Sriya Sridhar
@sris
Academic studying privacy and attention, seeking things that make sense and perpetual calm. Lit and poetry are my first loves
Sriya Sridhar
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Interwoven conversations among four friends explore the complexities and nuances of love, ranging from its beauty and joy to its darker and destructive manifestations.
Analysis of Martin Heidegger's essays on technology, science, metaphysics, and Nietzsche's philosophy, exploring the essence of technology, the turning of modern age, and the impact on human existence.
The Question Concerning Technology and Other Essays by Heidegger
- what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
- 16. The truth of anything is multidimensional and impossible to fully grasp. So a better question than “Is this true?” is “In what scenario is this true?”
- A degree of relaxation is necessary to have good ideas because one doesn't have them so much as receive them—and one cannot receive anything with clenched fists.
In Praise of Shadows
The essay explores the cultural appreciation of shadows, darkness, and subdued beauty in traditional Japanese architecture, art, and everyday objects, contrasting it with Western ideals of brightness and clarity.
In good hands There is a feeling I search for: being in good hands. It is the feeling I look to give and the feeling I look to receive. I know I am in good hands when I sense a cohesive point of view expressed with attention to detail. I can feel it almost instantly. In any medium. Music, film, fashion, architecture, writing, software. At a Japa... See moreThe document discusses René Girard's theory of mimetic desire and its implications, analyzing how desires are formed socially and the role of identification in desire acquisition.
by René Girard
