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"The VANISHING" "ALL OUR LIVES MATTER"
This universe is a web of connected tissue and cells. You might not see it. But it's there. You can't change or delete a member without impacting the next one no matter how unrelated you might believe they are to each other.
Even animal life is as valuable as a human life, and even impossible without it.
The vulture population in India has declined by 97% to 99%. The reason is the drug diclofenic, which vultures ingest from previously treated animals' carcasses, which in turn causes the retinal disease in the vultures. Vultures are natures cleanup crew. Feral dogs and other animals have taken the vulture's place with disastrous results. India now has the highest human death rate from rabies (45% and steadily climbing), than any other country in the world.
One animal species disappears from the ecosystem: children die of rabies, diseases propagate, dire economic results are felt, centuries of traditions are...

When other children my age started talking, I was already capturing the world around me, in detail drawings of what I saw and how it felt, expressing visually, the world I lived in, long before I discovered the power of words at the age of four. My journey extended over multiple mediums, including the realm of writing. I see and use words as another form of paint to transfer thoughts and feelings into visual form. I love all creative processes and also try to live my life a work of art.