Jigyasa
A notebook for a curious mind

Hi, I'm Shiva.

I write about what I'm learning, making, and still figuring out.

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A carved two-color plant grows from an open book, with an orange watering can tending new possibilities.
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More work worth doing

Maybe the biggest impact of AI won't be that humans have less work. Maybe it will be that humans have far more work worth doing.

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A two-color block print of an unfinished sketchbook, a pencil and a vase holding a bent orange flower.
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A place for unfinished things

Not everything needs to become a project. Some things can just become a page.

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An orange block-print crab holds one dark value block beside an open bridge: ownership and borrowing.
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Ownership is a design question

A small Rust lesson: before asking how to share a value, ask who should own it.

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Two carved dark arches frame an empty courtyard beneath an orange sun, leaving the paper between them open.
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The space between

Maybe taste is less about what we add and more about what we are willing to leave alone.

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Notes on books, films, series & music.

The Creative Act by Rick Rubin: an original sage-green cover study with nested arches and a copper sun.
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The Creative Act

Rick Rubin

A book to read slowly, with a pencil nearby. A starting point for a note about attention.

An Ending (Ascent) by Brian Eno: an original apricot cover study with a dark vinyl record and copper label.
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An Ending (Ascent)

Brian Eno

For the part of the evening when nothing needs to happen.