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Finding Joy
The slow satisfaction of making a picture come alive, bead by bead
In a year of turbulence, from geopolitics to the relentless churn of innovation, I’ve learnt to piece together small pockets of peace, the analogue way.
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No machine can replace the slow, human satisfaction of placing a bead with my own hands, says the writer.
PHOTO: SHILPA MADAN
Shilpa Madan
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The night is quiet, my phone finally set aside. My 10-year-old son is sleeping.
Outside, the hum of the city has softened. The urgent rumble of buses on the ECP has fallen away.
