Sculpt

Today was a a day full of interesting conversations. One of those conversations was also about value. Now this is a topic that we speak of regularly in office (and will continue to make appearances in my blogs too). But today's conversation was just slightly different. It was about the value that we as individuals could add to an organization. What is it that sets us apart from the hundreds and thousands of other architects out there? That's where we got talking about our skills beyond the norm. It could be anything really - sketching, sculpting, origami, writing, communication, watercolor, photography... Anything that you're good at. The whole idea is to get so good at that one  things that nobody else can match up to you. While we kept talking about these alternative skills that we need to hone, Sai also mentioned his interest towards sculpting. He spoke to us about his technique of going from 2D to 3D in a sculpture, how different materials like chalk and marble react differently to the same process, how he would like to bring sculpting back as part of something we do at Sandarbh (the photos in this blog are just some of Sai's sculpting endeavours). He spoke of it passionately and the thing with an energy of this sort is that it's contagious. All of us were excited about the idea of sculpting - those of us who have an interest in the field and even those who didn't before this. I for one am really looking forward to this!

-Mannat