" The music is not there as a piece of art to absorb, but as an opportunity to snatch moments of joy without thinking too deeply." Beautiful statement. Don't you think so is life?
Treating life in a similar manner makes our living easy.
Excellent writing and it spoke for me too, moving from one doomscroll to another these days, still finding moments of joy. All of it can be disorienting. Thanks Pritam, for expressing that, and welcome back
Yo! I always feel happy to read a comment from you! I know I haven't commented on your last few posts, but I keep forwarding them to people more sports-y than me!
Exactly why I have been begging you to continue writing. The music and the dancing got shut in my mind by the sound of the bullet. I cannot think about the victim because I am a father myself and my blood boils over to my routine existence which has at least (and only 2 actually) people near me who I don't want to subject to passive negativity and toxicity. I recently shared some troubling thoughts with someone on whatsapp and then asked them to screenshot those because I am old and not mature. Not all... Na. I will take time to process. Be it genocide or outright discrimination that I am presently sufferring in a land that is so far that most thoughts and prayers die on the way to reaching here, I am least equanimous.. and to think I started on Vipassana in 2003.
Flawed.
Thank you so much for coming back to writing, Pritam.
Pritam.. Robert and I are still hunkered down in Portland, he cycling most of the time and I traveling when I can, storytelling, dancing. I’m almost 70, Robert is 82 so our health is a focus and thankfully we are functional so far. The horrors of our country’s administration, the corruption and greed and venality weigh hard. Zionism, the colonial oppressions elsewhere sear. Our 4 year old grandson who was born in NZ during Covid had moved with his parents to Norway last year. Because his parents planned this move they are both nearly fluent in Norwegian, have good jobs and have the ability to travel all over Europe. NZ was great but so far from everything. We are pleased it is only 9 hours to Oslo instead of 19 to NZ.
So glad to hear from you, Beth, and to know that you are reading my words! I've never been to Norway, but it must be so beautiful with endless nature!
Ania (my wife) and I are still in the mountains of India, and living a mostly peaceful life in our bubble while being disappointed by the world at large... Corruption and greed indeed....
" The music is not there as a piece of art to absorb, but as an opportunity to snatch moments of joy without thinking too deeply." Beautiful statement. Don't you think so is life?
Treating life in a similar manner makes our living easy.
Love this essay a sublime observation of everything in the ordinary that is also extraordinary- look forward to more such observations.
So lovely!
Loved and moved by the last paragraph especially 💛
Thank you for reading... even from the surface, it's a sad world!
Excellent writing and it spoke for me too, moving from one doomscroll to another these days, still finding moments of joy. All of it can be disorienting. Thanks Pritam, for expressing that, and welcome back
Welcome back! Keep writing, we need your words 🤍
Thank you, as always, for reading, Ila! Really honoured to have company on this corner of the internet - looking forward to your next post(s)!
To put all these words together. How? Just wow!
Thank you so much!
Man, what a piece. Lovely.
Yo! I always feel happy to read a comment from you! I know I haven't commented on your last few posts, but I keep forwarding them to people more sports-y than me!
Ahahah all good man. This is just such a lovely essay, as is usual with your essays. Loved it.
What a superb piece to mark your return to writing! :)
This feels like undeserved praise because it's coming from you :D, but thank you thank you!
Exactly why I have been begging you to continue writing. The music and the dancing got shut in my mind by the sound of the bullet. I cannot think about the victim because I am a father myself and my blood boils over to my routine existence which has at least (and only 2 actually) people near me who I don't want to subject to passive negativity and toxicity. I recently shared some troubling thoughts with someone on whatsapp and then asked them to screenshot those because I am old and not mature. Not all... Na. I will take time to process. Be it genocide or outright discrimination that I am presently sufferring in a land that is so far that most thoughts and prayers die on the way to reaching here, I am least equanimous.. and to think I started on Vipassana in 2003.
Flawed.
Thank you so much for coming back to writing, Pritam.
Thank you for this comment and for always reading and encouraging! I think you understood what I was saying better than me!
Pritam.. Robert and I are still hunkered down in Portland, he cycling most of the time and I traveling when I can, storytelling, dancing. I’m almost 70, Robert is 82 so our health is a focus and thankfully we are functional so far. The horrors of our country’s administration, the corruption and greed and venality weigh hard. Zionism, the colonial oppressions elsewhere sear. Our 4 year old grandson who was born in NZ during Covid had moved with his parents to Norway last year. Because his parents planned this move they are both nearly fluent in Norwegian, have good jobs and have the ability to travel all over Europe. NZ was great but so far from everything. We are pleased it is only 9 hours to Oslo instead of 19 to NZ.
Be well.
So glad to hear from you, Beth, and to know that you are reading my words! I've never been to Norway, but it must be so beautiful with endless nature!
Ania (my wife) and I are still in the mountains of India, and living a mostly peaceful life in our bubble while being disappointed by the world at large... Corruption and greed indeed....