Lisa Ray Instagram – A painter and woman I deeply admire @dhruviacharya is producing a painting a day during lockdown in India. Half of the proceeds of these works – that both elevate and gouge out your insides – will go to supporting some of the most vulnerable in India affected by the pandemic. This gave me an opportunity to add her art to my collection while alleviating the feeling of powerlessness at easing the suffering in India when I’m in Singapore. While I’m not a strong advocate of full tilt productivity at any cost, it’s powerful to behold an artist giving expressive form to many of our inner anxieties and feelings through this time. It also serves as a chronicle of our inner universe so we can, hopefully soon, perhaps already, begin the work of reclamation and healing. . I read a piece recently with a quote by theatre director Nicholas Berger about the existential irony confronting artists during this time, but how ultimately, ‘when the world rebounds and we push our heads out from the rubble we will seek each other out with a renewed sense of gratitude.’ #artmatters @chemouldprescottroad