last month, on conceptual art and art education now. It is...


Bore-dom?
Once I asked a boy, when he complained that he was bored,” what is boredom?” He obviously was not interested in an analytical discussion...


Seeing the invisible
In my early school years I had to walk three miles to school in the morning and return every day. There were no school buses. The big...


LOL!
I saw a man fishing at the lake last Sunday. As I was watching, he caught a fish. He released it from the hook and let it go back to the...