Day 4
where are you from
Day 5
take a seat
Day 6
not today
Day 7
Mother's Day
Day 8
how are you
Day 9
be a good girl
Day 10
person of colour
Day 11
positive self-talk
Day 12
take care
Day 13
victim mode
Day 14
face washing
Day 15
your expectations
Day 16
only child
Day 17
stained since birth
Day 18
subtle caste system
Day 19
disappearing act
Day 20
morning meditations
Day 21
three mothers
Day 22
degrees of attention
Day 23
silent target
Day 24
breath(e)
Day 25
inviting ribbons
Day 26
get out of my life
Day 27
happily ever after
Day 35
tied down
Day 36
one step at a time
Day 37
coulda woulda shoulda
40 days & 40 nights
Daily self portraits of an artist: struggling with trans-generational trauma, fragmented memories, distorted identity, contrasting sociocultural norms, and responding to current existential crises... here is my every day
(1) The number 40 signifies “a long time” symbolically (2) in Judaism it represents a period of probation, trial and chastisement (3) in biblical terms it means revival and new beginning (4) in many cases it talks about a fasting and being in the desert (5) it typically takes 40 weeks for human pregnancy from beginning ‘til end (6) -40 degrees is the only time Celsius and Fahrenheit scales correspond (7) it is the only number written in alphabetical order (8) during the bubonic plague ships would be isolated for 40 days before passengers could go ashore (9) Italian for forty is “quarenta” hence “quarentine”...
all of these meanings were contemplated and relevant during the last 40 days and 40 nights during pandemic lockdown.
Day 39
lazy days
Day 40
time to say