Written on Water

Inspired from Keats epitaph%u2026.Here lays one whose name was writ on water.

This is an absolute definite!

We all long for certain positivity to be there in our lives, and we constantly work on it, just to set things in a pleasant state. It is in a constant flux, outside and inside. Let's not deny that we all are living in times that are dark in hue. This instability and impermanence that we negotiate in everyday life has become a way to remind ourselves that this may be the only instance left for us to greet each other, and move further with our lives. When we do art, we speak about life, from history, and present times, foreseeing a future that isn't certain. The recent past "was" about "finding truth'' and stuff, and Universality as its properties .We now speaks of ''local specific realities" along with a borderless world in mind, where we feel concerned for humanity and ecology, more than ever before. Earlier, the "individuality" had taken the center stage, now methods such as, collectivity and collaboration has emerged as a counter way to sustain and come strong. Our engagement with Socio-political issues, Caste and gender equality, historical past, and now the current unrest, seems to be culminating into a pile of unanswered questions. With all this as cerebral material, our engagement further continues in many forms and mediums of expressing ourselves in the presence of known and unknown vulnerabilities. "Free expression" becomes an axiom, only to be posed with threats, to control further and regulate%u2026.Sanjeev Sonpimpare, March 2018