Music – Ninaivelam Neeyada

Ninaivelam Neeyada is a new tamil film, which has music by Ilaiyaraaja (Raaja). These are some thoughts I wrote after listening to the album 3 times, to get a sense of where it stands among the recent offerings by Ilaiyaraaja. The (or rather my only) best song of the album is “Minnal Pookkum“. This song will have longevity, at least in my personal playlist. Ilaiyaraaja’s genius doesn’t need any new validation today. But I wish he collaborates more with filmmakers who can inspire or nudge him in new directions, where his still-thriving creativity could produce music that’s novel.

The Winding Up Ritual

The winding up ritual, essentially is a boundary we choose to draw, to tell ourselves “enough”. And a boundary cannot be a comma.

Book Summary – The Practice

Seth Godin makes a strong case for the importance of creativity, discipline of process, and the right mindset/attitude towards creativity.

Focus Management

We all can either enjoy the broad variety of tasks at work or experience fatigue from context-switching. The choice is about Focus Management.

Maximizing Creative Output

To master any creative art, it is important to focus on quantity, in addition to quality. You can maximize creative output through ‘Flow’. Investing time and effort towards generating more creative output will lead to flow, quality and mastery (in that order).