Where Color Meets Language: Reflecting on the Art of Trần Thắng
Nelly Vee reflects on Trần Thắng’s life across painting, graphic design, and poetry, and on the discipline, movement, memory, and visual language running through his work.
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Month: October 2026
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The Hand on the Switch: What the Trolley Problem Does Not Tell Us About Living With a Choice
The trolley problem asks what we would choose in a moment of moral pressure. Nelly Vee asks a harder question: who do we become after the choice, and can we…
What the Ripple Leaves Behind: A Dual Reflection on ‘The Ripple Effect or Butterfly Cocoon’
A dual reflection by Nelly Vee and Võ Thị Như Mai on Ahmed Farooq Baidoon’s poem, exploring memory, consequence, transformation, water imagery, and becoming.
When Survival Becomes Too Small: Võ Thị Như Mai Reflects on Victoria Kenanda’s “The Shape of Survival”
Võ Thị Như Mai reflects on Victoria Kenanda’s “The Shape of Survival,” exploring endurance, adaptation, silence, peace, and the difficult moment when survival must make room for transformation.
C.A.P.S. Creative Bingo Starts October 12: Create. Connect. Be Seen.
C.A.P.S. Creative Bingo officially begins October 12, 2026. Learn how to play through the Facebook group or entirely through the KVI website, what you can win, and how to submit…
When the Mask Becomes the Face: An nVeeism Reflection on Identity & Survival
Nelly Vee explores identity, survival, the faces we learn to wear, and what happens when protection begins to feel like confinement through an original nVeeism reflection.
Who Would You Save? When Every Choice Feels Wrong
A sinking ship. Three people you love. One impossible choice. Who do you save—and what does your answer reveal about duty, intention, and moral responsibility?
When Beauty Stops Performing
A philosophical and artistic reflection on beauty, self-worth, perception, and what it means to truly see women beyond stereotypes, comparison, appearance, and performance.
When the Land Calls Us Back: Nelly Vee Reflects on Manik Chakraborty’s “The Mountain Called Me Close”
Nelly Vee reflects on Manik Chakraborty’s “The Mountain Called Me Close,” exploring land, memory, village life, belonging, labor, and the way place can become part of identity.
Where a Child Begins to Bloom: Võ Thị Như Mai Reflects on Manik Chakraborty’s “A Child Is Like a Flower”
Võ Thị Như Mai reflects on Manik Chakraborty’s “A Child Is Like a Flower,” exploring childhood, tenderness, belonging, responsibility, and the quiet future held inside a young life.