Doll protestors in Russia.
One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision
— Bertrand Russell
When Yoko Ono chose my question
What happens when you spend too much time on fb? You start ‘talking’ to people you don’t know. I suppose I do that anyway in real life too. But this was cool…
Shriya Malhotra
What is the last thing you do before going to sleep and the first thing in the morning ? do you listen to music at breakfast?
By the time I go to sleep, I am so exhausted I drop like a log. Don’t disturb me with your music when I am still half in my dream world in the morning. Man-made music is so indelicate! The only thing I cherish hearing at breakfast is birds singing.
The 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference Concerning Development of Moscow Underground Space →
from the
INTEGRATED BODY FOR URBAN DESIGN POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOSCOW
Red October chocolate factory to become elite apartments →
And so it begins. With the Rossiya hotel site becoming a park, and Dobrininskaya park becoming a massive parking lot and now Gorky Park undergoing its own facelift - there is enough urban / city research to keep me busy with investigationing. The Moscow Walks are also amazing. There’s a heartbeat to this city and its not an out of control one.
I’m getting into my Moscow groove; painting, drawing, ideating, sewing, eating and exploring the city by foot / metro. I went to a young diplomats party where I met new + interesting people, went to a ‘luxury village’ for the premiere of Faust and have been spending time at Winzavod and Strelka. Went to the contemporary Russian history museum and found they have the BEST collection of soviet chocolate wrappers. YES!
In the next few weeks, I am going to start lectures/workshops on maps, practicing my Russian and go skiing at Ismailovsky. And will also start blogging over at pattern cities - which is super exciting. I wish udai was here… and miss Ags tremendously. And all my other heart pieces strewn all over the world.
I had one of the best hang outs yesterday - repping Baghdad, Amherst, DC, NY and Moscow !
Tonight: saree wearing time at the Kremlin. I love Moscow more than I can express.
Photographer Christopher Herwig documents the strange phenomena of the Soviet bus-stop. For the most part Sovjet architecture is remembered by its heavy block buildings and functionally spartan designs. It’s overpowering desire for conformity left little room for individual creative freedom. A notable exemption to this is in the transportation sector. One can admire this creativity in the metro station of cites like Moscow or Tashkent where the coldness and sterility of typical Soviet urban architecture and costs are not spared as creative freedom is unleashed. While many of us are aware of the elaborate splendor of the Moscow underground, its easy to overlook the phenomena of the common roadside bus stop as an example of Soviet art and design letting loose and becoming a little weird and crazy.
(via urbnist)
Cyberspaces and Global Affairs
My first book chapter is out! Part of Cyberspace and Global Affairs, edited by Sean Costigan and Jake Perry at the New School. The experience of writing and contributing to this book was in itself an endeavor, but the more exciting aspect is the breadth of writing on issues in IT and ICTs as they pertain to international affairs.
From military and defense advances to public health and emergency responses, this book - published by Ashgate and available now on Amazon - speaks to the immense potential and explores the pitfalls of technology in the realm of international affairs. I can’t wait to go through the other essays ! Exciting.
This is kind of what my dreams are like sometimes. Saving the world + dramatic animated visuals. I love this, and have the song on repeat thanks to my amazing brother (who introduced me to a film I thought I watched, but later realized that I haven’t - typical shriya stuff.)
1958 John Steinbeck on Love →
Maybe the best thing Ive read in a long time. If you know me, you know I say it and like to, a lot. I wear my heart on my sleeve and always have. Usually it feels weak - but today, again, it feels so awesome. “If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.” :) from brainpickings
