Delete

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Delete to curate.

Delete to direct our focus. Delete to remove distractions, noise.

Delete to create space
for clarity.
for engagers to fill gaps with their own thoughts, interacting with the piece.
for only what is important.
for new ideas.
for storage and inventory.

Delete to add weight to your words.

What is said when nothing is said? Why was this said and not that? When do we delete and where do we start deleting from?

Put thoughts through trials and tribulation.

Delete everything and only keep what absolutely must stay. Why must this stay when everything must go?

The rest of the words from this post have been deleted.

Originally posted on matadora on December 6.

Year Notes: 2025

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January: Started the year in San Fransisco. Came back to India and decided to walk 10,000 steps everyday.

February: Travelled to Kochi, Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram, Mahabalipuram and Pondicherry with parents. They drove from Jammu to Kanyakumari and back.

March: Parents, brother and later my friend Anatarleena came to visit me in Bangalore. Discovered that my aquarium snails are capable of eating the other fish in the tank.

April: I went swimming and can now swim a kilometer easy. Stopped taking meds for my brain.

May: Wanted to go home to Jammu. They’re having a war maybe. Went home to Jammu. Coco, my dog is no more a puppy and can knock me off my feet.

June: Went to Kashmir in a train, and then to see the new bridges, everything was super pretty. However, I did not feel happy. Realized all the beauty in the world can not actually bring joy, sometimes there just is no joy. Cut my hair short after 20 years.

July: Went to Ahemdabad for work things. Came back to Bangalore. My friend Nilay came to visit for a week. There is still no joy.

August: Felt joy again. Painted trees. Made a new friend, felt like meeting myself, but in someone else.

September: Had a picnic in the park for my birthday. 25 people showed up, much to be grateful for.

October: Went for longer walks. Went to Gokarna, saw many dead fish and some dead eels, and then went to Kodaikanal, where I hugged many trees and napped on a big rock.

November: Working a lot. Walking enough. Eating erratic. Sleeping okay.

December: All my fish (except the betta) died! Bacterial infection apparently. The snails continue to thrive, can probably survive a nuclear leak. I got a prize for working too much and struggling to say no and taking up more work than I should have.

General notes for the year:

  • Clock hours are not the best indicator of time.
  • Trees are cool, and always available to comfort you.
  • If nothing I can always walk. I can walk anywhere. It takes nothing to walk.
  • Podcasts are a great way to learn. Listened to a bunch about science, history, horror, and tarot.
  • Changed 4 therapists this year (that’s 9 in two years). Have to find a new one, yet again.
  • My paintings have an art style unique to me now, and I like it.
  • Participated in a bunch of quizzes, won a few too!
  • Set my personal driving record by driving 10 hours in a single day. Need to be less competitive on the roads, maybe.
  • Played some chess, and built a chessboard with clay pieces.
  • Walked my steps every single day since Jan 15. Note able walks: Walking in the night bus to kochi, walking 14kms in Kodai, walking to all the beaches in Gokarna, walking after my super long drive, walked to Marathalli, walked through rainy weather for a week holding my umbrella and felt sick, walking in parties.