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Thursday, 12 February 2004
persona data
Others may call it bio-data or resume or curriculum vitae. But I call it persona data. Persona is a mask that a person wears. A person wears several masks. In fact, the person is the sum total or convergence of personae.

In vedanta, the person is likened to an onion. You can go on peeling it till you are left with nothing. Likewise, there is no person without the personae. To know the person, you need to know the personae. The name is not the person, but a persona. Hence persona data.

Posted by nd/nirmaldasan at 4:40 PM
Updated: Thursday, 12 February 2004 4:44 PM
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Wednesday, 11 February 2004
imperfect aesthetic
Perfection is an aesthetic goal. Alexander Pope used to revise his poems. It is also said that all great writing are in fact rewriting. But what do you do with stuff which are imperfect? Will you have the heart and courage to destroy them?

Imperfection can also be an aesthetic goal. This is the imperfect aesthetic. There was a time when I used to collect stamps. I had a separate album for damaged stamps. Imperfect things can also give perfect delight.

Many years ago I destroyed what I thought were imperfect poems. I have no regrets. But had I not destroyed them, I could have revised them now and made them perfect, fulfilling the tenet of the imperfect aesthetic.

Posted by nd/nirmaldasan at 5:10 PM
Updated: Wednesday, 11 February 2004 9:30 PM
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Thursday, 5 February 2004
literary trivia & curiosities
I have just web-published a second enlarged edition of Literary Trivia & Curiosities. Check it out at https://www.angelfire.com/nd/nirmaldasan/trivia.html

Posted by nd/nirmaldasan at 5:51 PM
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