Girl With Memories Packed
Artists’s Statement
Everyone we meet and every place we visit changes us a little. Our past leaves an imprint. And hair, in this regard, have always been symbolically powerful. In many spiritual traditions, hair represent personal truth, generational legacy and the power of being a witness. In essence, they are the store of memory, and a direct receipt of the past. The body remembers, even if the mind forgets. In some ways, we are a collage art of our past experiences. How do we say goodbye to yesterday, then, when its imprints are there with us in the present?
Rajvi Mittal is a writer, photographer, and artist from India. She has self-published a poetry chapbook, titled "Reborn: Darkness is the Seed of Light" and her writing is forthcoming in McSweeney's Internet Tendency. She has artwork forthcoming in The Scop, Yin Literary, Blood+Honey, and Flash Frog Lit Magazine. She has recently started an Etsy shop, Phoenix Rising Creations, with merchandise featuring her photography and quirky designs
