HeyJaredthe emdasher
A weekly bout on making sense of of our irrational lives through poetry, personal essays, and art. Mostly, sharing the art of creative rest.
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Humour is our lifeboat in these dystopian times, come sprinkle some in your life (opens the original)
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Hello friend, My days have been interspersed with managing my chronic illness, sipping coffee, while stumbling on an idea about a poem, while texting a friend and returning to my unfinished (cold) plate of sabzi, only to realise the message is unsent. For a brain and body that is constantly on the go, and wants to get things done off a list, tick-tick-tick—humour has been a lifeboat.Sometimes, my own laugh catches me in the throat. Oh, you’re unabashedly merry this second, I think. Just the othe
A Slow Mulling on Michael Moss’s: Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked us (opens the original)
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On a grey December morning when I began this book, I purchased a packet of Krack Jack and Marie ‘Light’ Biscuits from the nearby Kirana Store. This was an intentional decision. In full knowledge, I bought two packets of a motley of sugar, refined flour, refined oil, artificial flavours and colouring, acidity regulators, and anti-caking agents.And there I was, on my sweet way to deal with midnight hunger.I must admit I am an emotional eater. I have been classified as obese and instructed to lose
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