ABOUT LILIT

“Here you need to be a lover of mystery with a beginner’s mind, rather than arriving as an expert determined to solve a riddle.”

-R.Rudd

I was raised in Houma, Louisiana, a town one hour south of New Orleans. My parents were just 17 and 19 when they got pregnant and came to start a life in America.

I always wondered why my family felt so different from everyone else’s. Every meal was a feast, every conversation was 10x louder than normal, 24/7 facetime calls to over seas relatives, and a blend of Armenian and Russian language I could never quite fully grasp. This Living Archive is for those with wandering questions, curiosities around their roots, and a gentle nudge towards using art as a vessel to connect with your ancestors.