PinnedIt’s all art — music, writing and my quest for atonementRight from the start, I’ve had a deep seated urge to create something. By nature, a dreamer I was attracted to art in all its forms. Music, literature, painting and sculpture all captured my imagination but some of these things I showed zero aptitude for. I am one of the…Cretivity6 min readCretivity6 min read
Dec 30, 2022Drawing From My Infinite Dark WellWhen I was hungry for success, I used to rise at 5.00 am and write for 2 hours straight before getting ready for my paid job. There was no shortage of material. I had a bottomless dark well from which I could draw. The stories flowed. Some contained barely restrained…Horror3 min readHorror3 min read
Oct 13, 2022Rediscovering the joy of writing speculative fiction after a long hiatusI have always been a writer, although at times I’ve done my very best to pretend that I’m not. In fact, for most of my life, writing has been such a natural thing for me, that I’ve kind of taken it for granted and that hasn’t been all that beneficial…Creating4 min readCreating4 min read
Jul 27, 2022You are being spoonfed media bulldust with a cherry on topI no longer consume mainstream media in any meaningful way. I still catch enough of it to know I am not missing anything. Publications that were once trusted have descended into clickbait-obsessed headlines with very little analysis. What analysis there is has become partisan cheering for whatever cause/party/program the media…Brics3 min readBrics3 min read
Mar 28, 2022Perfect StrangersI never really knew you and that is to my eternal shame. There are no excuses. I was weak and scared and had hidden away in a near-impenetrable fortress of my own making. I remember thinking that you were the most beautiful person that I had ever met, but I…Relationships5 min readRelationships5 min read
Mar 21, 2022The good that “ordinary” people doI am privileged to have come into contact with some extraordinary people. I am even more privileged to call some of them my friends. None of these people is well known. Some of them prefer anonymity. They have no need to shout their achievements from the rooftops. All the “buzz”…Kindness4 min readKindness4 min read
Published inCoinmonks·Mar 15, 2022Where will you be in five years?I’ve been on holiday for the past ten days or so and while I haven’t been particularly active working online during that time, I have taken the opportunity to do a lot of reading of various newsletters that I’m subscribed to. While I was reading them, some constant themes began…Cryptocurrency4 min readCryptocurrency4 min read
Mar 11, 2022Reflections on the path to forgiveness of selfMy book, Postcards From Hell was a cathartic process for me. I never expected it to grace the New York Times Best Seller list, but found it vitally important to publish it. The book is many things. It s a confession of sorts, a reckoning with demons and ultimately a…Gratitude3 min readGratitude3 min read
Published inCoinmonks·Mar 10, 2022The Make Money Online RevolutionFrom the very first days of the Internet, people have been working at making money online. Almost all of them follow a variation of the same old model. It has been logical to transport the offline world market-based method into this new frontier. Simply put, to make money online, you…Make Money Online4 min readMake Money Online4 min read
