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Letters · December 2025

Studio letter, No. 1.

On rain in Jaipur, a misplaced brush, and a painting that almost did not happen.

By Aashish

Studio letter, No. 1.

It rained for three days straight and the studio leaked, again. The painting that became Field Notes III was nearly lost to a puddle on the floor.

I am not a romantic about the studio. It is a working room above a tailor's shop. But on some mornings, when the light comes through the bars on the window and falls on the canvas the right way, it is exactly the room I want.