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    Map Of Emotion | Roving I

    Generous

    October 19, 2013March 29, 2025
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    * Earlier here as Extremist.

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  Ideart: Psychedelic Paradise
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    Ideart: Psychedelic Paradise

    October 17, 2013September 16, 2023
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    Who needs a lava lamp when you can create a slice of psychedelic paradise for yourself? This is an old olive jar, painted with a tropical beach scenery and inlit with a blue LED strip. It serves as a perfect (and portable) nightlamp.

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    Strangelove

    October 16, 2013February 25, 2025
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    #Ideastory is a tag that I use to post 140 character story bits onto Twitter. My mood was Strangelove today and here are the tales I told: ~O~O~O~O~O~O~ I’m tired of romance, she says, it’s what men use to bribe me into bed.Fine, he says, wanna fuck then eat the…

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    Everybody’s Got A Story – Heather Wardell: Like Talking To An Old Friend

    October 14, 2013March 27, 2023
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    Everybody’s Got a Story by Heather WardellMy rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve gotten used to thinking of galley reads as less than perfect in some way, since they aren’t quite the finished product. ‘Everybody’s Got A Story’ was a pleasant surprise in that sense, because I read a pre-release…

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  Ideart: A Bottle of Tribal Dancers
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    Ideart: A Bottle of Tribal Dancers

    October 10, 2013September 16, 2023
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    I love Warli so much, how could I not do this? We can all be dancers!

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  IFocal: Black and White Stories
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    IFocal: Black and White Stories

    October 8, 2013March 29, 2025
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    Everyone’s just another pixel in the collage till you boil them down to their #BlackandWhite stories. I’ve heard people say that Black-and-white is the better form of photography. As a colour lover, I resisted this for a long time. I still enjoy vibrancy but I’m beginning to see how colour…

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  Ideart: Bottled Starry Night
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    Ideart: Bottled Starry Night

    October 4, 2013March 27, 2023
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    A Van Gogh on a bottle

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    Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Saadgi: The Indian Plain Jane ideal

    October 1, 2013March 26, 2023
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    Western feminism talks about the infantalisation of women. Childish behaviour is rewarded, glorified and in some cases, forcibly attributed too. I think the Indian counterpart is a bit different – but there is an Indian counterpart. The Indian culture, across states idolizes the Plain Jane. In general conversations among my…

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    IFocal: Train Journey

    October 1, 2013March 29, 2025
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    *If you like this photograph, you might want to check out my Instagram stream.

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    Ideart: Night Sky In A Bottle

    September 28, 2013September 16, 2023
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    This time I tried a shaded effect (which is a lot harder on a curved glass surface than on a flat fabric or paper one!). The design didn’t lend itself to black borders, which I realised later is a major factor in making bottle art stand out. Lesson learnt. Still,…

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  • IdeaSmith on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “@Soumya: Thank you for reading and commenting. Yes, I’ve had a good male role model. Unfortunately for me, I’ve encountered…”
  • IdeaSmith on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “@krist0ph3r: ‘Judgement as mental shorthand’ is a great way to look at it. It’s narrow to think of judgementalism as…”
  • Soumya on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “Hi Ramya, Firstly, my congratulations on a well written post. It didn’t pull its punches. Secondly, it was lovely to…”
  • krist0ph3r on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “Wow, that was a lot to process and at some point it got too much for me to handle reading.…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Sid: Oh god, you’re right.”
  • Sid on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “I think the Poser Reader sentiment also comes from the branding reading as a hobby has had. Successful people say…”
  • Topher on Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry: “I too struggle greatly with problematic people who make great things. As a child Bill Cosby brought YEARS of joy…”
  • IdeaSmith on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “@XXfan: Yes, it appears to be a legal requirement for the hospital to show the removed parts to kin, probably…”
  • Xxfan on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “I experience with hysterectomy made me more mature.my mom had to have a hysterectomy.this was my first experience handling everything…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Slogan Murugan: Indeed. Books were always fascinating but this year has been about the people and spaces around books as…”

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