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[sahelikhastagir]

NO #7 (also the FINAL one) The #liberating NO. The NO that slowly pushes itself through you, after years of Yeses. Maybe you will practice in front of your mirror or maybe it will erupt out of you in a moment of clarity. The NO that accompanies a beating heart and preceeds the breath of fresh air. The NO they never expected you will ever say. The NO that you will never regret. The NO to political correctness, the NO to submission, the NO to "just one last time", the NO to false entitlements The NO to the haircut that you never truly liked. The NO that makes space for all the Yeses that you choose for yourself. #NOseries #anothersillyproject #sideproject #watercolour #drawings #artistsoninstagram #liberation Last week I was posting a new drawing everyday exploring different types of NO. But then I lost connectivity and could not post or schedule the 7th and the final one. So here it is. I'll compile these together on my blog soon. xx

[sahelikhastagir]

NO #5 The NO that rejects; like a door slamming at your face- all spikes and spines, it doesn't beat around the bush. Like refreshing the site announcing the awards again and again, and watching it write a name that isn't ours. The NO that cuts into our #dreams in one swift motion. Ruthless in it's certainty- the diagnosis we didn't want to hear. The promotion that never comes, the proposal that is never pronounced. That NO that makes our #heart drop, the one we fear the most, the NO we spend years recovering from. #NOseries #rejection #anothersillyproject #sideproject #watercolour #drawing #artistoninstagram

[sahelikhastagir]

NO #3 The censoring NO. That NO that trims your frills, your jigs. The NO your #editor uses to polish your 120,000 words manuscript to the 45,000 words bestseller. The NO they use to police our bodies, our clothes. The NO that cuts our excesses- the NO you use to stop your father from taking another spoon of sugar. The NO that watches the time you get back to your hotel. The #parental NO- sometimes to control, sometimes to protect. The NOs some of us spend our whole lives #unlearning #NOseries #censorship #anothersillyproject #sideproject #watercolour #conceptuart #drawing #artistoninstagram