my list of things to do in Chennai (limited by geography - from ECR to parrys, sorry)
Things that you can do for free/economical cost
1. Lighthouse on Marina Beach
No idea why more people don’t go. Right now, only people in love or people experiencing heartbreak are going 🤣
i loved lord byron’s quote at the end of frankenstein the film, “and thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.” it’s as simple as that, grief will catch us all but so will love
I hate that AI has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one
Ray Bradbury once said "Get passionate about ideas. Cram your head full of images. Stay off the internet & all that crap. Read all the great books. Read all the great poetry. See all the great films. Fill your life with metaphors. And then explode."
I think about this every day.
indians bullied australia women's cricket team into deleting their tweets about sexual harrasment of their athletes in india. u can't hate them enough there's no limit to their vileness. ur like there can't be nothing lower than this and they'll pick up the shovel
You need a hobby that requires using your hands: baking, knitting, rock climbing, Lego building, whatever. And you also need an activity that stimulates your mind: reading, learning a new language, Soduku, word searches, the crossword
The hand lettered ink for my Frankenstein title treatment was definitely a little out of my comfort zone but I think I it turned out great in the final!
At one point in Frankenstein you're reading the story of a Turkish girl, told to a Frenchman, overheard by the monster, who's narrating it afterwards to Victor, who's recounting it to an English sea captain, who's writing it down in a letter to his sister
So now they suddenly want us to outrage and sympathise with an unfair treatment of a hero who is dark skinned. This is the same industry that will exclusively cast fair skinned women as the lead. I am sorry, you cannot have our grace!
Ngl, adult friendships require grace. People are very busy. People are healing. People are growing. People are taking time for self care just like you. Less communication isn’t less love. Check in not out.
This is why I think also reading poetry is important. At least good poetry. It’s one of the genres that’s still difficult and mysterious to understand that you have to keep coming back to a poem over and over, and first appreciate it on the level of language and sound.