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[509] Solving The Puzzle

May 27, 2022May 28, 2022by Rahul Gaur3 Comments

Puzzles of a story⁣⁣churning in my soul⁣⁣The medium stays running⁣⁣Where do I find the source?⁣⁣Painful to live in the past⁣⁣So the future is where I reside⁣⁣The makings of a story⁣⁣rustier every night⁣⁣⁣⁣Sunbeams on my eyes⁣⁣I wake up to tonight⁣⁣A blank slate of calm for a while⁣⁣Then the while simply dies⁣⁣Troubles of the heart ⁣⁣take time [...]

journal, poetry, writing

[508] Puzzles of the Mind

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022by Rahul Gaur13 Comments

An eternity without words ⁣or lives without eternity⁣sentences without meaning⁣no centre within or without⁣In shadows, haunting of the past⁣In light, shimmering of the future⁣I find myself in extremes⁣of inability to understand ⁣or being able to understand it all⁣⁣People move on but I stay⁣Times change but I am the same⁣The expression has quietened ⁣The words have [...]

Cinema, writing

[486] Eyes Desire – My Latest Short Film

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021by Rahul Gaur14 Comments

Hey fellow WordPress bloggers, I’ve been here for around 4 years and found the best of people here. You guys have helped me gain self-confidence through your comments and feedback on my writing. Having this community has been the highlight of my life. As you all might have known that my short film was coming [...]

poetry, writing

[181] Mass Hysteria of Truth

August 20, 2018by Rahul Gaur14 Comments

The loneliest thing in the world is to search for the truth in everything and anything. Ask any conscious artist the question, "what is good art?", and most of them will answer "it's the pursuit of truth". No one will ever say "it's when you get to the truth" because no one ever gets to [...]

Write-ups, writing

[156] Unlearning From My Mistakes

May 30, 2018May 30, 2018by Rahul Gaur21 Comments

Begin. Aimlessness. It's a feeling we all feel at some point in our life, for some it is most of the time. It can range from being aimless about our career choices, our spirituality, about what to eat when you're sitting in a restaurant with the waiter holding the pen and also his attention towards [...]

Write-ups, writing

[144] Rebel With A Cause

May 6, 2018December 18, 2019by Rahul Gaur6 Comments

We are told that "don't upset the system" "don't be a rebel and lose your mind". The reason? The functioning of the system is crucial for miscreants to survive. To not politicise art is just another way of submitting to the pressure of not being seen as a rebel. As the word, 'rebel' has a [...]

journal, Write-ups, writing

[140] Wasted Times

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018by Rahul Gaur4 Comments

Stillness without contentment is just anxiety brooding. You can have the laziest day turn into a day of rest or it can turn into a day of sulking over your lack of productivity. Being holed up in a room and catching up with yourself can be tiring in an ironical way. Introspection takes effort and [...]

Write-ups, writing

[129] Mind As Summer

February 27, 2018by Rahul Gaur12 Comments

My mind is summer now. Languid in its breathing of thoughts and idle in its progression of time. There is a blinding of the heat that is not surprising as it numbs the mind. Time & again it finds a shade of hope only to realise that it was an illusion of my own scorching [...]

Write-ups, writing

[120] The Glory of Silence

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018by Rahul Gaur28 Comments

There's both glory and doom in knowing yourself. The glory is that self-awareness helps you to not make mistakes. The doom is that you still make mistakes and you are self-aware about it. You suffer. You feel like your suffering knows no bound. No one's suffering can compare with yours. But then you listen to [...]

Cinema, writing

[119] Wake Up – My Micro Short Film

January 12, 2018by Rahul Gaur47 Comments

Hey fellow WordPress bloggers, I've been here for a year and found the best of people here. You guys have helped me gain self-confidence through your comments and feedback on my writing. Having this community has been the highlights of 2017. Other than a writer, I am a filmmaker and I have made this 3-minute-film [...]