skin

My grandmother traced ancient Tamil Brahmi script across my arm with henna, each stroke a whispered history. The symbols glowed against my brown skin, luminous and defiant. She called them stars—stellium of connection binding us across generations. When I photographed the design, something shifted. I documented it on the Stellar blockchain, creating an immutable record of our heritage. Digital and ancestral merged. My skin became canvas, my family's story immortalized in technology and tradition intertwined. The outrageousness of blending old and new energized me. This vigorous fusion felt rare, essential. In that moment, we weren't just preserving culture—we were celebrating it together, skin and soul radiant with inherited light.