Etchy Boy Adventures
Almost four years living in Portugal, setting off from there each year to Central and South America and beyond. A travel journal — honest, unpolished and often ridiculous — told as stories, songs and audiobooks.
Etch Akhtar
Me, over the years: a bungee jump, a skydive, a microlight flight, stand-up comedy and the moments worth keeping.
Paintings
Hills, 2011
Hills was my first painting. I wanted to see whether I could paint at all, so I sat down and painted the first thing that came into my head. I’ve always loved nature — open land, quiet hills and wide skies — so that’s where my mind went. It isn’t planned or perfect. That’s what I like about it: it’s the moment I started.
Persian Room, 2011
Years ago, in a house I lived in back then, I turned a bedroom into a Persian room. There was no bed. I took the door off and laid a rug from Iran. On the walls hung daggers from different countries alongside Persian pieces and paintings. I put up a curtain from India too. A chaise longue sat in the corner for anyone who’d rather not sit on the floor. It was my chill-out room. This painting is how I remember it.
By day I’m a lead software engineer — my work is on LinkedIn.
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