Intangible, fluid, still under the sun, torrential at times, water is the make of our minds, the power that drives our spirit. When we feel something, it often comes in fluid form, liquifying thoughts along the way, building up waves of emotion, pushing forward into each crevice of the mind.
Read MoreEthereal, I lift from the ground up, my parts loosening up, floating away, like off a spaceship out in the universe, as I spread myself thin in the air of my home. I land on familiar surfaces that hold me gently. My fingers on the paint of the walls, my foot slightly touching, my mind, decomposed, recomposed skimmed out thin like jam on hardwood floors, for others to step onto, and as I learn their knowledge, my mind hardens and reshapes itself above, gulping down everything and spitting it out again. Making and remaking myself every day.
Read MoreA smile in the corner of a mouth, the breath of wind whisperer of secretes from lands afar, the orchid of one's childhood, the golden proportions of an Italian villa perched among tall poplars on soft abundant hills, the sound of resonating music in a sun-filled Sunday afternoon alleyway with it's many open windows and scents of dinners and your new shoes on the pavement as you pass fast, toward your own home, your expectation, excitement, hunger for another day, a new day, filled with all the beauties in the world.
Read MoreI've often wondered what true passion is. As a teenager, I believed it was love. As an adult, I believe it is a carrier. Later on, a hobby. It is all and none of these.
Read More"If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity
that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.” David Suzuki
Read MoreOf all the moments I pause and ponder over, the ones that tend to slide between my fingers like fish underwater are those of unrecognizable joy, abundantly flowing, unexplainably taking over my being.
Read MoreThe ease with which we move within our imagination is quickly dismissed when a good reality is cast upon us. Sometimes, we become content and relaxed at the expense of not seeing the next step that can take us even further. Vibing well is an awesome ride to catch upward, not something to bathe in like a stagnant pool after a summer's shower rain.
Read MoreWinding up the hill in the fairytale of winter where forests filled with the chirp of sparrows line up the long, asphalted roads peppered with few cars and happy ski-goers heading for the slopes, the pure, unadulterated experience of nature only slightly adjusted by humanity, not enough to pollute but good enough to get us around. This was then; a generation or two ago.
Read MoreYou're in. You've got your people. Someone has your back. You've got someone else's back. That's what belonging could be. A sense of certitude like no other. That you matter in the context of others, those who accepted you for who you are because you are like them or, simply complement them on some cosmic level.
Read More20 20 hindsight is the sought-after medicine of the uncertain soul, and it is the power that drives us all further. The past, however, can be both mesmerizing and entrapment.
The pride that comes with it is what informs the actions of our future, and the lessons of our mistakes help us navigate new conundrums.
Read MoreIt was an October morning when I woke up and wondered how I want to spend my life. Maybe it was the gloominess of that particular morning that pushed me to such thoughts. Maybe it was simply the time to think them.
Read MoreIn philosophical thought, elegance and parsimony are the two facets of simplicity. Simply put: you can experience simplicity either in the form of simple hypotheses, referred to as elegance or, in the form of methods, referred to as parsimony.
Read MoreThe realization that we're truly alone in this world comes much later in life than it should. In fact, for some, it does not come at all. Some think of this as a bad thing when in fact, there is nothing bad about it. Too much reliance on parents, extended family, friends and support groups is detrimental to an individual's life on many levels. On the other hand self-sufficiency, at least to a certain extent, is extremely useful.
Read MoreEveryone remembers the day they were born. Not through standard mnemonic constructs, but its image is in our brains, nonetheless. It is artificially planted in our memory by the many stories, the photos, the videos, the family recalls shared at the holiday dinner tables.
Read MoreThis year marks 30 years since my biggest lifetime journey, immigration.
This month marks 17 years since my daughter came into the world.
This week, like any other week, marks the casual pace of my life that I choose to live. This day marks the international children's day that celebrates life at its beginnings.
Ah! Where do I begin? There is no life outside of a creative life. For some it is as tiny morsel, for some, a whole ocean.
Anthropologically we look at where we came from and all we admire in the history of mankind is the creative drive that brought along development and civilization. Looking towards the future, it's still the most creative outputs that hold our breath high enthralled in pleasure, intensely stimulating and exhilarating.
Read MoreThe most successful changes that we can ever make are those that are true to our own soul and that belong to our own story. If life is a personal narrative, we must understand what makes us take the paths we take, what choices we have at every point on the road because, we do have choices all along, even when it seems that we do not.
Read More“A prisoner should know that there are thousands of imprisoned freemen living in this world...jailed in their own society, handcuffed by duties..”
― Munia Khan
Not a year like another, we say. Isn't that true though about every year?
Does it matter that this one was filled with disease, loneliness, solitude and more loneliness? Does it matter that it was a crippling one? Yes it does.
