Saudade Artistry/the new reality

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Saudade Artistry

The New Reality

We are the storytellers of our journeys with nature. We are creating mini forests and nature destinations as a gateway to a new world. Today sitting at different locations we can experience a movie and concert in real time with each other with apps and extensions. We are celebrating the recreation of our environment and having the sweetest slices of life at our fingertips.

INSIGHTS

Penning Travelogues

Karan used to book window seats. He loved being lost amidst the joy of travel but a continuous stay at home lifestyle made him think about other options.

He would scroll through Instagram and chanced upon online travel writing courses to chisel his skills.

Digital Dome

Varun gets almost all experiences inside his house and barely steps outside. He was once interested in being a Digital Nomad but now he works for an online startup.

He has created his own indoor garden by ordering plants online. His mornings are not the same and the lockdown helped him to explore this possibility.

Garden Destiny

Bangalore International Airport (BIAL) is upgrading it’s Terminal 2 and creating one of a kind zone that becomes a destination in itself.

The idea was brought together by teams of designers from Spread Bangalore’s MIND, a design and innovation diploma course in association with Manipal. It brings to the table Saudade, where even non-flyers and travellers can experience a forest in transit.

Party Time

Suchandra’s mother, a Parkinson’s patient was now struggling with COVID and admitted to the hospital, her father was also admitted.

She was working in Mumbai at a CSR firm with little or no business coming in 2020 and with increasing work pressure she had to rush back to Kolkata and during all the formalities at the hospitals and the duties as a daughter, she used the canteen space to attend online meets and finish projects with the help of her 4G Wifi Dongle. Thanks to technology, she surpassed expectations and could complete her tasks on time.

CLOSING NOTE

We are seeing more and more people returning to their hometowns and taking forward the office experience from laptops and phones.

“It’s not as if I will open a different home page in Bangalore than when I am in Kolkata. I can work from home now, travel to a few nearby places, take care of responsibilities from my hometown itself. In the next five years what if another pandemic hits?” says Arijit, an IT employee and father to a two year old.

Saudade is not a new term. But it’s meaning in our lives has become more real with the onset of a new decade and possibilities that excite us. We are witnessing the rise of new modes of working, living, experiencing and recreating what we love and long for.