Hi !I am Ishita Tenjerla .An 18 year old blogger who loves writing and photography.
Photography and writing are a passion that I hope to turn into a career someday.
I am always open to learning and ready to take on challenges
I have a skill for planning and creative writing.
In photography –Food,nature,candid,still life,wildlife,travel are some of my areas of interest.
I am an avid reader and I love reading fiction,murder mystery and thriller.
The “Sunday Market” as the locals at Hyderabad of the Hemanagar district call it, is something unique to the culture of the place. Overnight, the deserted blazing hot street turns into a bustling crowded market.
Over Saturday evening, stall vendors would lug their goods from all over the district and set up their wares at this single long winding street.
By 4 am every Sunday, the street becomes unrecognizable. The long cement road has now turned into a marketplace with cramped up stalls set up everywher and people pushing through the crowd trying to get the best produce of the day.
One trip to the Sunday market will allow you to buy everything and anything you would need for the week. From vegetables and fruits to milk, you can also find handbags, jewellery, kitchen supplies and grocery staples.
Surprisingly enough, the market at 4 am in the morning is just as crowded and noisy at 6 pm in the evening with people constantly talking and shopping.
Here is where we run into old friends, haggle over the price of a mop or simply grab our essential groceries and head back home.
Walking through the streets of Thakur village at Kandivali, you can find over a dozen options of food stalls to pick from. But one that I love going to is a small ice-cream shop at the street corner.
This place allows you to have your bowl of ice-cream with a show. The owner of the ice-cream cream stall begins by pulling out a scoop of ice-cream and then smashing it onto an ice cold rotating plate.
Here is where the magic happens.You pick your customizations and then watch your chosen toppings being layered and folded into the now flattened ice-cream.
The stall owner makes use of two flat spatulas to play around with the ice-cream on the ice cold plate, mixing in toppings, till it reaches your desired flavor.
With one last swing of the spatula, the ice-cream mixture is now cut into a shape of your choice – cubes or cylinders.
I would like to pull out a few lines from a quote from one of my favourite books of all time – Big Magic.
“Dearest Fear : Creativity and I are about to go on a road trip together. I understand that you’ll be joining us because you always do….Apparently your job is to induce complete panic whenever I am about to do something interesting – There is plenty of room for all of us – But understand this : Creativity and I are the only ones who will be making any decisions along the way”.
This is an important idea, because fear kills more ideas than anything else ever has.
Your creativity could be expressed through art, doodling, music, photography, writing or even drama. As a creator, an artist or a writer, you will feel fear regarding your work and your creative process. Your fears could range from your fear of being judged, to the fear of being humiliated, the fear of not being “good enough”, the fear of failure and so on
It’s an idea Gilbert explores in her ted talk here:
There are ways to overcome fear and regain your creativity. There is a whole lot of advice online, but here are some that I hope resonates with you.
Treat your work like an experiment instead of a failed project
When you look at a project that you have failed, you need to step back and look at your definition of “failure”. It does not have to be a failed project. Instead it can be a failed experiment. This change in perspective makes a whole world of difference. Experiments give you scope for error. Experiments are meant to undergo trial and error. An experiment allows you to look what what part of the process failed, go back to the experiment, change the parameters and try again. Experiments give you space to try and fail without the pressure and commitment. Your paintings are an experiment, your writing is an experiment, your music is an experiment.
Create and then analyse (John Cage)
What John Cage is asking us to do is to stop being the artist and editor at the same time. These are two different jobs that need to be done individually. By editing and creating at the same time, you are preventing your idea from growing and developing. His advice is simple – First, to simply focus on creating. Finish creating. The edit. Then create some more. Then edit again till you get the version you want.
Your creative work and art is a reflection of your yourself and more importantly a reflection of your emotions. If you are scared, nervous, stressed or creating art simply for the sake of it – it will show in your work. The emotion you work with while writing or painting or engaging in a creative project will reach the audience. If an artist has fun or is passionate about their work, it shows in their creative process and eventually in their final product.
Have fun in your creative process.
Acknowledge your fears
Actually write down what you are afraid of. Look at this list and see which of these fears are actually rational and which of them fears are crazy or irrational.
Fear of being judged? People are usually busy with their own lives and don’t have the time to criticize your work.
Fear of not being good enough ? No one ever is in the start. It only comes through practice and patience.
Afraid that your work is not important enough? You won’t know until you try.
Do it anyway
Fear is going to be a part of your creative process, right from the very start. Might as well deal with it and get on with your work. The easiest way to get over your fear is to face it and deal with it. Anytime your fear comes up – store it away – and go ahead with your creative work.
An important and courageous piece of advice that comes to mind when I look at the fears related to my creative work is to “Feel the fear and do it anyway “ – Susan Jeffers
It’s a slightly harsh piece of advice – but I say go for it.
Go and look for ideas
Actively look for ideas and jot them down. Ideas don’t always necessarily come to you when you sit down to write or create, hence having a place to start from helps mitgate a few fears.
As part of your creative journey, you owe it to your creative process to actually go and look for ideas. This means making time in your week dedicating to looking for and pursing ideas. This means looking at places where you can find ideas. There are so many ways you can look for ideas – books, content online, taking long walks, listening to podcasts. How you get ideas is a personal process for you to go discover.
A moment of calm in between the daily bustle of Mumbai at the famous Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station ~ (Victoria Terminus)
A late night concert with loud music, the screaming crowd and a cheese-laden burrito.
The simplicity of symmetry. The architecture at CST simply makes you want to stop and stare ~ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria Terminus)
A freshly baked warm and scrumptious apple pie that could just melt in mouth ~ Leopold CafeWeighted with cheese ~ A streetside sandwich shopIf these pillars could talk, the stories they could tell ~ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
College and school brings to mind images of loose sheets of papers, multiple notebooks, notes scribbled in the margins of a textbook, a flurry of assignments and club activities.
Note taking.Keeping track of deadlines. Following up on assignments. Finishing up project work and the list of academic and extracurricular activities goes on.
Staying organised will not only lower your stress levels, it will also allow you to set goals and aim for good grades across your semester.
How can you stay organised ? How do you make sure that everything gets done? Here is a list I’ve compiled for systems you can use too.
From one student to another.
Let’s begin with Google Sheets. It is the one of the most profoundly simple yet powerful applications I use. It is useful for all your tracking and organising needs. Sheets is useful in keeping track of the various tasks you have for each subject.
Assignments
Projects
Lecture notes
Anytime you get assigned a piece of work, need to complete a task for a class or simply need to finish something before the deadline – you simply need to enter it into the sheet. It also allows you to see all your work in one place.
Here’s a free template to help you get started : (Note: Please make a copy)
Day planners help make everything easier and more importantly prevent us from forgetting anything important that’s due for the day. Here is a notion day planner with Kanan boards to make your organisation process easier.
Beneath, the sand is soft and warm.Sculpted by nature, it’s weathered the storm.A passionate battle between calmness and rage,A new chapter’s beginning; don’t turn the last page.I listen again to the whispering waves,Music of nature calming and brave.Its power unknown, its stillness untamed,Mysterious and magical, a treasure earth claims.
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The sound of pages being turned. The smell of old books. Coming home to a bookshelf full of new books to escape into. Discovering new authors. Pulling out favourite quotes.
These are landmark moments in every reader’s journey. But our journey of diving into a book begins from the purchase of the book. We walk through aisles of books, browse through blurbs and look for our favourite authors. After a few minutes (or hours) we find a book that speaks to us.
The “Sunday Market” as the locals at Hyderabad of the Hemanagar district call it, is something unique to the culture of the place. Overnight, the deserted blazing hot street turns into a bustling crowded market. Over Saturday evening, stall vendors would lug their goods from all over the district and set up their waresContinue reading “A grocery run at 4 am”
Walking through the streets of Thakur village at Kandivali, you can find over a dozen options of food stalls to pick from. But one that I love going to is a small ice-cream shop at the street corner. This place allows you to have your bowl of ice-cream with a show. The owner of theContinue reading “A late night ice-cream craving”
I would like to pull out a few lines from a quote from one of my favourite books of all time – Big Magic. “Dearest Fear : Creativity and I are about to go on a road trip together. I understand that you’ll be joining us because you always do….Apparently your job is to induceContinue reading “When fear ruins your creativity”
College and school brings to mind images of loose sheets of papers, multiple notebooks, notes scribbled in the margins of a textbook, a flurry of assignments and club activities. Note taking.Keeping track of deadlines. Following up on assignments. Finishing up project work and the list of academic and extracurricular activities goes on. Staying organised willContinue reading “How to : Build a organization system for school or college.”
The “Sunday Market” as the locals at Hyderabad of the Hemanagar district call it, is something unique to the culture of the place. Overnight, the deserted blazing hot street turns into a bustling crowded market. Over Saturday evening, stall vendors would lug their goods from all over the district and set up their waresContinue reading “A grocery run at 4 am”
Walking through the streets of Thakur village at Kandivali, you can find over a dozen options of food stalls to pick from. But one that I love going to is a small ice-cream shop at the street corner. This place allows you to have your bowl of ice-cream with a show. The owner of theContinue reading “A late night ice-cream craving”
I would like to pull out a few lines from a quote from one of my favourite books of all time – Big Magic. “Dearest Fear : Creativity and I are about to go on a road trip together. I understand that you’ll be joining us because you always do….Apparently your job is to induceContinue reading “When fear ruins your creativity”
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