Aamina Fajr, Student DPS, Sangam
Aamina Fajr is a young and upcoming Kashmiri artist whose bold, confident strokes share a great chemistry with her intelligent and novel use of colours.
We talked to her about her work and the meaning it holds for her.
I like to paint because it makes me happy. I always fall short of words. It has been easier for me to express my feelings, my deepest emotions, the core of my being, with a brush when words fail me. To me, painting is also a way to connect with my inner self. I am more comfortable with a brush in my hand when I want to express myself.
I paint because I believe visual art is simple and easy to understand. There are layers of meaning to it, but no one can misunderstand it. Everyone understands something according to their own bent of mind. There is no binary of either understanding or not understanding which words entail.
Moreover, human memory is very short lived, but, by freeze-framing my feelings and emotions, my paintings keep them fresh and alive.
Sunsets in Kashmir are beautiful. The colour combinations in the sky and on the ground are unique and otherworldly. But the red hues of the evening sky, a frequent occurrence in Kashmir, also remind us of all the blood we have lost in our unending
When we are in a dark place, mentally, even the things worth appreciating in our life are engulfed by the darkness; but when we are in a happy mental state, even the ordinary things in our life become more vivid and bright. Things around us might not change, but if our mental state does, the meanings they acquire and carry change drastically
Outsiders think Kashmir is a beautiful place of Chinars swaying around on islands in the middle of lakes; but if one were to examine this perfect picture in depth, one would see the bloodied reflection of reality
Old and wise trees, abandoned even by their leaves, have been there and done it all –like old people. Yet we are quick to jump the gun and say we must cut them because such people are “useless”
