Rudya Aditya

Tag: art

  • Instead of Netflix and Chill, Do This

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    One way to figure out what works for humans is to think about the hunter gatherers. We were hunter gatherers for most of human history. Civilization is so new, most of our dead ancestors shake their heads in disbelief about how weird the kids have turned out. It is true though that we evolved for…

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  • Naked Sun

    A poem about staring straight into the sun.

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  • The Awe Inducing Ending of One Hundred Years of Solitude

    My book review for Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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  • A Routine for Rational Nihilists

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    In which I talk about the routine I’ve developed from a nihilistic point of view.

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  • Fighting the Cult of Productivity

    In a couple of days, I’ll turn 41 years old. As I prepare to start my 42nd trip around the sun, I’m trying to come up with a time management system that sits well with my philosophy and doesn’t repeat the same mistakes I always make, as I talked about in my last post on…

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  • Timetables and Me

    When I was in highschool, a teacher was lecturing us on time management and asked if any of us made timetables to manage our time. I had just started making timetables and in my excitement I raised my hand without thinking about whether or not I wanted to share my routine with the entire class.…

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  • Changes

    Things are changing again. I’m going through a bit of a negative phase and it’s frustrating because I thought I had gotten over that phase. But change is the only constant and there’s just no way to continue on a path that you don’t believe in anymore. I wish I could just choose a path…

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  • My Velvet Wings

    I was once a butterfly,born in reverse.My velvet wingsa burning orange and yellowwith two white eyessurrounded by black circles,on a constant leaden lookoutfor thoughts dull and pragmatic;what the grown-ups called “growing up”. Then I went into a slimy cocoon,slipped right in with a slush,as if someone had sucked me in.But who? Why? How?Maybe my ghost…

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  • A Day Out in Ahmedabad

    Dear Reader, Yesterday I went out to spend some time on my own. It is important to me, especially as an INTJ, even though the MBTI is not much more scientific than astrology, that I spend some time alone. Even as a Pisces, alone time is crucial for me. And when the house is filled…

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  • Self-Meta-Critical Letter/Journal Entry

    Dear Reader, How are you? How’s life? Can you really answer these questions? You can reply to this email and the replies will automatically get posted as comments under the blogpost for this letter. And if you do that, I will definitely read them and reply and perhaps even continue the conversation. But the more…

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