The Scribbler

This is obviously something not written by me, but ya it’s something we all have experienced. Travel and you’ll surely know what family is, love is, your books, windows, bed, dog, terrace, rain, coffee mug……..I can go on. Henry Rollins has done it far more better.  I beg young people to travel. If you don’t have a passport, get one. Take a summer, get a backpack and go to Delhi, go to Saigon, go to Bangkok, go to Kenya. Have your mind blown. Eat interesting food. Dig some interesting people. Have an adventure. Be careful. Come back and you’re going to see your country differently, you’re going to see your president differently, no matter who it is. Music, culture, food, water. Your showers will become shorter. You’re going to get a sense of what globalization looks like. It’s not what Tom Friedman writes about; I’m sorry. You’re going to see that global climate change is very real. And that for some people, their day consists of walking 12 miles for four buckets ...

What should   I write   that has not been written? What should   I say   that has not been said? Should I say   that that I love you without any limits? Or   should I say   that I’ll be with you as long as this life permits? What should   I promise   that has not been promised? Should   I swear   to hold you like this forever? Or should   I cross my heart   to leave you never? What should   I bring   you that has never been brought? Do   you wish   for those classic moons and stars? Or do   you want   me to win those brutal wars? But   as always , the truth is still the same As always , I am still talking to your name As always , I don’t know what feelings to frame As always , I have a destiny to blame What can   I do   to make this note travel? Can   I shout   in a voice that co...

A lot of traveling and which means a lot of reading too. I made it a point to write about a lot of things in this time but ended up sitting idle looking at the ever-changing landscape and reading whatever I can get. I feel empty, there’s absolutely no urge to write so I’ll rather share two things from a book. The first excerpt is a list by the character Javits; a list of what society thinks is normal and anything outside it, makes people uncomfortable and threatened.   What normality means in this world? 1) Anything that makes us forget our true identity and our dreams and makes us only work to produce and reproduce. 2) Making rules for a war. 3) Spending years at university and to find a job. 4) Working from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon at something that does not give us the least pleasure, so that we can retire after 30 years. 5) Retiring only to discover that we have no more energy to enjoy life, and then dying of boredom after a few y...