Category: Culture
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“It’s through art courses and art development that you build your capacity for ingenuity and innovation.” – Eden
In this episode, I speak with Eden, an art ethnologist, educator, and artist—about her journey of finding her voice. We talk about her earliest memories of being a “difficult student” to changing her ways after seeing what impact that had on her teachers. We also discuss how her early introduction and experimentation with art helped…
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Determination, gender equity, and the social latitude to pursue our own interests
In this episode, I speak with Harshi—a designer, artist, and illustrator—about her earliest memories of attending a convent school in India, pursuing her curiosities, and learning what she wanted on her terms. We talk about the gender discrimination she experienced while working as an architect, the social and systemic expectations of women and their value…