It was Steve Jobs, on whose company’s now outdated little iPhone I am typing this post, who said, “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” I might have imagined being that crazy person once—the superhero syndrome gets us all, especially when we are younger.…
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Sometime in the summer of 2022, the idea of a poetry challenge struck me. How about 100 days of poetry, I asked myself. Crazy? Maybe. Maybe not. I spent a large part of 2022 writing and reading thanks to a research program I was engaged in. I loved the rigorous process; I was building my…
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Everyone is bawling their eyes out after Everything Everywhere All at Once (EEAO) swept the 95th Oscars, winning 7 out of 11 nominations. And with such heartwarming speeches by the winners, the bawling is all worth it. When a movie touches your heart, it unfolds in layers long after the first encounter on screen. All…
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I wasn’t able to write every day. Tihar could have been an excuse, but Tihar could have been an inspiration too. Writing about places was hard. I stood there, surrounded by an imaginary aura, and I realized I lacked all the words to describe the lives running around me and in me. I have begun…
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The number 30 evokes strong emotions. Think about turning 30 – it feels like a big deal. 30 is the number of days of some of our months in the calendar. 30, being even gives off a sensation of roundness and completeness. Perhaps for these reasons, 30 feels like a transition point or a milestone…
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Theme #2: Colorsipration The theme for the second set of 10 days in 100 Days of Poetry was about getting inspired by colors, thus the name colorspiration. I was surfing unique color names on the internet when I saw many new ways to say yellow, orange, blue, and pink; like words reserved for special occasions,…
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The Wordcastle 