Happy New Year to you all! Hope this new year (despite the soothsayers and the paranoia specialists and factualists and pragmatists) brings in a lot of peace, happiness and laughter.

Back from a quiet stay in Goa, after spending interesting times with spouse and good friends. With Goa fast becoming a second workplace for the spouse, this holiday ( Read more... )

Mark Knoff singing 'lovestruck romeo' and Duran Duran with 'come undone'. one of those moments when the radio belts out your favorities one after another.

Discarded crucible art in Venice

Moving, always moving ( Read more... )

Violet/Purple is the most difficult color to create. Ultramarine blue and cadmium red mix like blood brothers, but the right shade of purple still eludes me. A touch of black, perhaps? Or orange ( Read more... )

Overwhelmed. That surmises the predominant feeling this entire week. Am completely surprised by the sweetest gestures and affection I am receiving from various folks. From those who have become steadfast and supercool friends. What a wonderful 'takeaway' gift from the past five years.

Quoted ( Read more... )

The Philosopher's Path - http://www.japannavigator.com/2007/04/08/sakura-in-kyoto-philosophers-path/

'Nokia nervosa' is a condition wherein you are so overwhelmed by the events that unfold that your fingers are agigatedly trying to capture the moments -- for savouring later.

It's all about the later and delayed gratification? What happened about living in the moment? :)

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Whoever said that the blank page draws blood knew what she was talking about. When you are looking for a perfect write, the perfect think disappears. So, write anyways? Better than watching vacuum take shape and dictate terms to the wannabe. When you write for a profession, why does writing for a hobby walk out of the door? I sincerely miss that; ( Read more... )