tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36699233212465922712024-02-07T14:19:20.988-05:00Anxious Existence or Existential Angst?Atypical points of view on the trials and tribulations of modern life. Random and flippant observations (with occasional musical context) providing a twisted perspective on ignored, fleeting, or popular-yet-superficially-discussed topics.Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-59981905879403293142019-09-26T16:51:00.002-04:002019-09-26T16:51:24.910-04:00For the Greta Good
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That the earth is flat
Can we push them off the edge then
And see if they go splat?
There are some who still believe
That vaccines are a curse
Can we pit them against some viruses
And see who fares worse?
There are some who still believe
That the greenhouse effect is a sham
Can we put them in igloos on glaciers
And see when they start building a dam
And then Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-71275190169439842872016-09-02T10:15:00.002-04:002016-09-19T16:23:02.048-04:00There's a Place...
There's a place we all recede to
In the recesses of our mind
When the world seems oppressive
And even close ones seem unkind
It's a place of safety, a place of peace
It's where things make perfect sense
It's where we talk to ourselves
And analyze sensory inputs intense
It's also a place of doubt and trepidation
Where we face our mental hardwiring
Contemplate our knee-jerk reactions
Chance uponBlink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-62878932277198482642016-07-20T00:23:00.001-04:002016-07-20T09:44:59.742-04:00Eloquence
A writer's quest to find eloquence in writing and life, expressed through an amalgamation of poetry, art, and music ('Melting Art') with Neha Pallod Limaye and Darshana Menon
Paintings by Neha Pallod Limaye
Eloquence (Song) with Darshana Menon:
Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-48512952271049981182016-07-11T14:42:00.001-04:002016-09-02T10:16:30.552-04:00Difference make a Difference?
Gender, ethnicity, religion, preferences
We are identified by generalized references
It's hard to imagine we are one species
When we are constantly judged by differences
Allegiances we love to manufacture
Based on unshakeable beliefs that enrapture
Lines we draw, boundaries we force
Questioners we brand heretics, subject to capture
We carve grooves, we create slots
We starve love, hate calls Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-14070901047132086812015-11-13T00:19:00.000-05:002015-11-13T07:33:20.943-05:00Iron Fist
You exult, amidst tumult
Anticipating a gory result
Your random utterings are law
Your captive audience a cult
You connive, cheerfully thrive
In the chaos you craft and drive
Your ego dominates reason
And dampens the will to strive
You pillage, you encage
You force people to wear beige
Sniveling brat or stunted adult
Your disposition hard to gauge
You are idolized, canonized
Your follies are Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-67999578414941206572015-01-13T21:41:00.000-05:002015-01-13T21:45:14.763-05:00What Floats Your Boat?
You sit in a boat. It is filled with a bunch of positive items that are undeniably yours - happy memories, wondrous moments, encouraging words from teachers and mentors, appreciation from people around you, the quiet, firm, and objective support of your family and friends, and the unconditional love of your child. These keep your boat buoyant.
There is a hydrofoil attached to your boat. It isBlink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-75518457661880558322014-06-13T00:41:00.002-04:002014-06-13T00:41:50.180-04:00Spectrum Eyes
In supreme nothingness, before time and space
Where concepts and constructs struggled for a place
Lit a spark that spread at a blistering pace
Spawning a cosmic dance of vicious grace
The subatomic froth tingled in anticipation
Of coagulating into building blocks of creation
Energy became matter and matter became batter
That spattered and splattered in an unruly summation
Time and space becameBlink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-58371979238227188012013-04-08T21:32:00.000-04:002013-04-08T21:32:04.887-04:00Suspended Animation - A Short Story
A piercing scream cuts through the dense, foggy, moonless night with such ferocity that Charac almost falls off his bed. He wakes up, gasping for breath, utterly disoriented by his surroundings which appear drastically different from the previous day.
“What is this? How did I get here? What’s happening to me?”
He decides to survey his surroundings - a magnificent room, resplendent with art, Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-45502710098599636342013-03-30T23:04:00.000-04:002013-03-30T23:04:21.634-04:00Extinct Instincts
The dodo led an idyllic lifestyleFree of flight, devoid of guileProved easy fodder, was not agileExtinction was swift, execution styleBlissfully unaware of the looming invasion Dodo was smug, survival instincts in abrasionNature could offer no strong persuasionEnded up in a forever unbalanced equationSurvival of the fittest, an interesting notionDid nature force creatures to crawl out the Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-51201083003119645832012-05-03T23:13:00.000-04:002012-05-03T23:13:36.835-04:00Crumble Grumble
Phil Entropy’s actions belied his altruistic name Perpetuating decay was his dubious claim to fame His touch was the antethesis of the Midas touch Everything withered and crumbled, leaving barely much His overbearing omnipresence was ever so grating His job was to ensure things were disintegrating Attempts at renovation were met with subtle defiance The shiny new toaster mutated to a pallid Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-59708530824041507502011-12-27T06:47:00.002-05:002011-12-27T08:20:04.136-05:00How Crafty!In India, there used to be a compulsory subject in school (typically through 6-7th grade) called SUPW. It stood for Socially Useful Productive Work, the phrase embodying an astounding amount of redundancy. It was as socially useful as a charity fund director directing funds towards household expenses due to a strong belief in the 'Charity begins at home' concept, and was as productive as buildingBlink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-88029987670175061252011-11-26T17:39:00.001-05:002011-11-27T05:42:16.721-05:00The Human Condition
Part 1
Furiously curious, unscrupulously spurious
Dichotomy is defined by Humanity
Innovates, decimates, terminates and germinates
A juggernaut despite its vanity
Insular yet inclusive, regular yet exclusive
Tries to mask thoughts philistine
Divisive and derisive, occasionally decisive
Born Chris, ready to be Christine
Creates with fervor, destroys with zeal
Compromises quality for a good Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-75600211081518317912011-11-20T12:07:00.001-05:002011-11-27T05:54:47.833-05:00Twirled World
Earth is now inhabited by 14 billion soles
Worthy of contemplation or celebration?
Humanity's large feat in producing many small feet
Seems just cause for increasing trepidation
Natural resources are fast losing sources
As trees em'bark' upon uncharted courses
While we try to interpret dense religious discourses
People gleefully continue betting on horses
Basic needs are still not Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-9410398113800034572011-09-24T07:44:00.000-04:002011-09-24T11:38:23.514-04:00Dark Slide of the Loon
The human brain defines the human, yet it perpetually
teeters on the edge of delirium. The factors are multiple - environment,
circumstances, personal choice, or a dip (could be planned, could be
accidental) in a yucky gene pool. While the fact that the brain is the essence of
our existence and yet so fragile is quite disturbing, it's a lot more appalling
to think that destroying a part of the Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-44687028356395856182011-09-06T08:35:00.000-04:002011-09-07T15:51:26.457-04:00The Notion of Motion
This fascinating universe buzzes incessantly with motion
Celestial spheres race around the sun in orbits elliptical
Occasionally running into darting asteroids with trajectories
whimsical
Unaware of its pending demise, fated for a tragic surprise
Matter hurtles dizzily towards the black hole in morbid
locomotion
Electrons whizz around the nucleus, awating a promotion
To a higher energy Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-2328734958388154472011-08-27T22:27:00.009-04:002011-09-02T22:41:15.516-04:00Answerable Questions or Questionable Answers?
Science: Who, what, when, why, where, how?
Religion: Him!
As demonstrated above, the key difference between Science and Religion is that Science asks and provides answers to many questions, while Religion starts with an answer that invites many questions. Interestingly, that one answer is all encompassing, and even Science cannot escape its clutches - how else do we explain the search Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-67696710856201207352011-04-04T21:11:00.000-04:002011-04-04T21:11:42.008-04:00Better late ...?We flip the pages of life as if running from a wildfire
Unwilling to slow down till it comes down to the wire
Pages turn flippant when we wish our lives to rewire
That drive down memory lane hobbles on a flat tire
Procrastination rules till it comes to things we desire
'Rash' decisions are made by the itch we acquire
Brash people invariably land in a ditch or mire
Righteous people end up Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-24969588173423404092011-02-15T23:30:00.001-05:002011-02-15T23:32:18.119-05:00Contesting Contexts or Contextual Contests?
Some words are great levelers. While they soar in contexts that are complex, sacred or respectable, they also serve to deflate those very contexts by finding usage in polar opposites. This raises pointed questions about the people who came up with the varied usage of these words - they were definitely double-agents for the dark side.
Swear - A gloriously multi-faceted word that begs close Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-58681093236295424462011-02-08T23:52:00.005-05:002011-02-12T22:24:13.108-05:00The Tooth Shall Never Set You Free!
Chewing is essential for survival, but the complexity of the apparatus designed to perform that activity confounds me every time I visit the dentist. It's a torture-fest involving multiple sharp objects, a drill, a syringe, and plastic objects with sharp corners that are painfully inserted for X-rays. Gums are always at the receiving end - they get poked, prodded, and are forced to bleed for an Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-88951110907721569532011-02-01T00:16:00.002-05:002011-02-01T00:36:15.887-05:00Absur-Ditty
There once was a man named WittyWith oodles of imagination in his kittyHe gazed at the world with different sensitivityAnd invariably found humor in the nitty-gritty
Extracting an unforced chuckle was his creativityAnalogies and metaphors made him sit prettyHis mind soared over the seeming simplicityFinding unexpected patterns with unwavering acuity
Puns and alliterations ascended Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-65784694683695884882011-01-21T00:59:00.003-05:002011-01-21T01:11:19.458-05:00Content with Content?Wide World of ContentThe ease of content availability and accessibility in today's world is simply astonishing. With the advent of phones that are smarter than necessary (and put to shame the communicators used in the original Star Trek series which, interestingly enough, might have been the seed for the cellphone concept), have data streams tethered to the ether 24x7, and have processing power Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-73720241261409054492011-01-09T17:25:00.004-05:002011-01-17T20:34:04.892-05:00Ambiguity towards ToleranceThe corporate world relies heavily on leaders to make profits. Leaders are expected to possess essential skills including the ability to look at the big picture and make confident decisions based on limited and oftentimes vague information (this particular skill also demands the capability to exude confidence as well as generate it in the team about the decision) . That is commonly referred to asBlink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-8760243615837575622011-01-09T00:26:00.013-05:002011-01-17T20:35:27.965-05:00Deja Who?
Definition - Déjà Vu is a feeling that the present situation has occurred before, but the details are elusive because the situation never happened before.
Déjà Vu, like epiphany, is a sophisticated-sounding elusive term that evokes feelings of accomplishment when experienced simply because it's called that. If it were called 'false recall', it would not have garnered that much attention (the Blink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669923321246592271.post-75953370184247983292011-01-03T11:19:00.008-05:002011-01-04T22:06:46.821-05:00Building StoriesWilliam Ding was a construction worker specializing in skyscrapers, and an aspiring writer. He had 3 passions in life: constructing floors ('building' stories), writing tales (building 'stories'), and knowing about constructions with many floors ('building stories') - I think this phrase qualifies for a triple pun. Let's tackle his passions one by one:
'Building' StoriesConstruction is boring andBlink Freudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11997427219634344117noreply@blogger.com0