• Home, Familiarity, Perspective

    Home, Familiarity, Perspective

    There is always a search to find your favorites in a home – special edge of the sofa that you can claim as yours, favored seat at the dining table, perfect side of the bed, your dearest view outside the window. In a space like home where things are already familiar, it is fascinating how…

  • august in new york

    august in new york

    everything is so ruminative about august it’s the last cry, last burst, last time summer stands before you last chance to hear thousands of ac units hum like the wind above the water last chance to smell evening dinners from clanking plates in neighboring patios last chance to race to lick the gelato dripping down…

  • Media check (Late Sept to Mid Oct)

    Media check (Late Sept to Mid Oct)

    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 recently –  How Glossier Made Effortlessness…

  • History, Preservation, Identity

    History, Preservation, Identity

    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…

  • Born to Perceive, Live to Create – Part 2

    Born to Perceive, Live to Create – Part 2

    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…

  • Born to Perceive, Live to Create

    Born to Perceive, Live to Create

    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…

About me

Moto 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!

– AKG