.....who....am..i...

self portrait of anisha

hello! my name is anisha, but most people call me nisha! (she/her)

i’m a 23-year-old sri lankan australian and an aspiring creative writer / illustrator based on the wurundjeri land of the kulin nation, otherwise known as Melbourne.

i love writing in all the different forms it takes. i carry around my journal, water colours and pens every day when i leave my home — it's my way of documenting the world around me and creating my own living archive.

my journals are an inherent expression of who i am, and how i navigate the world.

i illustrate on the grounds of love, in all the different forms it takes.

ancient love that has travelled through bodies for centuries

illustration representing ancient love

modern love, present in my walking frame

illustration representing modern love

I illustrate for every person and place that has stepped inside my body and made a home in my heart

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