Of Human Bondage (1915) – Review

This book is 110 years old and more relevant than anything I’ve read recently. I read this 600-page Bildungsroman within three months and did not want it to end. There is no joy in finishing one book after the other when you can savour the protagonist’s experiences slowly, and that’s when you’re fully invested in Read More …

The Chladni Plate

It feels good to listen to music that you love. Working all week with chill lo-fi in the background helps keep you in that regular work bubble without associating anything else with it. The last thing you want is your favourite music running while working. It’s interesting how certain types of music connect our thoughts Read More …

Psychosomatic

There is nothing worth reporting in this current phase of life except that all is stagnant. The last thing I want is to catch up with friends or acquaintances and talk about how nothing has changed. Deep connections were either never there in the first place, or they faded due to people changing, different life Read More …

Where to find beauty

You look at people, and they bore the hell out of you because you won’t ever know them. Their facade is intact, whereas yours is not. Why do they make all that effort to hide what’s beneath? Most human interaction is surface-level, and it makes me want to cry sometimes. Not many people enjoy bonding Read More …