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Here are few things from my past week that caught my attention -

1. Things I noticed - A flower older than 32000 years were bloomed.

   I saw a post about on Instagram about a flower blooming after 32000 years because a squirrel preserved the immature seeds. However, the post did not confirm the date of this news.

   
   Well, I was curious and found an article from National Geographic (Link↗)

   
   The page states - A Russian team discovered a seed cache of Silene stenophylla, a flowering plant native to Siberia, that had been buried by an Ice Age squirrel near the banks of the Kolyma River (map). Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the seeds were 32,000 years old.
   

   The mature and immature seeds, which had been entirely encased in ice, were unearthed from 124 feet (38 meters) below the permafrost, surrounded by layers that included mammoth, bison, and woolly rhinoceros bones.
   
   Imagine what all are preserved or unfound by us.

   
   I alway have a fear of the oceans. They hold secrets that even skies might fear I believe.
   

2. Movies I Watched - A beautiful mind, Hoppers, Project Hail Mary, They Will Kill You.

3. A thought that lingered - I dont think I am a good human to be a serviceman of god.

   
   I think god created us to be humans first and then serve god. But, with things going on around us, we are slowly loosing grip on what it means to be humans.
   

4. I started a film photography page -

   
   If you know me, I am a huge fan of photography. To freeze a moment in time, that has a story or a meaning is something I always wanted to do, and with the workshop I attended in Early February, Film photography is what I thought suited my hunger for story.
   
   Film photography is moment captured but with uncertainty of the results. it is solely for me to capture a moment - rest all is me trusting and hoping it comes good. Atleast until I become familiar with the mechanics and then I can play around with the way I want my image to look.
   
   I post photos that are my archive of film captures that I think are the best of the bunch and share occasional mishaps and out of focus shots here.
   
   Link↗

5. My First Film camera click:
   
   I click the first picture of my family in the kitchen. It was out of focus as I am still learning but the meaning it captured was beautiful to me.

   

   The left burn indicates it was the first film of the roll and I am happy with it staying this way.
   

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Here are few things from past few weeks that caught my attention -

1. Things I noticed -

   It is starting to feel as if we are no longer looking for ways to socialize, and even though we do, it is mostly to drink and share our problems, or to have some work related meetings.

   
   Where are the days, where we meet to catch up, to play games, to watch movies, to sing songs, and more.
   
   I am actively, with all my heart trying to bring back more of the days where rooms were filled with laughter for a couple of hours - not more not less. Because, I realized, fun for a short amount of time is beautiful and one that is memorable.

   
   Slow living does not mean no fun at all (fun that relates to current ways of fun) and living as a monk, it means to choose the fun for a few hours here and there and then going back to the life you enjoy doing.

2. Movies I Watched - Taste Of Cherry (easily became my favourite film with my interpretation of the ending), Couple Friendly, Sentimental Value, Hamnet

3. A line pondering in my head-
   Desire is suffering. Choose the sufferings you would want to have till the rest of your life.

4. A photograph I clicked that I admire -

   I recently attended my friends wedding in Vizag and after attending the event, We were in Vizag for a few days and I think I clicked one of my favourite pictures using my mobile.
   

   

   
   

You are reading the post from “Things I Noticed” on my site.

Here are few things from my past week that caught my attention -

1. I noticed - Ika - A short film.

   Ika, a 15-min short film by Raam Reddy is an interesting watch which beautifully captures and delivers the meaning of creativity, imagination and how mediums don’t matter when story is beautiful.

   
   You get to understand film, story, and depth of lead characters with the help of his surrounding in a short span of time.

   
   What caught me the most was the ending scene where the entire film protagonist shot is being viewed by him on a static TV but shown to us from his eye is a masterpiece direction.

2. Movies I Watched - Send Help, Sore: A Wife from the Future

3. A Question I pondered - linear progress or horizontal progress?
   Is it better to go deep into one thing? Or to spread our attention across multiple interests, growing bit by bit in all of them?

   
   I personally think the second option gives more meaning (to me atleast)

   • You get to be busy on things you actually like doing

   • Never get tired and be stuck on one thing.

   • Constant amalgamation of ideas from different fields do come up and might help us back.

   
   What do you think?
   

4. A workshop I attended -

   I attended the analogue photography and print workshop this past weekend and It feels like it might become a pivotal moment; not just for a hobby, but for how I choose to spend my time.

   I always felt an immense pull towards making memories, writing about them, and telling a story - Now the medium might change but the story I want to convey remains unchanged or even makes it better.
   
   It allows me to be intentional. Much like the film Perfect Days, I want my days to be filled with things I choose to do; things I love doing. The discomfort of choosing will appear from time to time, but doing what we love feels like the point of it all.

   This workshop reminded me of that.
   

   I love clicking pictures. I love writing. I love learning about different things. In a quiet way, it felt like a pat on the back—you’re on the right track.
   
   I’m still waiting for the scans of the photos I shot and the print I made. For now, I have a few samples captured by fellow participants.

   

You are reading the post from “Things I Noticed” on my site.

I had three reasons to start/write these -

1. To be more aware of what I am consuming.

2. To structure and slowly improve my writing.

3. To share and document what stays with me.

Here are few things from my past week that caught my attention -

1. I noticed - The Lone Penguin

   This viral inspirational sensation of a lone penguin leaving the colony and walking to the distant mountains.
   Why? is the question I had in mind and when I saw the feed of the penguin walk while the director tells that even though the researcher brings him back to the colony, he immediately walks towards the mountains again for an entire day.

   
   The internet had different renditions of the reason and I could only imagine a story of lost lover calling him towards the mountains.

   
   On the documentary’s comments lies a beautiful rendition of why the penguin was walking towards the mountains -

   “I have no wings, so I can’t fly. I’ll climb the mountains, so I may touch the sky.”

   
   But it is fascinating to see the penguin recorded in 2007 shown to the world in 2008, is now viral on the internet.

   
   This goes to show personal stories, unique observations, and honest questions never go out of style and will be picked up to fame at some point or the other and you just have to trust and do to do the right thing and not worry about any other aspect.

2. Movies I Watched - Marty Supreme, Monster

3. A Question I pondered - Why are we embarrased to fail?
   Maybe it’s because of our childhood and how we were raised or maybe we don’t want to see ourselves be questioned, judged, or even laughed at.
   
   I am trying so hard to get out of my comfort zone, I want to say to people freely what I think without having any intent behind it, but scared to do so.
   
   I will have to learn how, but this feeling of embarrassment when we fail is something interesting? It makes us try harder next time or not touch it for the rest of our life. There is no inbetween. But what if there is?
   
   I remember, there were a lot of good moments from my past that I let go or did not perform well knowing that I would fail and embarrass myself.
   
   If only I would have fought that feeling and did it anyway.
   
   I cannot change the past now, but I can take tiny actions now to change from now on.

4. An Act I Noticed - Do babies instinctively know that something is dangerous.
   
   I never saw a baby being happy in an elevator. Similar to one I noticed this past week. The baby boy was visibly smiling when he was first seen while the door opened on a floor in between transite from fourth floor to ground floor. I noticed the baby looked around and saw the elevator door close.

   
   His face turned pale, he looked up and then down on his father’s shoulder and let out a big cry. It was as if to say this is not new to me and what is happening I am scared. As soon as we reached the ground floor, his father who was saying it’s nothing and patting the babys back,rushed front and said, see we are okay and when the teary eyed baby saw the open space, the people not so packed in - he let out a smile and watched his dad and smile grew even bigger.
   

5. Photograph I clicked -

   

Welcome to this section of my website called “Things I Noticed”.

These will be short, frequent notes shared via email specifically.

I had three reasons to start this -

1. To be more aware of what I am consuming

2. To structure and slowly improve my writing (in some way)

3. To share and document what stays with me.

Here are few things from the past couple of weeks that caught my attention.

Things I noticed

A CEO shared a post on Linkedin, addressing the newly promoted MDs in his company. He shared how inspiring it is to watch them grow into these leadership roles.

On this posts comment, a stranger congratulated the CEO on his promotion to MD and explained him how hardwork always paysoff.

Movies I watched

• Midsommar

• Train Dreams

A question I pondered over

Which comes first in a relationship? love or respect?

I was under the impression that love comes first because few years ago, when the topic came up in conversation, my parents said - it is love that comes first towards a person and then respect follows.

And I believed the opposite as my thinking was love comes anyway between two people when in close proximity along with other feelings that come.

As I live on, I feel both together gives life more meaning. But again, the question stays in my mind because lot changes based on what starts first and it differentiate in the way we live?

An act I noticed

A one-year-old child, sat quietly, eating her chocolate her grandfather had given her.

Her parents were busy working at the food stall.

She finished her chocolate, then looked at her parents, then walked to her elder brother probably three or four years old - and extended her hand.

No sound, no emotion.

He, who was watching a video on the phone, watched her hand and immediately gave his quarter eaten chocolate to her, without any hesitation.

The little girl quietly went back to her spot and started having this as if that was her battery to live.

A photograph I clicked, worth sharing