Writing to Discover, Define, Develop & Deliver

Lets relate and connect through my post(s), DISCOVER the dots that make us wonder; DEFINE patterns and phenomenons; DEVELOP intellect, instinct, and intuition; and DELIVER for growth and wellbeing.

For a long time, I’ve wanted to cross a simple but stubborn barrier: actually starting to write as a medium to reach out and connect. As writers and readers you might know that this act makes you clearer on those popping idea bubbles.

Now I’m finally stepping into this new medium, and I see it as a place — to think together, to reflect together, and to build an understanding beyond individual’s mind.

Being a teacher in a design school, I believe that when people talk about their reflections openly (particularly with peer group), they don’t just share answers; they open possibilities.

This medium will be the space for me to document and develop on understanding the flood of patterns, questions, blind spots I am noticing every now and then.

From Classroom to Page: My Journey So Far

I come from a world of classrooms, studios, and whiteboards filled with brainstorming scribbles. I’ve spent about 15 years as an educator and design practitioner, with extensive discussions, critique and problem solving with students, faculty, and artisans.

Over time, I realised there is one thing I seem to be good at: noticing.
- Noticing patterns in how people behave.
- Noticing what keeps repeating in different contexts.
- Noticing the invisible “something” underneath visible problems.

This ability to decode and connect things has shaped how I teach and how I build relationships.

And increasingly indeed, I am surrounded by new visiting faculty members and next batches of cream layer student group, who for sure bring something new every day (or atleast on weekday) — that helds us collectively to extend our own thinking, test ideas, empathise and create a culture of nurturing each other.

One of the biggest revelations in this journey has been simple but powerful:
Knowing the real problem in a situation is already a big part of the solution.

Building a Tribe of Thinkers, Not Followers

I don’t want this space to be a one-way broadcast. Through my page I wish and hope to make it as a small, supportive community of creative people who are also searching - for answers, for better appraoch and frameworks, for clearer ways of dealing with the patterns and phenomenon of vocation, passion, profession and aims in their work and life.

In that sense, I am not promising solutions for every situation. What I can offer is something more honest: possibilities, constraints, directions, and ways of structuring information so it becomes understandable and usable.

If I can help simplify a complex idea, or make a hidden problem visible, that’s already a win. If a post helps someone feel, “Oh, that’s what’s been bothering me,” then the writing has done its job.

Not by giving the Answer, but by offering boundary conditions and approaches that one can adapt to your own context.

One Layer at a Time

My plan here is simple and long-term ( atleast the attempt is long term).

I want to unlayer what I notice, tear it down into understandable parts, and then rebuild it into a direction forward—one step at a time.

I don’t believe life is about huge overnight transformation. For me, it’s about being slightly better than yesterday—a bit clearer, a bit calmer, a bit more aligned with what matters.

That, eventually, is what leads to well-being and peace of mind.

This space is where I will try to document that journey: what I’m seeing, what I’m learning, what I’m confused about, and what I’m trying.

Expectations in Exchange

I am also curious to learn about that one ‘amazing’, thing from the peer group of writers and readers that I shall make here. That one thing, I am not getting over my head since past few ‘years’ now.

To give an axample through, these three classics:

1. ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ by Charlie Mackeasy

2. ‘Steal like an Artist’ by Austin Kleon

3. ‘Psychology of Money’ by Morgan Housel

First being minimal, visual and emotional; Second being very distinct approach to tell stories in not so serious short notes and scribbles; And, the third tends to give goosebumps whenever in every few months you dive in again through the exceptional stories, which is carved into memory and keep flashing back when something similar happens in our daily life.

Starting from the variation in size of the book, the font and style selection, to the use of visuals and text, stories and examples, nothing is common among them YET all three of them are so good in knowing ‘who they are, and, what and how they write’.

My confession is that I haven’t discovered yet on what will be my distict style of this ‘true’ storytelling. OR can I even learn to tell stories, or will just be an appreciating reader.

And by joining here I am willing to filter and meet my tribe who relate with this section, connect and answer my questions on ‘how’ they write.

A Small Invitation

I don’t know exactly how it will evolve, but I know why I’m here: to notice, to unlayer, to share, and to learn.

If any part of this resonated with you, I’d love for you to stick around, read the next pieces, and share your feedback.

Let’s see what we can build together—one reflection at a time.