August 2017 - Smoke words every day.

[69] Cure Your Writer’s Block By Doing This.

August 31, 2017August 31, 2017by Rahul Gaur5 Comments

The economy of the like minded has created a perception that writer's block is a phenomenon that can be overcome only by an inspired mind. The need to understand that a constant state of flow can also spring up new ideas and reveal your underlying feelings just because your neurons are sparking up is paramount [...]

poetry, Reflections, Write-ups

[68] We All Suffer From Hope

August 26, 2017August 27, 2017by Rahul Gaur6 Comments

We all suffer from hope. A hope for a universal desire to be loved. To be loved for who we are is what we look for in a relation, be it friendship or romantic. But no one can love you for all that you are. So you build up a facade of who they want [...]

poetry

[67] Fullness of a void

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

She lies beside me in a wakeful slumber Gulping down the dose of not speaking secrets she hides To watch her eyes, I am reminded of the colours of the space The lesson they provide: to not go beyond what you've been given The reason why she tells me not to look in her eyes. [...]

Challenges

[66] Writing Exercise: “In A Regretful Room”

August 24, 2017August 24, 2017by Rahul Gaur6 Comments

Where am I? An 8x10 square room with a feeling of no air. White walls with dirt marks caused by the edge of my dirty feet mirroring an eeriness inside my mind. The bright white light blinds me for a millisecond and then I see again. A table of inferior quality stands on its four [...]

poetry

[65] My Darling

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

Terrorise me through your love, my darling Force your way into my mind Break what I've made until now because you call for a masterpiece made of and for you entirely. Be violent in your approach, my darling because I exist for a passion that numbs the world that we live in, to enter the [...]

Questions, Reflections

[64] Am I excited to be doing what I’m doing or am I in aimless motion?

August 22, 2017by Rahul Gaur2 Comments

Enthusiasm and eagerness are the emotions that a person goes through whilst feeling excited. And feeling excited about the field that you're going to dedicate your whole life to is a must. Do I feel excited towards filmmaking right now? or am I in aimless motion? To answer the first half I can say that [...]

Challenges, Reflections

[63] Social Media Detox Day 2 – Day 10

August 20, 2017by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

Confusion. Bewilderment. Brink of insanity. Web of lies. Complications. These words describe the situations I've been in before I left Social Media. Getting immersed in a scroll fest of unnecessary information that fed tiredness to my brain was the schedule whenever I had free time. The Changes During day 2 to day 5 whenever I [...]

Challenges

[62] Social Media Detox: Day 1

August 11, 2017by Rahul Gaur11 Comments

Living inside ideas of another men and women is what we have been doing since the dawn of man. Novels, movies, stories, even the social constructs are us living in an idea of another men and women. It seems perfect and quaint until we start questioning it because some ideas are faded in their authenticity [...]

Challenges

[61] Challenge: Quitting Social Media For A Month

August 11, 2017by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

The aim for any creative person is consistent productivity. And the roadblock that many are facing is constant interruption through their phones, social media addiction, procrastination watching cat videos or having anxiety because of news that has an indirect response to us. The roadblock to the roadblock i.e. the resistance to quit this interference is [...]

poetry

[60] Musings from a dark silent box.

August 4, 2017by Rahul GaurLeave a Comment

I In a dark silent box, I'm breathless A revolt broods like lava Like a calm before the storm She moves inside the box and gives me music. II I live somewhere in between your remembrance and denial. You live somewhere in between my fragrance and a lie. We speak through shapes of clouds, the [...]