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Tell her your dreams
Updated On: 15 March, 2015 07:25 AM IST | | Kareena Gianani
Strange, surreal, sublime or downright scary — 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

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
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.


