ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE?
Author: Richa Jha | Client: Pickle Yolk Book, 2020
Conceived 6 years ago, the most endearing thing about this book was that it was written and illustrated during the pandemic in 2020. While the protagonist Akela Lekhan Coot a small time writer tries to get away from the city’s giggle-gaggle, chitter-chatter, hoot-toot, loot-scoot and buzz-huzz-fuzz, I was in quarantine for 14 days conjuring busy-busy visuals for this book. It was my way of reconnecting with everything I loved about cities. We made this journey together - Akela’s quest for peace took him higher and higher, while my need for togetherness brought me closer and closer to the story and the city. We both ultimately found peace and creativity amidst the chaos, the pitter-patter and the zitter-zatter.