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This isn’t a contest
In the old days it was so entertaining to read the comments on posts! Truly that’s something we lost after only 15 years. Here’s an old favourite with 47 comments!
Comments are a good example of deliberative spaces, places where productive discussions can, and often do, happen.
says Jay Hoffman on What happened to the comment section?
And have a look at Paula Scher’s Diagram of a blog from 2007.
Title from Mary Oliver, Praying
Letting go
The best artists keep evolving, letting go of their past work.
Have you ever felt this way?
The poor anteater suffers from my trials.
The Anteater on Creativity
The anteater reminds:
“It’s about being true, not correct”
You might miss the forest for the trees.
Conversations with the anteater, part x
Those who know me, know how excited I have always been about growing old. I cannot stop celebrating the middle ages! But trust the anteater to throw a damper on my happiness –
And here we are in April
Life’s been a whirlwind, reader. So much to do, and so many things inspiring me. Grateful for the days when energy and good health can keep up with my intentions! Here are some drawings from the past few months –
A sunrise walk with the brown boy, who tells me that I steamroll across life with my overblown sense of purpose. Good to know that I guess. Anyway, who can be mad at him for long? At breakfast we caught up on gossip we couldn’t share in front of the little tornado (who was in school).
Font: Cantoni Pro
I’m always more prolific in April, maybe because I’m an April girl? And looking through old posts, found some of my favorites
Me meets me (2012)
Paris Cafe (2012)
The Body Rebels (2009)
Here are the original drawings on our wall. I sometimes catch the little tornado showing them to his friends and giggling. And my heart is full.
In April I always posted holiday sketches. Here’s
Rajasthan – Part 1: The Bikaner diaries – Part 2: Jaisalmer (2008)
Rishikesh, lord of the senses (2014)
Sri Lanka (2017) – Part 1 – Part 2
and even, Space Travel (2011)
Birthday posts, of course –
Turning thirty which was my mid-life crisis and I decided to leave my very well-paying job and the lovely brown boy and go study in a remote country for two years.
Top 5 Best Birthday Gifts of All Time (2007) after I had just read High Fidelity.
Age Appropriate (2016)
Milestone posts, like
Our Labour Story (actually 2015 but posted in 2018)
Olinda App (2013), which is one of my favorite pieces of my own work and for which I got my first US patent
Masters Thesis (2010)
Noseburn (2009), when Ananya and Jedi rode off across India
and some other cute stuff
Getting Fed by chefs in Swedish cafes (2010)
Reasons to Live (2008)
Twitter’s taking over (2009) when I was OD’ing on it
and some inspiration (2019)
And this drawing from January – is there anything as wonderful as looking back on old journals? Austin Kleon agrees with me too.
For me they are a portal to return myself back to me.
When the world is hostile it’s wonderful to be welcomed back to myself.
Conversations with the anteater, forties edition
Most of you readers know I have many conversations with the anteater. He came into my life in 2009 with his wisdom (!) and never left. Here’s a recent conversation:
“I used to believe in I think, therefore I am“,
“Maybe I can give some autonomy to my body…”
“Huh. And we all know how that turned out!“
“I’m very tempted by Eckhart Tolle and the absence of thought…”
“Ulp!”
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