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Jay
Chairman @ The Menon Holdings Group |Reluctant VC | Zealot Entrepreneur |Wanderer | Jack of many trades, master of some | Artist
Oct 1, 2018 58 tweets 36 min read
Beyond the Veil - The #Ayyappan Sankalpa — A Long Thread ! The #SabarimalaTemple is many centuries-old and hosts an ancient deity, Sastha — #Ayyappan the main Vigraha (idol) of the temple, the deity is worshipped in the form of a Naishtika Brahmachari
Aug 14, 2018 57 tweets 7 min read
Shapes happen when shades fills up spaces between lines. Shape is an area defined by an outline. Shape is the foundation of form. Form is nothing but shape with dimension. Dimension gets created with the addition of shade transitions within the shape.
Aug 14, 2018 24 tweets 3 min read
1/ We get to know ourselves through our work — by our work we create our self-portraits, that is how we define who we are in the eyes of the world — Marx 2/ The manner in which we combine preferences to extrapolate personal values constitutes our personality - a search for meaning arises from our need to define who we are.
Aug 13, 2018 12 tweets 3 min read
Separation of motion & computation - a self recursive paradox !

If nature is only in the material mechanisms that can be measured, then where is the necessary computation done to make such a mechanism work ? If natural laws & the computational mechanism that computes these laws are not two separate mechanisms - then everything in this universe, can be described as a self-computing machine.
Aug 10, 2018 17 tweets 3 min read
All knowledge reveals itself as a bundle of illusions - A THREAD! Knowledge presupposes the requirement of a subject and an object, the two thoughts "I" and "another."
Aug 4, 2018 29 tweets 4 min read
Learning from The Vitruvian Man - A THREAD!

This painting is an amateur adaptation of what was originally a pen & ink drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, depicting a man fitting his body into a circle and a square by adjusting the position of his arms and legs, Probably the most famous drawing in the world – judging by the fact that we get to see it in ads and worked into logos for holistic health centers et al.
Aug 4, 2018 13 tweets 2 min read
It isn’t the load that breaks you, but the way you carry it - A THREAD Even when you do something trivial, like trying to lift something off the floor, make sure to rehearse it in your mind first. Why ?
Aug 3, 2018 11 tweets 2 min read
A picture of a persistent illusion & the concept of fear - A thread ! In wealth is a fear of poverty, in knowledge a fear of ignorance, in beauty a fear of age, in fame a fear of infamy, in success a fear of envy, in life is the lurking fear of death.