Day One

1. Saw Dr. Vallayur Ramachandran's video series on 'Neurology and the passion for Art' and also on 'Phantoms in the brain'. A must watch for all in the creative fields.

This one on synaesthetsia (how onw or miore senses work in tandem) is really really interesting
http://psy.ucsd.edu/chip/pdf/Synaesthesia%20-%20JCS.pdf

Interesting viewpoints on Indian Art. How artists accentuate that one thing (out and above of realism) to effect an aestheic rapture.

2. Experimented with rice without the usual onion tadka (onion fry). It still tastes good.

3. Divide all work into two parts : main course and tributary. Cant say about all of us but I have seen I am happiest when I am simultaneously working on two things. The tributary is the one 'zing thing' kinda stuff like Design Competitions, a book on Design|Consumer Cult|applying for a scholarship....... something that is aloof and separatte and in fact mutually exclusive from the main course of daily work (630 to 330 pm job at IDEA)

In fact while preparing for exams like GMAT and GRE too, should divide the work at hand into two parts. I am sure you will find one to be more linear than the other once you do so. Eg. If Critical Reasoning (CR) is a weaker point in someone's prep regime and he has to complete Problem Solving part too in which he is comparatively adept, then the latter becomes the more linear one. Let it be the tributary. That is, whenever he has say 10 min gap he shoudl solve 3-4 questions. Main course (CR) should be give 'at a stretch' sittings.

Similarly at work reduce the linear tasks into intermittent work timings so that the main task is carried out in one or two chunks while the tributary is 'opened in a new window'.

Introduction

Small steps one at a time, a few learnings a day ! enuff to grow. We all are aboard the journey of life. how we react today is determined by what we learnt yesterday. Thinking each day is a yesterday of the coming tomorrow, I am starting to jot down what I learnt each day.