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The Present Minds

Visual Quotes

A cinematic collection for the overstimulated mind.

Lines lifted from the archive and given room, atmosphere, and visual weight - made to slow the scroll and stay in memory.

106 quotes 9 pages Curated archive
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A boon is not always a gift. Sometimes it is a longer sentence.
From Bhishma did not die when the arrows hit him. He chose when. Read article
Life
Sleep was never the gap between the days. It was always the reason the next one was possible.
From What your brain is actually building while you are unconscious Read article
Sleep
The things that make men softer are usually the ones they did not expect to walk into.
Parenting
The highest peak in the UK. Solo. No help, no company, no one to blame but myself if anything went wrong.
From What I learnt from a bus driver in Scotland Read article
Short Story
A wrong that is witnessed and not named does not go away. It waits.
From Draupadi's question in the Mahabharata nobody could answer Read article
Purusharth
Kama, in its fullest form, does not make you reckless. It makes you focused.
From Savitri and Satyavan: 3 days that defeated Death itself Read article
Love
Wanting is the beginning. Going to get it is the whole thing.
From Savitri and Satyavan: 3 days that defeated Death itself Read article
Purusharth
Dharma without power is not half a dharma. It is its own complete and more difficult thing.
From What the Mahabharata knew about being right and being ignored Read article
Purusharth
What unites all of these strategies is this: they do not present options. They structure perception.
From The invisible side of marketing Read article
The Prism
The most effective marketing today does not ask for attention. It arranges to already have it.
From The invisible side of marketing Read article
The Prism
We are not just seeing differently. We are comparing differently.
From Why we see faces differently: the mind behind the gaze Read article
Human Frameworks
The brain would rather see a face that is not there than miss one that is.
From Why we see faces differently: the mind behind the gaze Read article
Human Frameworks