#54 DuChenne v/s Pan Am Smile
I came across these two classifications of smile in a recent episode of a TV show my wife and watch regularly. The handful of shows, mostly murder mysteries and police…
#53 Experience versus Learning
Experience is merely the name we give our mistakes. A quote attributed to Oscar Wilde. Assuming Wilde did make that quote, it is a quintessential Wilde. But the question I…
#52 Why do when you can Overdo?
A recent exchange with a photographer triggered the theme for this article. I submitted an image that is taken at Monarch Beach, California. The sun was setting, and I did…
#51 Why Me v/s Woe is Me
Please don't confuse why me with woe is me. Why do I say that? Read on. Why and me are two words as non-threatening as they can be. But put…
#50 How wise it is to follow Conventional Wisdom?
In other words, should we follow conventional wisdom all the time? How do we determine what is conventional wisdom? What is the conventional wisdom? I came across a quote by…
#49 It is Still Life, but is it still, life?
Asked the protagonist in a recent movie I watched where he is a photographer. The protagonist is playing with the words but that lead me to ponder about the still…
#48 You cannot add days to your life, but you can….
Add life to your days. I found this quote on a social media post (author unknown) and found it to be worth pondering. This quote seems a cliche at the…
#47 Devil is in the Detail
It is a cautionary adage that behooves us to not gloss over the details of the matter at hand. As I was finding the origin of the expression, I found…
#46 Running a tight ship
Recently I came across a quote "it is not the water surrounding the ship that sinks the ship in, it is the water that is let into the ship." Here…
#45 Zeitgeist
Is described as "the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time". I will take the poetic license…