Random mid-week rants
I recently came across this post on Instagram, which, if I were to paraphrase, said something on the lines of, 'We leave traces of who we are in the things we create.' In an intrigued attempt to see if there was any truth in the above, I decided to review some of my writings, poems, song cover choices and realized that an outsider going through my content would probably think I'd been stabbed in the heart with a sharp switchblade. A quick conversation with my trusted friend, R, revealed that maybe it was time to explore lighter themes so I wouldn't get branded as a Rupi Kaur. (No offense, but I'm team Lang Leav). 'Lighter themes.' Somehow, it did not sit down very well with me. Probably because other associated words that popped up in my head were 'casual', 'shallow' and 'barely scratching the surface'. But I think more than anything else, it was also unsettling, because it posed itself as a challenge. Over the years, I've made m...