Sakshi, a passionate artist, specializes in photography and art. During the pandemic, she embraced continuous learning, finding new skills crucial for personal growth. She overcame introversion and anxiety through her creativity. She aspires to be her own role model, valuing self-confidence and independence in her artistic pursuits.

Sakshi Soni is a versatile artist with a passion for photography and art. She's dedicated to continuous learning, especially during the pandemic, as she believes acquiring new skills is essential for personal and artistic growth.

Sakshi is a fourth-year B.Com. L.L.B. student at the University College of Law, Udaipur.

Sakshi likes to capture things in her photography and document them. She thinks that one must develop a passion for learning by focusing on what excites them instead of achieving something from it. Her photography is purely her observation of everything that she sees around her, and that’s what she is able to portray to the world. For her, neither the device nor the expensive gadgets are important; it’s the vision that matters.

Sakshi believes that there is no limitation to becoming an artist or to starting something that you are passionate about. She is into art because of her dad, who is also an artist and painter. She likes to draw, paint, and sketch, and she has the habit of decorating walls and rooms instead of keeping them plain and simple.

Sakshi feels nostalgic for having a very memorable childhood by exploring places and playing outdoor games. She considers herself lucky to have been born in the nineties, when she could spend time with her grandparents. She laments about today’s kids, who are spoiled with fancy gadgets and are all informed at an unripe age.

Sakshi says she has always been an introvert and a keen observer. Due to being silent, Sakshi used to get anxiety attacks, which she managed to overcome by indulging herself in creativity, channeling her energy in the right way, and also by volunteering in social welfare work. Recently, she led a ten-member team to help those who were suffering from mental health and other issues that were unaddressed in society.

Talking about achievements, she says getting control over her fear, anxiety, and other issues is an achievement for her.

Sakshi says COVID times were not good for anyone, affecting physical or mental health. But everyone coped in their own way. Personally, that time favored her by having everything in place and keeping her family members safe and sound.

Sakshi doesn't have a role model. She looks up to her parents and is inspired by her mother and the way she works hard enough to fulfill their needs. She considers her future self to be her role model.

If she could time travel, she would love to go back to the last moments of her grandparents, whom she lost while she was a teenager and could not be there in their last moments. So she wishes to fulfill this desire.

Sakshi happened to do some paid photography projects, which she felt discontented with. She thinks that working for others is an obligation to be fulfilled, and you cannot work independently, which sort of restricts an artist's point of view. So, she prefers to work independently. Besides, she has started to sell her printed photographs as bookmarks and badges. She has managed to sell a good number of them in Assam, Bangalore, and Laxmangarh. Currently, she is learning to do hand-put tattoos, which nobody around the city does.

Sakshi says that she is not a fan of reading, but the last book she read was by Robin Sharma, “Who will cry when you die”. She admires this book a lot, as she has learned life lessons from it. She speaks highly of it and recommends we read it.

Sakshi advises beginners not to compare themselves with anyone else. Even if you fail, never look down on yourself, and don’t listen to people around you. Also, stop getting influenced by the social media hopheads. Just believe in yourself and get going.