Tag: perception

03
May
2015

Magical Book Design

Literally magical book blurb design! Tales with the theme of magic. I wonder how many readers of the individual books…

03
May
2015

Accidental Fish

A smudge of paint on glass, like a fish frozen in time. The human tendency to perceive the familiar is…

25
Apr
2015

Waving Squares

Wavy shelves for squarish books at Library@Orchard. Knowledge and information need not be rigid. They can flow, and they do…

25
Apr
2015

Stars

Starring… a star! A planet actually, as it doesn’t blink. Venus. The accidental ‘beauty’ of light pollution, that steals the…

25
Apr
2015

Dunno

Monstrous, or elegant, or both, or neither, or dunno?

09
Apr
2015

Confidence: Wandering Thought #228

Confidence: Wandering Thought #228: True confidence comes from really knowing what you are supposed to know well. False confidence comes…

04
Apr
2015

Craziness: Super Short Story #344

Super Short Story #344: Craziness He used to go ‘crazy’ at those who behaved ‘crazily’, till he realised some are…

04
Apr
2015

Doors: Super Short Story #341

Super Short Story #341: Doors As the crowd streamed through one of the double push doors, with the front ones…

17
Mar
2015

Feeling: Sam & Sara #422

Sam & Sara #422 : Feeling Sara: Why is it that when I turn off the fan, I feel hot?…

17
Mar
2015

Waiting: Sam & Sara #418

Sam & Sara #418 : Waiting Sara: If you love me, you shouldn’t make me wait. Sam: If you love…

17
Mar
2015

Demonisation (Horns)

As inspired by the movie ‘Horns’, but not following its plot… When he first sprouted a horn, he was shunned,…

08
Mar
2015

Stereotype Not

‘Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir’ by Liz Prince speaks of the author and her company’s confusion of the differences between her…

28
Feb
2015

I Didn’t Mean…

From the movie ‘Tammy’… Tammy: Yeah, thanks a lot. Curtis: You’re welcome. Tammy: I didn’t mean ‘thank you.’ Curtis: And…

28
Feb
2015

Only Words For Now

Advice to a friend who sent a lengthy worded feedback email to an organisation: ‘You mustn’t mistaken politely worded replies…

28
Feb
2015

Fault-Finding

To a Dharma friend: ‘I used to be like you, to look at faults more than virtues of others. The…

27
Feb
2015

Playing Dress-Up

Which makes more sense? Dressing up to possibly create an illusion of absolute well-being for an annual visit of relatives…

27
Feb
2015

Queue: Counterintuitive Lesson (1)

A short queue at a taxi stand does not guarantee a short wait. It might mean many gave up waiting…

13
Nov
2014

Perception : Sam & Sara #417

Sam & Sara #417 : Perception Sara: Are these shades too big? Sam: (looking hard…) Sara: Well? Sam: Well, it’s…

14
Jun
2014

Murmuration: Super Short Story #339

Super Short Story #339: Murmuration  It turns out that there was no real leader in the flock of birds, while…

14
Jun
2014

Remembrance: Super Short Story #337

Super Short Story #337:  Remembrance He could not remember itbut he could rememberhe wrote it down somewhere,though he could not…