![[115] My 5 Most Popular Blog Posts for 2017](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/shapeless-blur.jpeg?fit=720%2C540&ssl=1)
I started this blog as an experiment to become a serious writer after all. Writing has been therapeutic, cathartic and productive in helping me come close to my imperfect perfect version that I seek to achieve. My goal was to write 100 posts in a year and I completed it with 14 more, so you can [...]
![[105] A Mini-Reflection On The Journey](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/t00343_10-e1512980849311.jpg?fit=720%2C782&ssl=1)
It's been more than 10 days since I've written something. This was sort of a test to check my resolve for writing. How serious am I about it? I wanted to check will I miss writing. I did. Every night there was a want to write. The red book lay catching dust waiting for me [...]
![[68] We All Suffer From Hope](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind.jpg?fit=720%2C405&ssl=1)
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 [...]
![[64] Am I excited to be doing what I’m doing or am I in aimless motion?](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/1280.jpeg?fit=720%2C480&ssl=1)
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 [...]
![[63] Social Media Detox Day 2 – Day 10](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/6360249440152635341031380231_offline.jpg?fit=500%2C750&ssl=1)
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 [...]
![[33] Concrete Jungle Never Leaves You](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/13147776_10201490153213136_8982026591390408289_o.jpg?fit=720%2C540&ssl=1)
Nature has a way of connecting us with our inner selves. The idea of being away from the concrete jungle of cities is immediately followed up by unwinding, loosening up, connecting with our real self. Introspection comes naturally unlike in high rises where tall skyscrapers pose as an inferior substitute for tall trees. The city [...]
![[21] What is a Story?](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/adapt2.jpg?fit=720%2C538&ssl=1)
Stories are dreaming with our eyes open. It's the art of convincing people of a certain idea but with a narrative, they can relate to. A writer puts his scrambled thoughts in a structure which may be linear, non-linear. The most vital stories of our ages are the one where the writers have "something to say". [...]
![[20] Questions Series: What Gives Me Energy?](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/energy.jpg?fit=720%2C539&ssl=1)
The adrenaline in my body starts to pump up all the wiring in my brain when I watch a moment in a movie that just makes me jump out in joy. A good movie is like an instant energizer for me no matter how low on energy I am
![[13] The Balancing Act](https://i0.wp.com/rahulgaurblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/whatsapp-image-2017-01-26-at-2-16-10-am.jpeg?fit=720%2C720&ssl=1)
One thing I've learned directing my second short film is that management of the crew, actors and the DOP is essential for creating life on screen as desired by you. I've only looked at directing from a skewed perspective of it being a creative desire to infuse life into 24 frames a second. Never have I [...]
I am a film-maker. Currently, a short film-maker as my hands is tied to make a feature film. I have written a story for a short film and have failed tried to make it two times. I am restarting it. Doubt creeps into my mind and plays a game with under-confidence which is tied to [...]
