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Alaka Bijila Shaji

@alakaps

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Artist. Founder.
Building @aalstudio @aalforarts — a cultural ecosystem in Kochi.
Managing @drshajis_mri, Kochi.
Movement. Wellness. Art.

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I’m only doing this for my pizzas 🍕 taken in Kochi, India by @alakaps

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This is not a dance, but my worship to lord shiva.

Holding space for the infinity within me — here is Shivoham - a dance film. Out now on @wonderwall_media.

Link in bio :)

Here’s hoping that my work of art finds its people. Love and light to all :) ✨

#dance #music #dancer #love #hiphop #dancing #dancers #party #dj #art #tiktok #ballet #instagram #instagood #explorepage #dancelife #viral #fitness #explore #fun #dancersofinstagram #follow #like #trending #photography #choreography #fashion #bhfyp #artist #dancechallenge by @alakaps

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Shots that never made it to the cut, but surely the ones I hold very close to my heart. :)

It’s been a while since I danced. Here’s hoping I’ll find my way back to it this year :) by @alakaps

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no city is ever home, it’s the people you find and pour your heart to. by @alakaps

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2019-2021.

Melbourne, you were a whole character arc. by @alakaps

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🫥 by @alakaps

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💛 by @alakaps

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When I put out a post in June of a set of embroidery pendants made out of the travel photos of someone special, a few of you reached out and asked if I’d make those pieces again. I had to turn down those requests because it was not a commissioned work and there was something so unique to the story behind those pictures - a person experiencing the world, seeing and feeling in his own way. Sharing it with someone they love. And how it finally came into form as little pieces.

And ‘me being me’ also means being oddly particular about never wanting to repeat some things majorly for reasons like keeping certain things sacred. Still, I was deeply moved by the value of how much those creations might have moved few of you to want them made again to carry. ❤️

But during the same time, Alaka reached out too, asking if I can make something as a memory of her Varanasi trip. She didn’t have photos as such, just a video and screen grabs from the bits compiled together.

To take up the order, I was quite unsure of whether the piece would come out well because the screen grabs were seemingly complicated for me to say anything with certainty about the outcome. So, I told her that I will make one, show it, and then she could pay if she likes it. That way, I excused myself from an anticipated failure from an artist they might have had a good impression of (says who? My overly critical brain). So just like that, I took the first commission in 8 years of my journey with art without an initial payment. It’s humbling as well as reassuring, after you see what trust can do.

The pendant turned out pretty decent. 😊

I don’t know if I can explain the joy of realising that I’ve reached the point reclaiming some self-trust again, that we often doubt if we have, while working on a piece with a decent amount of uncertainty. And it is a wonderful feeling when you see that trust lands somewhere right in someone’s heart as a memory and watch it change shape into something even more precious. Quite transactional, in a good way. 😊

Anyway, I am waiting to see her in this piece :)))

#travel #varanasi #realisticembroidery by @alakaps

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🦢 by @alakaps

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Hi. by @alakaps

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— That moment during your trip when you realise that there’s so much more to life than the bubble you live in. by @alakaps

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Happier than a bird with a French fry :) 🌊 by @alakaps

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