ZOË'S ZING

A dead fish is taken wherever the flow takes her but a live fish has a choice to swim against the current and make her own way. The ducks look calm on the surface as If they are effortlessly floating but underneath they are making constant movement. The two often cited quotes have started the thought-churning machine in my brain to seek the possibility to transform old ideas into new form. The first question arises in my mind: what is calm- are the ducks calm because they look or pretend to be calm? Is calmness all about presenting? Is the dead fish calm who is still being floated around? Is the live fish swimming against the current disruptive? The answers to these questions are dependent on the context of situation and perspective of beholder as well as beseecher. Optimum nervousness or anxiety to get things done is human and that’s perfectly normal. Getting aroused against unjust behavior and responding in an edgy manner may not be perceived appropriate by some but if that’s the rig

Life is full of pleasant surprises as they say! Receiving help from unexpected sources... A certain accident left a broken, damaged drywall in my apartment. I was short on money and did not have any skills to repair it. Luckily, a handyman working for the apartment complex decided to come over after his regular work hours on request. Not only he fixed it in two visits in exchange of sweet words and spicy Indian snacks but also gave away some interesting information about other small things in apartment. He was born in USA to Mexican immigrants. He held high regards for his mother who had worked hard to raise him. He hated traditional education and its outcome. According to him the jobs that we think as cushy and high paying were uninteresting. He thought just sitting and working around computers as a waste of life.... He compared it to an idiot box. He preferred moving about working with things and building real physical things. Coming from a family of professionals with white collared