To the edge of time

There will be time - Mumford and Sons
Pyramid Song - Radiohead
You And Whose Army - Radiohead
Girl from the North Country - Cover by Secret Machines

Flawless launch of JWST. To see it take off beautifully is a testament to the hard work of all personnel involved. I'm sure the science that will come out of it will inspire an entire generation of children and students to be - curious and keep an open mind.

I like to think of this launch and all the other space missions (past, present and the ones scheduled or in the process of ideation) as akin to a Monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. All our missions are the monoliths guiding humanity to push the frontiers of knowledge and explore.

A gem of a movie by Sidney Lumet - Network (1976)

Trying to understand the world as it is today is tough! Marx's ideas looks like a good starting point and perhaps navigating further back based on how it sits in my mind. A constant state of contradictions all around which could ultimately lead to an elevated system of equality. Somehow the idea of "matter preceding thought" seems raw. More digging required.

JWST

Pain - The War On Drugs
When Doves Cry - Prince
Rock It - Little Red
Halfway Home - TV On The Radio
Color White - Parvaaz

The rain is pouring down. The wipers go crazy. Flash flood signs. Fellow creatures maybe huddled together beyond those thick trees and thunderous sky as oil guzzling machines whiz by at a nearby road.

Can blind faith be eroded and washed away ? I don't think so. Does it have any merit ? Maybe to some. Not appealing to me. I'd prefer to keep a lid on it and say - 'uck you, stay inside and looped.

 Looking forward to an epic launch of JWST and the amazing science coming out of it.

The heart is a muscle

Keep me in the open - Gang of Youths
Do not let your spirit wane - Gang of Youths
The heart is a muscle - Gang of Youths
Confines - Black Pumas

The privilege of watching different hues at sunset.
The privilege of realizing the birth lottery

Let your life grow strong and sweet to the taste
'Coz the odds are completely insane
Do not let your spirit wane
Do not let your spirit wane - Gang of Youths

Drive responsibly

Bloom in Blue

Deep Purple - Child in Time

The Weeknd - After Hours

Tinariwen - Nànnuflày

 Etta James - I'd rather go blind

Justin Hurwitz - The Landing

A brisk walk to those corners of my mind. Angled, abrupt - like those are in a hurry to show me something quick. The night was cold and the distant trees were barely visible except for the slow humming of the leaves. The highway was close by, and occassionally two beams of light with some trillion photons bombarbed the trees. My synapses instantly direct my gaze to those trees and forces me to recollect how it looked during the day. A big enough clearing straight ahead, wild horses within a fence and cicadas singing aloud. The drama of a loud bright day and the perceived silence of the night - like a see-saw - doing its thing.

This piece on the color Blue was really good. 

Most of my focus will be in avoiding ego traps and to be more mindful of radical ideas/opinions. As I read somewhere, you need to have "strong opinions, loosely held". And breach the boundaries of resistance and explore more. To be meditative and have a strong focus on "what really matters"

Reminds me of this one by Ethan hawke.

  “When you put a log on the fire, the light and heat you see is, in a literal sense, the decades of sunshine that tree basked in over its lifetime.” - Peter Brannen