A Life's Diary

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We are cradled with joy and sorrow. For a few more words, hit Burst My Bubble (http://insanitation-bubble-attack.blogspot.com) Photograph. Read. A sharpened pencil with the perks of a fine rubber hat. Pray. Search. Travel. Experiment. Letters. Literature. Golden dusty pages. Caffeinated. Without giving up green tea. Cross Stitch. Paper sews. There has to be 'something'. Math & Philosophy are absolute beauties. Anti Social Social-ist. Sorting. Deconstructing. Relocating. Stalk Tweets and Instagrams But Keep None. Count on untried food. Have more of Wes Anderson. Dada dey baagh and fangirl over all of from his paraphernalia. Guaranteed candies from him. Nano da baraamda (do not pronounce it as veranda) and to the years of not tasting Missi روٹی again. Resident of the city by the sea.

Bless you and wish you the best of luck. Have a good time – I am using good in the Greek sense. The Greeks had the word ‘kalos’ which meant three things at once – the great, the good & the beautiful – for in their great wisdom they realized that all three were inseparable.

From Patras Bhokari's letter to his son.

#Patras Bhokari #letters #Ahmed Shah Bokhari

Zindagi Se Darte Ho by Noon Meem Rashed from Zia Mohyeddin Reads.

Source: SoundCloud / MuhammadMoaaz

#Urdu Literature #Zia Moheyddin Reads #Noon Meem Rashed #Poetry #90s

The Human Condition.

#scribblings #vscocam #deskshot #travel

Is it terrorism itself or the cities where terror strikes that is more appalling? – The Express Tribune Blog

blogs.tribune.com.pk

‘I mourn for you Paris, because you are stuck between two of the most destructive forces in the world. Your attackers include terrorists and your supporters comprise of ignorants. A beautiful city like you does not deserve such ugly luck but due to our collective ignorance, we have already allowed many beautiful cities to be reduced to ashes since the start of this century.

Bon courage, France and bon courage, World.’

#Terror Attacks #Paris #Beirut #Palestine #Peshawar #Karachi #Baghdad #Syria #Yemen #Japan #Nairobi #Mexico

https://www.grimygoods.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/12HeartachesandPain.mp3?play_key=e6ba8f023e92bbb5aaf06052cd0c6551

Charles Bradley, Heartaches & Pain.

#charles bradley #heartaches & pain #soundtrack

Sinful sundaes for dreadful Mondays or cookie shots for post four am awakenings. An iced latte or cappuccino. Maybe Afgani eggs or burrito wraps. But Vintage, Bakeshop & Cafe.

#vscocam #Vintage Bakeshop & Cafe #Karachi #Food #photogrid

Racing waves? Wavethon. noun: contest in which waves compete with each other to see who can travel for the longest amount of time.)

#vscocam #Istanbul #deniz #sea #racing waves

Could you gather cheese toasts and binoculars, navigators and atlas? ‘What are we looking for?’ ‘But what are we looking at?’

#deskshot #scribblings #vscocam #look out

Shadowgraph.

#shadowgraph #shadows #beam of light #photographing #vscocam

Benedict Cumberbatch: Can’t Keep It Inside (August Osage County)

#benedict cumberbatch #august osage county

‘Now is going to be a nicer yesterday.’ Departures to a wider wonder.

#Airports #Departures #Scribblings #vscocam

'Towards the Sea and a cup of Tea, With Love, From Mutualities.'

#Turkiye #Istanbul #Ferries #Tea #Places #Cultures #Travel #Scribblings

Ameen.

#Hadis #Prophet Muhammad (SAW)#Prayer

Vintage Bakeshop & Cafe. Keep sending over those cheesecakes.

Best wishes to you, creative duo.

#Vintage #Karachi #Cafe #Bakeshop #Victorian

The paradox of choice

Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.

www.ted.com|Barry Schwartz

‘...produces paralysis rather than liberation...’

#ted talks #barry schwartz #theparadoxofchoice

I photographed the old photographs. Today around clinging to the people we have been, seizing joy as joyous it must have been. This one is of the cousin with warm brown streaks and chubby rosy cheeks. The last minute partner in roadtripping from early 2000s.

#albums #old photographs #2000s #cousins #childhood albums

Discourse 44 from Maulana Rumi’s Fihi Ma Fihi. (A. J Arberry Translation)

#Mevlana Rumi #Discourses of Rumi #Sufism #Lessons for Life #Persian Literature

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