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January 4, 2009
- There is something in us which makes s believe that we belong to a particular class of people.This is ingrained within us probably because we have this habit of classifying things and unless we know we belong to a particular class we do not feel secure enough. By classifying ourselves we become predictable and our behaviour assumes lack of rough edges and absence of those wonderfully ...
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January 2, 2009
- I really do not know if a sense of symmetry is innate in human nature .Often I find it very uncomfortable to view things which do not fit into a symmetrical pattern .If someone leaves a book on a table in a slanting position ,that is out of alignment with the four sides of the table I feel pretty uncomfortable and cannot rest till the position of the book is restored to a position which fits ...
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December 27, 2008
- I have often thought why people living in very small houses tend to be more closely bonded together than those staying in sprawling mansions .Obviously the theory that living in penury is a causative factor for solidarity among people and the smallness of the living space brings them together in fighting their common enemy-poverty. This is apparently a facile explanation for the bond that ...
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December 24, 2008
- “Develop Perfect Memory With the Memory Palace Technique tags: “memory palace technique” “The Memory Palace technique is based on the fact that we’re extremely good at remembering places we know. A ‘Memory Palace’ is a metaphor for any well-known place that you’re able to easily visualize. It can be the inside of your home, or maybe the route you take every day to work. That ...
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December 11, 2008
- An interesting proposition put forth is that the dog thinks he is in charge of the family and by extension ,is in control of the world .That is why he tries to be aggressive against forces he thinks are disrupting the family’s well-being. How does one know that the dog is actually not in control of the world ? Or for that matter ,how does one think that the ants are not in control of the world ...
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December 7, 2008
- We may explore the beauty of the human form in photography through a study of archetypal postures observed in anonymous humans. We may look at the fascinating possibilities by positioning their bodies in different postures in silhouettes.But there is another aspect to it. Instead of in a silhouette we may look at the individual as a speck of light in the darkness of the universe.The light is of ...
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December 7, 2008
- Monet’s colours have deep shades and the effortlessness with which the colours merge into each other produces an exuberance, a kind of celebration. The parasol itself ,of an unusual green, interacts with the blue of the clouds producing an effect of stunning beauty.
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December 7, 2008
- I have recently taken a closer look at the Last Supper . What I have not noticed earlier was the room and the supper table ,their rectangular shapes falling into amazing symmetry with each other. The supper table of a rectangular shape is entirely visible to the viewer with the diners occupying only one side of the table as though they are appearing in a tableau with each ...
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December 7, 2008
- Losing too is still ours; and even forgettingstill has a shape in the kindgdom of transformation. When something's let go of, it circles; and though we are rarely the center of the circle, it draws around us its unbroken, marvelous curve. First ,when I saw the poem I thought Rilke was being merely clever .With usages like "losing too is still ours" I thought Rilke was out ...
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December 6, 2008
- "In the dusk you notice the book shelveswith their volumes in gold and in brown;and you think of far lands you journeyed,of pictures and of shimmering gownsworn by women you conquered and lost.And it comes to you all of a sudden:That was it! And you arise, for you areaware of a year in your distant pastwith its fears and events and prayers."~ Rainer Maria Rilke ~When “in the dusk you ...
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December 5, 2008
- When I read Eliot's poetry as an undergrad I thought he was a pompous poet given to showing off his scholarship.The amount of classical allusions and cross references in his work gave me the impression and not only this ,deliberate obscurity seemed to be the goal and incoherence the objective.I missed the beauty of the cadences of his structured stanzas and the exquisiteness of his imagery but ...
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December 5, 2008
- A very interesting thing that comes to one's mind is the anonymization of debt that the modern credit system has brought about.The creditor is an anonymous entity who is hardly human and not even existent .The creditor represents a vast aggregation of the demand for money in the community and when debt reaches huge proportions there is no human intervention to keep it in check .In the olden days ...
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December 5, 2008
- A question that comes to our mind is whether we think in words.I have tried to pause while thinking in order to become conscious of whether the process is carried on in language but I have not been very sure of what is taking place behind the mental activity of thought.Perhaps, sometimes we think in words ,not necessarily all the time.Thought begins and words form and as the words move forward ...
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December 3, 2008
- Somebody asked me if I believed in miracles .I said ,yes but in a different sense than what one usually understands .If you believe a miracle is an event which circumvents the natural or physical laws I do not believe in miracles .If on the other hand you refer to the fascinating processes that happen in nature which cannot be explained strictly in terms of the known logical premises and the ...
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December 2, 2008
- The terrorist said he had no remorse when they started quizzing him on the compulsions behind the recent Mumbai carnage-was that ideological or dictated by religion? Actually he believed that was what God wanted him to do. Was the young man not disturbed by the underlying inequity of unrelated people dying merely for the sake of his securing a place in a paradise described in the holy book? ...
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