On a first day of a new year, as celebrated by a single one-of-many calendars, I officially shed old skin, wiggling my way out of a shabby… Read more “Re-framed happy new (year) existence”
Tag: choice
I-deas
I had ideas. Lots of ideas. Ideas came. Ideas went. Ideas mingled. Ideas lingered. Ideas gone. It’s been a year of ideas. Ideas happy. Ideas mad. Ideas… Read more “I-deas”
Existing – Mind & Me
A screenplay, based on a true story INT./EXT. EVERYWHERE – ALLWAYS MIND and ME take a wild stroll around a foggy dark plane of existence. Mind leads… Read more “Existing – Mind & Me”
Aging – Body & Me
Me: New lines, oh look, new lines, new wrinkles! I don’t remember seeing those before? Or have they always been there? My face is a bit thinner?… Read more “Aging – Body & Me”
Joy-full Intro-spection
Reading Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception, and the incredible story of Ada Lovelace, there is a common thread, a universal existential theme of being ‘alone’. Although… Read more “Joy-full Intro-spection”
Alone, together
Once upon a time, there lived a being amongst other beings, seeing and breathing an endless world… or so it thought. One day, reaching out to another… Read more “Alone, together”
Silent Talk
On a warm early-summer late morning, a writing session in my favourite café presented me with a unique, slightly emotional, observation experience. The coffee by my laptop… Read more “Silent Talk”
Signals to write
Staring at the keyboard. All fingers in position, awaiting that brain signal, input, to start typing. Who is it going to be first? Right index finger? Left… Read more “Signals to write”
Hu-man
‘You’re a man!’, a disembodied voice called on a boy on the verge of crying. Sounds familiar? Despite its tender encouraging tone and supporting intention, was this… Read more “Hu-man”
Dis-Connecting
Thoughts, words, actions, decisions can be driven by the desire to connect. This blog, and indeed any other form of communication, is but an example: Why would… Read more “Dis-Connecting”
Paths to take, or make
Sometimes, one gets distracted. I hear people talk about how life gets in the way. But does it really? And in the way of what exactly? Is… Read more “Paths to take, or make”
Re-dis-covering passion
I can think of countable moments in my life when my heart was touched by something, truly, deeply. As the human condition has it, these moments are… Read more “Re-dis-covering passion”
It’s my life
‘Stop living the wrong life’, I read, followed by examples after examples of people persevering through rejection, pain, and negative environments as they insist on living the… Read more “It’s my life”