New-Delhi Based Artist’s Honest Portrayal Of Being Caught In A Rat Race

There are days when we all feel stuck in a rut, like no matter what we do we will never be able to outrun the rat race that life has been reduced to. If you’ve been feeling like that all too often nowadays, don’t worry you’re not alone. 19-year-old New Delhi-based artist Akshita Sinha has just the cure for you. Her relatable comics made with a simple ball-point pen delve into all these feelings and more and have us gasping ‘SAMEEE!’

“Mundane Blues is a series of comic strips I created over the last few months. It talks about my daily affirmations of my feelings. They include my view and my discontent with society and its functionality. How all of us are a part of a rat race, trying to make sense of moments we feel are unique but everyone feels the same” Sinha tells us.

Art has often been a form of catharsis and Sinha tells us that for her, illustrating began as a way of coping with all of her emotions that she failed to put into words. An honest reflection of how she views the world, we could say that her artwork also offers a deep insight into the Gen-Z brain as well.

Though what sets Sinha apart as an artist is how her vulnerability comes through in the illustrations. They do not pretend to be something they aren’t. Perhaps that is the reason why they resonate so much with her followers. “My favourite piece is called ‘The Circus.’ It’s a doodle of multiple people tangled together representing our attempts at feeling different and unique but all of us are made from the same long thread with no difference,” says Sinha.

Sinha, rather candidly tells us, “My artworks are a reflection of how I view this society – blue and mundane. A lot of my pieces involve crowds, the reason for this is my outlook towards society as a lifeless and a continued rat race with people running so fast and so aimlessly that everyone looks the same. There is a fear of not knowing my identity in my pieces because I don’t relate to most people around me, I don’t understand how easy it is to turn things black and white because I for one seem to be stuck in a grey area. I create art every day — penning down even the slightest of the emotions — just to wait for that one day where I can see myself being content with what I have made.”

You can follow Akshita on Instagram here.

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