Personal Digressions

No one saves us in this world, but people give us the tools so that we can transform towards our own rescue

Personal Digressions: Some thoughts on the masks we hide behind, on truth, and the point of fiction

Mar 27 •

Yashvardhan Jain

Bookish Digressions: A few books on writing and creativity

Bookish Digressions #2: On writing, friendships, and existential ponderings

Jan 29 •

Yashvardhan Jain

The kaleidoscopic possibilities of the window in your wall

What do you see outside the window? Have you still not looked?

Jan 15 •

Yashvardhan Jain

Bookish Digressions: What's this about?

Bookish Digressions #1: Casual updates on life, reading, and writing.

Dec 14, 2024 •

Yashvardhan Jain

Where would dreams go if you could give them up?

"Here's to the ones who dream, foolish as they may seem. Here's to the hearts that ache..."

Oct 14, 2024 •

Yashvardhan Jain

I could write my Magnum Opus but I simply go to bed

Or, my struggles with choosing my creative self.

Aug 5, 2024 •

Yashvardhan Jain

When your dreams slowly fade away and you feel stuck in life...

A short letter to my lost self.

Jul 27, 2024 •

Yashvardhan Jain

A love of life (or lack thereof)

I have found that the optimism of adolescence is slowly replaced by the practicality of adulthood.

Jun 1, 2024 •

Yashvardhan Jain

I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death,

May 30, 2024 •

Yashvardhan Jain

On regret: Two poets from two different centuries

The most regretful people on earth.

May 30, 2024 •

Yashvardhan Jain

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