Veronica Caven Aldous is an artist and writer based in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to this memoir, her writing experience includes graduate and postgraduate research, media releases and essays for her art practice, and articles for a feminist art magazine. She has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation since 1983 and has a long-standing interest in Vedic literature. Veronica has visited and worked in India several times since 1979. Her most recent trip was to consider links between Vastu architecture and her practice-led studio art Ph.D. in 2011. More at: veronicacavenaldous.com