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(p)lay the game of lust and love (06 Apr 2021)
the idea of play as something only children do is accepte...
100 zoom games to play (10 Feb 2021)
100 games designed to make your Zoom room a fun, not fati...
Playing the fool (13 Aug 2021)
aggression in the community (20 May 2021)
play is a primal act. like sex and violence. let’s look a...
all you need is love - love is all i need (04 Jun 2021)
All you need is love, love Love is all you need All yo...
are YOU in the game? (04 May 2021)
get in the game! no, i’m not encouraging prostitution. no...
are you a creator or consumer? (19 Apr 2021)
when the time comes to share on social media, inanity rul...
are you my audience? (29 Sep 2021)
nibble nibble… nibble nibble.. nibble nibble
art of apology (16 Jan 2021)
Mistakes are not an anomaly, yet very few have mastered t...
be a playpal (11 Aug 2021)
between destruction and creation (14 Dec 2020)
35 years ago, i received my first accolade for a piece of...
bliss is the opposite of stress (15 Apr 2021)
for the adult, playing is a break from work. for the chil...
break stuff. destroy darlings. dance with the dark side (01 May 2021)
adults love breaking news. that’s all. nothing else. anyt...
burnin’ or burnout (26 Mar 2021)
in India, auspicious events begins with the lighting of a...
can we fight and still be friends? (21 May 2021)
the overarching narrative today is that fighting is to be...
celebrating grief (11 Apr 2021)
when i watched this poignant movie, it reminded me of all...
celebrations not condolences (14 Dec 2020)
The sight of her still body lying on the tarmac got my mi...
cold places warm faces (20 Dec 2021)
what is it about the Himalayas that made me feel at home?...
come get some (13 Apr 2021)
a recent tweet by Craig Burgess hastened this article, wh...
death at the door (26 Apr 2021)
this time last year, i began writing this letter that you...
destruction derby (20 Jan 2022)
the beauty of destruction is seldom appreciated. and even...
dial G for gratitude (06 May 2021)
whenever i do something for someone, i’m curious about th...
die every day (15 Sep 2021)
death is my favorite subject of contemplation. it’s becom...
digital garden (03 Apr 2022)
this Jekyll template publishes my thoughts from Obsidian ...
do you wonder? (29 May 2021)
when was the last time you wondered? not worry, but wonde...
doing or done? (11 May 2021)
our whole lives as adults revolve around accomplishments....
doubt is a confidence man (10 Apr 2021)
i’ve always assumed that i’ve been immune to the disease ...
fear or fun factor (18 May 2021)
everyday when you wake up what drives you to get out of b...
fighting for love (22 May 2021)
the rosy picture that welcomes you into a relationship is...
freestyle rapping (20 Sep 2021)
a while ago [[Eyal Shay]] expressed his desire to rap fre...
fun is feral (16 May 2021)
when it comes to playing (just playing games, not sport),...
fun is the new fame (13 Apr 2021)
in recent times, the resurgence of young people playing w...
fun with benefits (14 Apr 2021)
ever since i’ve been raving about play, it’s always been ...
gamification vs playification (27 May 2021)
the corporate world has tested gamification experiments b...
genital garden (12 Aug 2021)
after spending a week grappling with multiple technologie...
getting to the bottom of things (18 Feb 2021)
It was 1893, religious leaders from all religions had gat...
ghost dog - way of the samurai (20 Jan 2022)
this film by Jim Jarmusch is about a modern day assassin ...
guns and toys (10 May 2021)
why do we love guns? if you think you don’t, you probably...
how i learned to love responsibility (13 May 2021)
everyone knows that i’m all about the game. the infinite ...
how to stay young by playing (25 May 2021)
the eternal fountain of youth has entranced many treasure...
hubris in the hills (20 Dec 2021)
i’m a self-confessed genius and if you think i’m being pr...
i am a millionaire 💰 (02 Apr 2021)
the gold is always at the end of the rainbow right? or s...
illusion of abandoning illusion (22 Sep 2021)
it’s rather simple to accept reality as that which the ma...
in dependence (10 Feb 2021)
“I can’t see my face!”
inspire. incite. infect (01 Jun 2021)
what are you looking to do with this whole play shtick?
interaction quotient - the new IQ (30 Apr 2021)
do you know what is more important than intelligence? int...
is fear playing you or are you playing with fear? (08 May 2021)
fear as a response is healthy fear as a state is unhea...
job hunt or treasure hunt? (04 Apr 2021)
when i chanced upon Chiara Cokieng’s tweet on her job-hun...
jungle book (27 Mar 2021)
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learn to live or live to earn? (12 Aug 2021)
if you’ve been following me on racket, you’ll know i’ve b...
let's record a racket (19 Dec 2021)
hello there! glad you’re curious about making a racket to...
love yourself like a cat (09 May 2021)
cats are sticklers for cleanliness. hygiene here is seen ...
magic carpet ride (23 May 2021)
the lockdown in my town has been extended by another two ...
magic of movement in play (25 Mar 2021)
even as adults, we enjoy the cognitive and spatial freedo...
make a mess, don’t be a mess (02 Apr 2021)
very often making art turns into an obsession with perfec...
mehfils & salons (11 Feb 2021)
0530 is a surreal time to be in. not quite day and certai...
minari magic (12 Apr 2021)
if you want more than just a spoiler, here are the all th...
mining and shining (25 Mar 2021)
it’s been a year since i started writing to let my though...
my best version is my worst version (05 May 2021)
all of 36 kilos, i walked stealthily and furtively across...
my wonderwall (18 Aug 2021)
every morning i wake up in a corner. in that corner, whic...
navarasa (20 Jan 2022)
Navarasa means Nava means nine, Rasa means emotional stat...
now is all we have (14 Aug 2021)
everyone has to start somewhere, be it square one or [[ro...
odie: origin story (19 May 2021)
the last time i wrote about ODie was when building a seco...
peek out of the window into yourself (22 Sep 2021)
while i once scoffed at the selfie generation, it’s silly...
play a prank every day (02 Apr 2021)
i woke up to see a parcel in my name outside the door. it...
play many games (01 Apr 2021)
do you remember when you were a kid? my earliest memories...
play the game of life (15 Sep 2021)
how do i want to play the game of life?
play to learn or learn to play (28 Aug 2021)
professor Charles Xavier of X-men fame has a danger room ...
play to your strengths (18 Mar 2022)
at some point in a person’s existence, as you [[play the ...
play with a purpose (04 Apr 2021)
why are you doing this?
play with intensity (03 Mar 2022)
playing as a child was always an intense experience regar...
playful parenting (25 Apr 2021)
i’m not a parent and harbor no intentions of raising any ...
playgrounds not libraries (26 May 2021)
play. play. play. all day long i think of play. that’s th...
playing alpha - boss or bully? (22 Sep 2021)
the alpha gets a bad rep in most circles today and we don...
playing alpha - boss or bully? (22 Sep 2021)
the alpha gets a bad rep in most circles today and we don...
playing in public (30 Mar 2021)
the building in public movement is gaining momentum and r...
playing with drugs and hugs (13 Aug 2021)
it’s been over a year since this unfolding of play as a p...
playing with patience (22 Apr 2021)
dial p.a.t.i.e… for patience
privilege - play it up or play it down? (05 Apr 2021)
the word privilege commonly brings negative connotations ...
reddy who? (03 May 2021)
why am i writing to you every single day, and who is this...
retire or revive? (29 Mar 2021)
almost everyone who hears of my retirement has an incredu...
rock-bottom or square one? (12 Aug 2021)
‘scraping the bottom of the barrel’ doesn’t have any part...
santa vs the grinch (10 Feb 2021)
Have you craved for something and gotten frustrated about...
scream of californication (27 Apr 2021)
as i untied the rope off my arm, the heroin surged throug...
searching for serendipity (03 Jun 2021)
according to Wikipedia, ‘Serendipity’ is an unplanned for...
small talk or real talk? (02 May 2021)
small talk always scares me. whether it’s professionally ...
softness is sweetness not weakness (23 Sep 2021)
we’re all zombie creatures born of the wasteland of a rui...
soulitude (31 May 2021)
twenty odd years ago, i left family, friends, homies, and...
surprise surprise (25 Jun 2021)
you are probably wondering where i’d disappeared and angr...
tension through attention (20 Apr 2021)
there are 60 minutes in an hour and 1440 minutes in an en...
thank you, sorry and fuck you (04 May 2021)
The most essential thing in life is to establish an un...
the allure of failure (17 Apr 2021)
when was the last time you celebrated failure? probably n...
the day is for play (13 Jan 2022)
the first night brought the cold along with it and i felt...
the heavenly and happy Himalayas (13 Jan 2022)
the mountains beckon to many but they’ve always just drag...
the horizon (15 Dec 2020)
you walk towards the horizon on a hot summer day. the sig...
the horizon beckons (20 Jan 2022)
my daily alarm buzzes gently on my wrist. sometimes not s...
the value of wasting time (14 Dec 2020)
“we are wasting time. time wastes itself. who are we t...
the warm hug of solitude (20 Dec 2021)
you’re probably familiar with the koan ‘what is the sound...
tinker with your toys and make some noise (12 May 2021)
congratulations 🥳 you just got a brand new gadget to play...
toys, games, and play (20 Dec 2021)
what do i seek when i climb step after step on a hill th...
two to tango (10 Feb 2021)
Ellen Fishbein showcases the joy of social writing as she...
ultraspeaking or speaking without thinking (16 Sep 2021)
after playing around with a few courses last year, i told...
violence and volume (23 Sep 2021)
violence is something i’ve never had much use for growing...
vitamin D - danger and death (22 Sep 2021)
A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a ...
wake up! (15 Dec 2020)
It’s barely half past 4 in the am. I’m waking up before t...
wealth & poverty (18 Aug 2021)
recently, someone i know said
what do i want to rap about? (12 Aug 2021)
below are subjects i might rap about and the words i’d us...
what do you do? (14 Dec 2020)
every time i’m asked this question, it takes me back to a...
what! are you thinking? (21 Apr 2021)
thinkers are abundant throughout the history of man. civi...
what's in your toy box? (16 Apr 2021)
every day you go to work, you carry a briefcase, backpack...
what's my game? (14 Aug 2021)
‘what’s your game here?’
what's this about? (12 Aug 2021)
what's your fuel? (18 Aug 2021)
If you want to run cool, you got to run On heavy, heav...
what’s in a name: tool or toy? (08 Jun 2021)
it’s a common practice to name toys as a kid. a teddy bea...
what’s this letter about again? (07 May 2021)
it’s come to my attention that both my style of writing a...
who would you save - yourself or the world? (14 May 2021)
Should the cabin lose pressure, oxygen masks will drop...
who's your hero? (13 Jan 2021)
what do we value most about ourselves? we are what we bel...
why are we playing the game of life? (20 Sep 2021)
we’re driven by purpose and we believe that this is what ...
why can’t adults play? (25 Apr 2021)
yes. there’s a one word answer to that question.
why i'm 'building' an audience (29 Sep 2021)
building an audience is something that’s always made me c...
why play together? (13 Sep 2021)
humans stay together to survive. but survival is not just...
why you need to build a pillow fort (28 May 2021)
i’ve witnessed the birth of over four generations of pupp...
workspace or playspace? (07 Apr 2021)
the world is your playground

i don't write ✍🏼 these nodes grow 🌱 all by themselves, so enjoy swinging through like i do...