Sunday, July 6, 2008
Sack- what images does this word conjure?
Sack to me is about being dismissed from a job. It is also about a bag of jute cloth. We also talk of "hitting the sack". What does it mean for you?
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Monday, June 9, 2008
What do you think of when you hear 'bananas'?
You see bananas and you see yellow? Or do you see rich nutrition? Or do you think of going bananas. Or do you think of the male anatomy? Seeing lies in the eyes of the viewer, doesn't it?
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Monday, May 26, 2008
proposal, choose, porcine
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Friday, May 9, 2008
Seeing lies in the eyes of the viewer and...
Seeing lies in the eyes of the viewer The eyes of the viewer are informed by certain knowledges the knowledges are gleaned from experience or readings the experience is from working or interacting or thinking through the readings are of minds big and small that form the corpus of writers
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
When l look at a man sharply reacting to my views,
I see an interesting opportunity cos it gives me an opportunity to expand and elaborate and also gives me the hope that someone is listening and interacting. There are others who see somebody sharply reacting to their views as someone trying to assert his power, someone trying to show his...
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
When someone hears a different drummer, let him step to the music he hears
however near or far away - there was a quote like this or to this effect of Thoreau which fascinated me. It essentially meant that we didn't always need to walk a beaten path. But someone else interprets that quote of Thoreau differently. They say that this means that people should not be restricted...
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Sunday, March 2, 2008
When someone keeps you at bay on something that you have a lot to do with,
there can be many reasons. The context is important. It just maybe that they want to give you a break and make u feel good that there are others who are carrying forward the trail you've set or it maybe that they feel threatened and see you as a competitor or it just maybe that they do not think you...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
I just saw a post by blogger DevikaRao which was about perceptions
of one's body and how they are shaped by what is seen as normal. Now the point is how is this imagery of normal caused. By the million ads of the cosmetic industry and the ad agencies in league. The beauty contests, etc. On the other hand is the movement of LIFE -a reality movement that learns to...
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
When someone has lost a person considered near to that person,
and there is an expressionless look on his face, it depends on the situation and our perceptions as to how to interpret this face. Some people would say the person is too shocked beyond words and is hence expressionless. others will say that maybe he is not really grieving and that the loss is a...
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Monday, December 17, 2007
Not even God can stop us in our resolve to...
This expression which means that no force can stop us can be interpreted in different ways by different people. Some may say it is about disrespect to God cos God is supreme. Others will take the literary meaning of the expression. Still others will draw the inference that the person uttering it is...
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