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All content by Sameeksha Sharma
Toryn and a painted self-portrait.(Adriano Espinosa/The Battalion)

ESSENCE: From stick figures to striking conceptions

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
February 25, 2024
International Studies senior Winnie Chang smiles as she plays the game Xin Xâm at the Vietnamese Student Association's Lunar New Year celebration on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (Kyle Heise/The Battalion)

Vietnamese community celebrates Lunar New Year

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
February 18, 2024
Owner of Vortex, Victor Lucio, sits for a portrait in the corner of his store on 2609 S. College Avenue. (Ishika Samant/The Battalion)

ESSENCE: A community creative escape

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
February 12, 2024
Enter the enigmatic world of “Argylle,”, a spy movie with a corresponding novel seemingly written by the fictional protagonist of the movie that had audiences suspecting Taylor Swift as the ghostwriter. Is this a timeless spy thriller or the story of an ingenious two-for one movie and novel marketing scheme gone wrong?

Argylle: What Just Happened?

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
February 5, 2024
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Criticism: ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
November 19, 2023
Author Martha Wells sits for a photo in the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (Connor May/The Battalion)

ESSENCE: From imagination to ink

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
November 6, 2023
Heather Stalter sits for a photo in front of her work station filled with walls of her art at Sacred Sisters Tattoo Parlor. 

ESSENCE: Being human

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
October 24, 2023
Arts criticism writer, Sameeksha Sharma, interviews Anna Keniston, a graduate visualization student, on leveraging prior work experiences to achieve a long awaited ambition.

ESSENCE: Attaining an ambition

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
October 13, 2023
Trey Stephens sits in his studio, which was his former guest room. Stephens, who specializes in Aggie art, had paintings of Reveille and Santa in progress for Christmas.

ESSENCE: A lesson in leaps of faith

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
September 26, 2023
Arts criticism writer Sameeksha Sharma explores finding the right artform to express yourself with recent alumni Dana Dang.

ESSENCE: What we can’t talk about

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
September 6, 2023
Drawn illustration of fictional character by artist Leo Driggers

ESSENCE: A story that writes itself

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
March 23, 2023
Ai art generated through selected inputs by Landon Dahle, depicting an eldritch forest.

ESSENCE: What of the old and the new

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
March 8, 2023
Ben Knox stands in front of his painting.

ESSENCE

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer
February 2, 2023
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