Words, Wordle, and Intuition
Words, Wordle, and Intuition Arvind Passey 28 February 2025 Those who know what the Wordle is about will also know that one gets only six chances to reach that 5-letter word that the creators of this game have decided for the day. Those of you who will now mutter, ‘That seems easy enough’ have overlooked...
Brushstrokes of discovery
I have begun to paint. Well, this includes drawing, sketching, and using a wide selection of available mediums. If completing nearly 30 A4 watercolour sheets in a few months appears fine, then I am going on fine. For decades I have been fascinated with buying colours. Watercolours. Pastels. Blendable pencils. Watercolour pencils. Graphite pencils. Stencils....
It is time to binge-everything
Binge-watch TV shows is the last thing I mean. Though if you are the sort who sits in front of a TV and discovers that his personal universe is smiling, so be it. Go ahead. A happy person is what the Big Creator above loves. But then there is hardly any art involved in switching...
Writers and a fragile moon in a ruthless sky
There are a few quotes that are used often and have been attributed to several people. One of them is: ‘If it is truly yours, it will come back to you.’ There was one presenter who thought it was written by Ian Fleming for James Bond in some film. Many think it is Richard Bach...
A visual storyteller called Varna_Katha
This world needs more visual storytellers like Sheetal Verma. This artist calls herself Varna_Katha which is what a tale of colours would mean and her artworks, in her own words, reflect her journey of self-expression. The artworks on her Instagram page are an inspiration to not just aspiring artists but also pull in people towards...
Those who see something in what others never see
Art is in every heart. We are all artists, just as we are all poets and writers. Just as those who are not literate may have the heart of a poet, those without the means or time to paint or draw can live a life that is just as expressive. Pause and listen or see...
Spam calls and predatory deceivers
One of those catchy headlines in online news clips that caught my attention was one where a man mistakes an international recruitment call from Amazon as spam and does not receive it. This man missed an opportunity all because of the deep-seated fear and hatred that we have all begun to have for spammers. This...
Memorable interludes of Dev-vrat
We have ‘Pushpak di wedding’ in the family. This is when we get an opportunity to meet friends and relatives who we have not met for some time. Well, sometimes a lot longer than ‘some time’. Discussing the past years is a small part of all the other rituals and celebratory stuff. There are comparatively...
The monsters that surround us
What does one do with farts? One option is to let them announce their arrival and then let them disappear into nothingness. This could be disconcertingly dizzying when your fart makes a lot of noise during a meeting in office… or if that fart is determined to destroy expensive perfumes that people spray to impress...
Learn new skills. Form new memories
Are you old if you are sixty? Not at all. Old age is forever a decade away in the future for those who know the great art of living. The first secret is to replace “Those were the days” with “What’s new” in every conversation. There is a lot more to the wonderful world of...
It is time to say goodbye to rituals
Writing is a lot like conjuring. It is a ritual. You need to disallow any other activity that you may try to invite into the room as writers love to distract themselves for as long as it is possible. If you think writing isn’t a ritual, it runs the risk of being labelled a chore...
A funny secret about writing
Writers never write. No, they do not have ghost writers. Well, not all of them, I am sure. Neither do they have brilliant secretaries who draft their stories and bring them to him to do whatever he wishes to do with them. Not even AI is really employed by any writer unless he happens to...
