Fall wind has rustled me back to the blog! Late summer was busy with travel, apartment hunting, moving yada yada yada but I am excited more than ever to be back and share some of my musings. Here are some fun snippets of media that have scratched my brain and have been percolating in my…
Read moreUptown Girls/Barbie (Movies): It started with a clip I saw on YouTube shorts. 20 something Brittany Murphy was picking up a young (older than 5, younger than 10, that’s as far as my age guessing skills go) Dakota Fanning for the first time from a fancy private school on the Upper East side, a gig…
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Recently, I passed by the renovating Domino Sugar building on the Williamsburg waterfront. Standing at more than 10 floors tall, broad frame, dark bricks, curved windows, this 19th century building harkens to a time when intricacy was prized. It’s firmly devoid of efficiency. The developers are keeping the external facade of the building more or…
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Following up on my piece on modern day consumption habits, I wanted to share some thoughts around what I am doing to be more mindful about what I consume. To start off, I want to address something. Am I completely impervious to all forms of consumption habits and trends? No, and that would honestly be…
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When you enter the Chauvet cave in France, you are transported to a different world. This cave that remained untouched for thousands of years is rugged, ancient, and yet familiar. Horses, lions, owls are suspended on the cave walls, and drawn with such perfection in chiaroscuro some 30,000 years ago that it feels like the…
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Continuing the series from previous week. Read things that challenged me to be present in the moment and provoked me to think about the state of consumerism, the economy, the circular impact of the economy on citizenship among many other themes. 1. Becoming Trader Joe’s (Book): Trader Joe’s is an excellent example of a company…
Read moreMoto Mutu simply translates to Fat Heart in Nepali. The writings in this blog are a collection of thoughts that, at times, feel TOO big to contain. So, out of this almost bursting heart, I’m excited to share splices of my thoughts with you all ❤️
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I see this column as a collection of some things I read during the week – books, articles, tweets etc. that pique my interest in some way. I love learning and I find reading to be one of the best ways to not just understand a topic but also expand referential thinking. Learning about something,…
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Each season embodies a character and the natural world plays its dramaturgically complex part perfectly. Nature even involves us intimately to partake in this performance and we follow its lead more closely than we think. I will admit my love for seasons comes after a recent change of heart. Seasons can feel like a nuisance…
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