Old Enough!?!

I recently saw an ad of ‘old enough’, an unscripted series in which Japanese toddlers (ages 2-5) are sent to run simple errands to help their parents. Back in 2014, when I started becoming reclusive, I used to watch a show called “The return of Superman” on KBS World during my daily walks. The fathers …

The Ten Thousand Things

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth. The named is the mother of ten thousand things. TAO TE CHING, 1 § Sometimes, we need solitude from our solitude. From the inevitable …

Whereabouts and Whatabouts

Without saying a word to each other we know that, if we chose to, we could venture into something reckless, also pointless.Jhumpa Lahiri Having stayed indoors for so long, building a habit to get out is exhausting. I’m neither a shopaholic like my mother, nor an extraverted foody like my father. I can’t talk for …

Kisses from the Heavens

A little deviation from the routine, a little delineation from the norms, a little desire for change and eventually there you are, finding metaphors in jellyfish clouds. Today, I decided to take a walk a little earlier than usual. My stationary cycle which I seldom use, has now been taken over by pigeons in awe …

The Land Of Gold

“Far, far away Soria Moria Palace shimmered like Gold” by Theodor Kittelsen § “They say they built the train tracks over the alps between Vienna and Venice before there was a train that could make the trip. But they built it anyway. They knew one day the train would come. Any arbitrary turn along the …

The Cosmic Radio

Planetary Prayers (2010, 36 x 80 in. acrylic on wood) by one of my most favourite artists, Alex Grey. § I just went live unintentionally with a person I admire a lot on social media (only because there was an invite). Although, I am glad there were only a few people to attend but also …

The Patience Project

The progress of a soul by Phoebe Anna Traquair The Progress of a Soul is a series of four huge and intricately detailed embroideries by a Scottish artist, Phoebe Anna Traquair. These figures are based on the character of Denys L'Auxerrois from Imaginary Portraits by the English critic and writer Walter Pater. In The Entrance, …

On Making Mistakes

God Ross at work!“. . . in solitude, or in that deserted state when we are surrounded by human beings and yet they sympathise not with us, we love the flowers, the grass and the waters and the sky. In the motion of the very leaves of spring in the blue air there is then …

The Indestructible Ring of Power

The image is used for creative purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended. § Although I keep my blog bereft of any political opinion or any discussion as such but what I see and read all day by the virtue of the field I want to join, is power struggle all around the world; at …

The Tragedy of Metamorphosis

The butterfly I clicked Metamorphosis (Via: Creative Commons) No detail of life is too small or too humble for Vincent, the narrator said in Loving Vincent. What a beautiful wonder of Mother Nature a butterfly is. I found this one with a clipped wing few days back on a roadside. It could barely move but …