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Tell her your dreams

<p>Strange, surreal, sublime or downright scary &mdash; Chennai-based architect Swetha Kanithi illustrates dreams for strangers and makes art of them. She tells Kareena Gianani why her project, Dream Ink, is a way of connecting with people through their most intimate experiences</p>

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Muthulakshmi Pillai's recurring dream, as illustrated by Swetha Kanithi

Muthulakshmi Pillai's recurring dream, as illustrated by Swetha Kanithi

I am sitting in my bathroom on the toilet seat with my head bent down. Suddenly, I see a black liquid flowing down from my hair, going down the drain. It is the colour of my hair… as the black drains, my hair turns whiter and whiter."

Swetha Kanithi
Swetha Kanithi 

On any other day, if somebody told Swetha Kanithi this strange story about themselves, she might hold out her hand and say the right things to the narrator. But Kanithi read this on her computer, and soon picked up her paintbrushes and drew the image (see pic), the stranger's recurring dream. Because that's exactly what the girl wanted her to do.

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