Author: Artventuretales

Hey! I’m Moushmi, former marketer now mommying two little boys who you’ll hear about a lot through this blog. I have dabbled in art through my childhood without ever really creating anything. Well, that doesn’t excuse my lack of talent but what it did, was help establish a sense of taste and interest in art and DIY that I carry around today. I quit my career of 16 years to care for my 2 kids, travel and create things for my home. All I’ve done since I’ve been home is clean, feed and put baby to sleep, so I do have a long way to go. For almost 3 decades in my life I’ve not lived in any city for more than 6 years at a time, changed schools 8 times, and homes more times than I can count. In the last 7 years since I got married however I’ve not moved out of the 5 km radius I started in. I started playing with art and materials as a way to move my elder son away from screens even as a 1 year old and found we enjoyed the process quite a bit. When I learnt about process art and various techniques kids can use to explore these materials and gather a sense of aesthetic early in their sensibilities I have been quite excited. All experiments on this front have been positive hence the blog to document our fun with the process of Art. We have our 1 year old on the wagon as well and he loves his material. If you have kids, you enjoy colour, like getting your hands dirty then this is for you. Get your kids, buy some paint, make some space in your home and make your own artventures. You can take ideas from this blog and make it your own with some variations, let me know how it goes, I’d love to hear and learn about it.
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10 reasons why raising children is like running a start-up

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After many years of running marketing for technology start-ups and some of the largest companies in India, I decided to take a break and raise my kids instead. Who’d have thought that start-ups and kids have so much in common. I may not have believed it a few years ago but now it all seems too true. You often hear business ideas, start-ups being referred to as ‘my baby’ well who is to say my babies are not a start-up in themselves. Consider this, with both in the early days you have no idea how they will work but you … Continue reading 10 reasons why raising children is like running a start-up

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Mushroom Spotting

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My heart and soul will always be in Chennai, it is the city I chased my dreams in. The city that gave me a life. The day I arrived in Mumbai 10 years ago, it was pouring, I had never heard of the monsoon. Or if I had it hadn’t registered. The first few days the novelty of continuous rains was exhilarating within a week though I dreaded stepping out. 10 years later I still have a love-hate relationship with the monsoon. While I try not to pass this on to the mumbaikar kids I birthed, one of them is … Continue reading Mushroom Spotting

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A beginning, an end and a game of chess

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I never thought Id say this but I am now the person who is dreading the start of something new. I’m usually the one to feel kicked about a new beginning, I love change yet today I can’t bring myself to feel joy – excitement, yes. anticipation, maybe. throwing myself in with abandon, uhmm maybe not! I will have two kids going off to school soon. The only two I’ve got, so basically I will be left with myself and an ability to think after nearly 4 years. Well technically they are ‘going’ to be in the living room and … Continue reading A beginning, an end and a game of chess