Reflections #11

Hi all, you know one of these life adages where anything good or bad just comes in heaps. That is painfully true. I used to think that maybe the universe is trying to teach me something and it would not give me anything that I cannot handle but its getting harder. I’m heavily trying to not fall into such pattern forming behavious and not trying to fall victim to my brain’s ridiculous shenanigans.

I hurt my hand this week in a gym-related injury and its been a revelatory experience with constrained ability to navigate the daily routines. I’m glad that I have made past in this world for so long without such injury before. But if given a choice, I would have preferred to have had it earlier in my life. One silver lining in all of this is that almost every stranger I meet has been asking about my injury and has been so graciously kindful in helping me out. Just makes me a teensy bit more hopeful in the humanity and wants me to believe in the goodness of humans more.

Things I did in this past week which all turned out be ‘meh’ 😞 :

1. Disclaimer: I do not understand art for the life of me. So it just felt funny to be in the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) in Bengaluru where literally cups and sculptures made out of mud were displayed. For all the raging reviews I read on Twitter, I felt a bit let down.
2. I read Ponniyin Selvan (the great Tamil epic) and was let down first by the book which for its elaborate setup ended up falling flat. Then I watched the PS-2 movie where I was let down even more because they didn’t even bother to translate the richness in the book to the screen in the name of ‘artistic/creative liberties’.

Okay, enough ranting :

1. I found a cute little working cafe in Bangalore with an interesting space setup. Here is the place if you want to visit
2. With one museum disappointing me, I was rescued by the Government Museum near Cubbon Park. It reminded me of the thrill and excitement I had for sculptures with more pieces from the Karnataka region.
3. I spoke to 4 interesting people in this past one week which made me realise that I love talking to people and making me rethink the identity I gave myself as an introvert. I maybe even an extrovert (aint that a twist lol 😂 )

For the pieces of content I consumed this week 😀 

1. Acquired podcast analysing Taylor Swift and her role in re-shaping the music industry (Link)
2. I got introduced to this interesting newsletter - Superorganizers under Every. I have bookmarked this in my reading list. Will report back on how it was but the page skim was enough for me to note down here 🙂 

That’s it for this week folks. Hope you are enjoying this rare Monday holiday.

See you next week :)