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The unspoken connections Manasi Menon is a self-taught artist based in Ban- galore, although she is professionally an architect her first love always has been art.She first started experimenting with oil on canvas a few years ago and then made a transition to acrylics. Recently she started dappling with wall paintings. “The large canvas of the wall motivates me to explore styles that I may have never done otherwise. I find inspiration for my art through the unspoken connections between people, places, and traditions. During my travels whenever I find myself still with a stare I know it’s time to find my canvas and let go”. She Says. Manasi continues to look at the connection between the human habitat and the natural world with her latest paintings.She subtly hints the relation between routine to natural scenery and also tells us about the delicate, yet strong connectivity between the human and an animal. While at first glance Manasi surprises us with her bold usage of colors but at closer inspec- tion, there is an unexpected depth beneath the bright, energetic palette – something that feels both timeless and fleeting. Her paintings compellingly seem to talk and I couldn’t resist talking to her and finding some interesting facts behind this young progressive thinker. 71