Aravind Jose T.

Mar 12

Art and Comments

"If you are publishing a post explaining an idea or presenting some observations, it is a good idea to specially treat the comments section.

If the post is public, anybody can land on the page in someway. More readership is a good thing but the readers might not get what you are saying in the depth you were. Your post is a result of days, weeks, months or even years and it's possible that it won't make 100% sense to a person, in just one go. That reader might not have the background-info or know the things you might have taken for granted.

This would create communication gaps and if it's disturbing enough, the reader will venture out to comment. That comment would most probably be edgy & closed-off. You could publish the comment and reply to it, clarifying things. But here again, there is the potential threat of mismatching background. You are replying with info/knowledge you have gained over a period of time to a comment which the commentor made as a spontaneous response to not having gotten your post fully.

This could go on.
Yes, people who know things telling/explaining them to those who don't is a primary way of learning and there is nothing wrong with this or with the discussions/debates that might arise in the process.

But you should consider whether to stage those individual correspondences/conversations publically, right below the original post, visible to a third or fifty-seventh person who will be having their own incompatibility aspects. (You could use plain-old email as the alternative. Also if some relevant points come up in a conversation with someone you have the option to edit the post and add addendums.)

You need to be sure that you aren't making the post page an answer paper full of questions and notes that doesn't really have much connections with your original post.

You need to be sure that someone who would've understood what you said and wanted to go to a higher level with you, wouldn't feel discomfort with the type of comments and conversations that lie below the post."

P.S. This doesn't really apply to the news and press-release niche, most often called as the mainstream media.

Feb 2

Floored by the sweep

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Dec 17

Back home. 2011.

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Like in 2010

Oct 17

Wanderlust

“There really is a saturation point for the joy you can feel alone. For more, you need someone or someway to share”

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Kuttanadu, Alappuzha, Kerala.

Oct 3

About Art

...But it is easy to be swayed by conventional wisdom. I have allowed myself to believe that the potential of my work is being limited by by not pursuing the traditional channels, by not going mainstream, by not spending money to promote it, and by not doing everything that all the "successful" artists do.

...It was also easy for me to believe, at times, that releasing content for free might diminish the perceived value of that content. In other words, people might not take the work seriously for the simple reason that it is free.

...So the millions of voices of conventional wisdom have been heard, and yet experience has told me that my inner-voice has been a better guide.

...I could go into many more details, but the unavoidable truth is that every time I go commercial...every time I invest money to promote and ask fans to spend money to buy (which must be done to justify my investment)...the result is complete failure to reach an audience.

... It is not a weakness to be ignored by the commercial world, but inevitable if you are producing true art...if you are trying to actually say something meaningful and authentic.

...We artists must find those few unique, beautiful souls who are still alive and open to art. These are the people we care about anyway because these are the people that actually have a chance to help create a better future for all of us.

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Excerpts from http://www.abscondo.com/abscondo/2011/10/my-commitment-to-creative-commons.html

Jul 18

Online Sports Goods Stores in India

Photo by vramak

Playground Online
http://www.playgroundonline.com/

lifeMOJO Shop
http://www.lifemojo.com/shop

Vinex Shop
http://www.vinexshop.com/

PlayMore
http://www.playmore.in/

Jul 1

Plus or Minus

This thing called novelty is interesting.
When you start out, you just fall for it continuously.
The minute you see some potential bling, you apply all superlatives to it.

But over time, you get matured. You go deep.
You realize the hollowness of your earlier excitement.
But you definitely enjoyed that excitement that time.

The problem is that when you were in your early days, there were many others who were past that.
But you didn't know. And they probably knew.

And this happens everyday. It's more or less like an Eternal September.

Jun 29

Chennai

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Express Avenue, MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) stations and the super-structure at the Govt. Estate.

Mar 19

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