{"id":7663,"date":"2025-05-18T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoki.art\/where-did-i-look-for-inspiration-in-march\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:52:41","slug":"where-did-i-look-for-inspiration-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zoki.art\/en\/where-did-i-look-for-inspiration-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Where did I look for inspiration in March?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-barva-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba461d9a6d5b7cf71ee4e85a7279f675\">Happy Holi<\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-815x1024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-815x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mother and young girl covered in colourful powder, smiling at a Holi celebration\" class=\"wp-image-7117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-1222x1536.jpg 1222w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-1629x2048.jpg 1629w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-600x754.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3-655x823.jpg 655w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250314_071815588.MP3.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p>India flooded my senses \u2014 eyes dancing across patterns, ears catching market voices, nose drowning in spice aromas, touch embracing silk and stone, and my brain&#8230; going wild with joy in all that gold, ornament and glitter shimmering between dreams and reality.<\/p>\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x2728;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf4\/1\/16\/2728.png\"\/> Chaos that has the best structure ever? That\u2019s my home. <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1FAF6;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t49\/1\/16\/1faf6.png\"\/> Goa smells of the sea and coconut, Agra echoes with marble stories, Pushkar throws colours into my eyes, Varanasi carries me into other dimensions, and at home I panic\u2011mix paints to catch at least a fragment of those feelings.<\/p>\n\n<p>Am I painting India? Or is India painting me? Who would know&#8230; <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1F606;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/td4\/1\/16\/1f606.png\"\/><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"7127\" src=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bicycle and hanging towels on a blue rooftop overlooking misty Ganges ghats\" class=\"wp-image-7127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-655x873.jpg 655w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_065654-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"7119\" src=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-478x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Colourful laundry hung in rows to dry against a cracked pink riverside wall\" class=\"wp-image-7119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-478x1024.jpg 478w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-140x300.jpg 140w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-768x1645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-717x1536.jpg 717w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-956x2048.jpg 956w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-600x1285.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-655x1403.jpg 655w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250309_082440-scaled.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"7121\" src=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-478x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Man with sunglasses, face dusted in Holi powder, taking a photo with his phone\" class=\"wp-image-7121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-478x1024.jpg 478w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-140x300.jpg 140w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-768x1645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-717x1536.jpg 717w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-956x2048.jpg 956w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-600x1285.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-655x1403.jpg 655w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250314_121617-scaled.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"478\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"7123\" src=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-478x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Narrow alley with red-stained steps between tall sandy-yellow walls\" class=\"wp-image-7123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-478x1024.jpg 478w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-140x300.jpg 140w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-768x1645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-717x1536.jpg 717w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-956x2048.jpg 956w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-600x1285.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-655x1403.jpg 655w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1038372-scaled.jpg 1196w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"7125\" src=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Old pink wooden door with a padlock and colourful scarves beside an inscribed wall\" class=\"wp-image-7125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-1157x1536.jpg 1157w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-600x797.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-655x870.jpg 655w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PXL_20250313_121205569-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-barva-1-color has-text-color has-link-color has-larger-font-size wp-elements-70461a5db1eb8a27abd2d5757cb49daf\"><strong>Holi \u2013 when colours fly and the ego disappears <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t82\/1\/16\/1f3a8.png\" alt=\"&#x1F3A8;\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tf4\/1\/16\/2728.png\" alt=\"&#x2728;\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>In March I wandered off to India \u2014 among other places, to Pushkar. Partly professional deformation (bright colours and those scenes give me a total buzz), partly because of my little Zoki who loves throwing colours and laughs at boxed\u2011in adult ideas that tell her \u201cyou\u2019ll stain your dress\u201d, \u201csit with your legs straight\u201d, \u201cdon\u2019t eat with your hands\u201d (wtf?!? \u2014 I really don\u2019t get that one <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1F603;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t51\/1\/16\/1f603.png\"\/>), \u201cdon\u2019t mix those colours together\u201d and \u201cdisinfect mandarins with baking <a><\/a>soda\u201d. So I went \u2014 to the Holi festival! And suddenly the world is prettier. Smiling people, hugging from dawn till dusk, drums and psy trance. And everyone wishes you \u201cHappy Holi!\u201d \u2014 because it\u2019s a beautiful day and spring is coming. <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1FA77;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1fa77.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1F49B;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t15\/1\/16\/1f49b.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1F499;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/1f499.png\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-barva-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-20fffb2dcf3a44d1239859dfbbc182f4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t72\/1\/16\/1f538.png\" alt=\"&#x1F538;\"\/> What actually is Holi?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Holi is a festival of colours, love and the victory of good over evil. Indians celebrate it at the arrival of spring \u2014 in a way everyone should experience at least once. People dance in the streets, vivid pigments fly through the air, everyone becomes one big colourful chaos. Me too. You as well, if you were there. <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1F3AD;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tae\/1\/16\/1f3ad.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1F308;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t13\/1\/16\/1f308.png\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>What about you? Would you dare to let go of control and surrender to the colour madness? <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"&#x1F61C;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t20\/1\/16\/1f61c.png\"\/><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250312_110100-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" data-id=\"7135\" src=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250312_110100-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"Bare feet of a person in an orange sari amid scattered sandals and flip-flops on a paved Indian courtyard\" class=\"wp-image-7135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250312_110100-1024x478.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250312_110100-300x140.jpg 300w, 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data-id=\"7129\" src=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1237532-1024x709.jpg\" alt=\"Woman in a pink sari walking past a wall hung with rows of colourful Rajasthani puppets\" class=\"wp-image-7129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1237532-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1237532-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1237532-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1237532-1536x1063.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1237532-2048x1418.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1237532-600x415.jpg 600w, https:\/\/zoki.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250316_1237532-655x453.jpg 655w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a 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Chaos that has the best structure ever? That\u2019s my home. 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