Her Instincts

• Year: 2022

• Format: traditional

• Medium: 165 gsm white art paper

• Tools: black pigma micron pens (.005, .01, .02, .03, .05, and .08); black Pilot gel pen; HB and 2B pencils

Her Instincts is inspired by the challenges a society can throw at an individual, especially a woman. She faces the true colors of real life when she claims to have a dream. “You just cannot” is a statement that is so easily laid on her path. Over judgment, character assassination, undermining her capabilities, rude words, sexism, and insults become her daily dose of poison and yet are not strong enough to perish her! The more mud they throw the more powerful she becomes. She gets accustomed to the mistreatment and yet decides not to give up. Her instincts become her guiding star leading to the path of success.

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