Notes on writing, painting, and process.https://danielpandiyan.com/https://danielpandiyan.com/blog/made-in-los-angeles/https://danielpandiyan.com/blog/made-in-los-angeles/A reader asked whether the gangs in Sanctuary are real. They are. On MS-13, Barrio 18, the crackdown that followed, and the road through Honduras.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://danielpandiyan.com/blog/on-boredom/https://danielpandiyan.com/blog/on-boredom/We have lost the ability to sit still and enjoy what is around us. A case for empty afternoons, rainy windowsills, and letting the mind wander.Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://danielpandiyan.com/blog/on-experimentation/https://danielpandiyan.com/blog/on-experimentation/Every six months I pick up something new. Some of it sticks, plenty of it does not, and along the way I learned that patience and a little grace are the whole game. Plus my newest mixed-media piece, the Dreaming Girl.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://danielpandiyan.com/blog/beauty-is-resistance/https://danielpandiyan.com/blog/beauty-is-resistance/The Jaguar is one of my favorite chapters in Sanctuary, not for the obvious reasons. It touches the past, the present, and the future, and it asks what we really mean by culture, heritage, beauty, and goodness.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://danielpandiyan.com/blog/on-writing-the-wrong-direction/https://danielpandiyan.com/blog/on-writing-the-wrong-direction/How Sanctuary began, from a Chicago winter and a police-station drop-off to the choice of an American teenager as its narrator.Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT