Free Flow

“Haven’t we done this word before?”, screams the disciple, “there’s a whole damn dictionary with 2,73,000 words to try.” “I wish you a successful career being a web crawler scanning words or an AI tool internalizing all that you read”, says the teacher as she engages in her newfound passion for experimenting with web tools, … Continue reading Free Flow

Dynamism

When Facebook throws memories at herjammed sensibilities; she fails to recognizethose faces or moments; those are memoirsof a stranger, she does not know, a personshe would be ashamed of being if thoseare true and not virtual or augmented realitywhy would anyone want to make albumsthat insist on continuity – why would anyonesacrifice the freedom to … Continue reading Dynamism

Thirst

tired-beingshowcased ondesert safarisI thirst for some paraglidingor river adventures - Are you listening, humans? Photo Challenge #498

Fodder

Water boils in search of meat to become a broth. The journalist’s imagination becomes an itch. Will he find a story to metamorphose into an article? The girl walking alone on a desolate street, the vendor hawking fake goods, the couple recording a Reel in the hope of going viral – do they know someone … Continue reading Fodder

Aspirations

The young lad looks aroundfascinated by the tallness of buildings;intimidated by the slickness of motionAdventure beckons;he is unsure of landing spacesbut eager to craft storieshe will tell his brethrenback home in the village crouched in a cornersmaller than the spacereserved for cattle at homehis dreams begin to crumblebut who knowsa mansion or skyscrapermay engage himas … Continue reading Aspirations

Uniqueness

It takes courage to stand alone. It takes time to accept that you may be shunned by a community for being different. There is someone out there pouring venom because you dare to reach out for something they did not think about. It takes protective armor to keep the sarcasm from damaging you. Uniqueness is … Continue reading Uniqueness