Sunday, April 19, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Remnants

The Remains of the day
All that remains after a conversation over coffee. For me, the coffee shop has always been a place of exchange, coming and going. We take what we want and we leave behind that which was not ours to begin with. The exchange, be it ideas, banter, feelings affects us in a way that caffeine alone can never hope to accomplish. What we choose to take with us is a choice be it conscious or not, a decision that indicates preference, just like when we ordered the cuppa. Life was simpler when there was only coffee black or white.
"But that doesn't mean to say, of course, there aren't occasions now and then - extremely desolate occasions - when you think to yourself: 'What a terrible mistake I've made with my life'. And you get to thinking about a different life, a better life you might have had. For instance, I get to thinking about a life I may have had with you, Mr Stevens. And I suppose that's when I get angry about some trivial little thing and leave. But each time I do, I realize before long - my rightful place is with my husband. After all, there's no turning back the clock now. One can't be forever dwelling on what might have been.'
~Kazuo Ishiguro
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Stars

Lights will guide you home
Looking back,
I too feel older. Older but wiser.
Wisdom seems to have come,
at the expense of happiness.
Because ignorance is bliss.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Markings

Isfahan, Naqsh-e Jahan
Humans are to a large extent materialist, constantly on the lookout for tangibles and signs. We make markings, insignias of origin and originality. Because we are afraid that we will be forgotten by those we care for. We seek solace in things that we can hold on to. Because we fear losing more than the loss. We have grown deaf to the unspoken word and blind to the intangible. A parcel arrived for me yesterday and its arrival made me smile. I am only human.