POOJA KALWANI
Reason to Live
Artist’s Statement
“Reason to Live” is a statement about the small things in life. It paints how every moment of every day has a meaning, whether deemed important by society or not, seeing it and experiencing it is a sign that you are here. You are living. And you are here to stay, if not for just that moment.
Pooja Kalwani is an 11th-grader with a profound interest in art and engineering. She enjoys pushing the limits of what she can do and testing the boundaries between functional structures and art pieces, striving to become a perfect blend between Frank Lloyd Wright and Vincent van Gogh without compromising her original flair. Her art is, at the end of it, a message to the world and reflects how she sees it. Though this is all to say, she also enjoys sitting down with a good cup of coffee (whether with her friends or a book), getting lost in her town, listening to the rain when Louis Armstrong is playing, and playing card games with her family.