Socrates (from Plato's Apology)

The unexamined life is not worth living.

With such noise and bustle around us, one cannot help but build a hermitage[1] in one's mind for contemplation and peace.

This digital garden contains some contemplations and musings from my retreats there.

Unsurprisingly, thoughts here are, like every thought, ever-changing.

If you have any questions or opinions, please feel free to contact me at connect@utsob.me or see the Discussion section for other options.

Maturity Levels

The maturity level for each note is represented by plant icons of various growth.

Seedling

Seedlings (Maturity Level: 1|14) are thoughts barely started. Maybe Jotted down in haste or simply showed only a brief amount of what I thought about it by far.

Sapling

Saplings (Maturity Level: 2|14) have a substantial amount of content, but much work to be done. Coherence and patterns are just emerging in it.

Tree

Trees (Maturity Level: 3|14) are grown-up coherent pieces of thought/essay/expression that should not change much except for some editorial enhancements.

Withered

Withered (Maturity Level: withered|14) are the notes expressing outdated views (totally or partially) but kept for the historicity of our thoughts. For partially outdated notes, warnings will be placed wherever appropriate.

Stone

Stones (Maturity Level: stone|14) are notes exported/extracted from other mediums (e.g. Reading highlights and notes). Growth is irrelevant for these notes.

Signpost

Signposts (Maturity Level: signpost|14) are notes that allow us to navigate easily (e.g. Collection of books or writings).

Warning

Maturity Levels are subjective. It might only mean that I'm a very immature person.

On Top of My mind…

Cover Title Updated Created Tags Inset
The Starry Night: সেকাল-একাল Apr 15, 2024 12:07 AM Aug 13, 2020 09:37 PM #art #criticism
A Ghost Story Apr 15, 2024 12:01 AM Dec 17, 2023 08:11 PM #politics
হেমন্তের হাইকু Mar 12, 2024 11:34 AM Oct 24, 2021 06:18 PM #haiku #কবিতা
সময়ের সাথে সংগ্রাম Mar 12, 2024 09:14 AM Apr 28, 2021 09:36 AM #death #physics #philosophy #myth
ভাড়া Mar 12, 2024 09:14 AM Sep 22, 2021 06:27 PM #short #story
নয়াপুরাণ Mar 12, 2024 09:14 AM May 19, 2021 07:42 PM
আত্মার সৃষ্টি Mar 12, 2024 09:14 AM Apr 12, 2020 05:30 PM #short #story #গোলগল্প
শিল্পভাবনা ১: হৃদয়বৃত্তি Mar 12, 2024 09:14 AM Jun 13, 2022 06:25 PM #art #aesthetics #literature
Thought is Your Enemy Feb 28, 2024 01:43 PM Feb 19, 2024 04:53 PM #book #Biography #Autobiography #metaphysics #philosophy
Thought is Your Enemy Feb 28, 2024 01:42 PM Feb 27, 2024 12:34 PM #reading-note
The Conference of the Birds Feb 20, 2024 03:05 PM Jan 29, 2024 04:16 PM #book #Poetry
Notes from The Conference of the Birds Feb 20, 2024 03:02 PM Feb 17, 2024 11:29 PM #reading-note

Discussion

Digital gardens are not about marketing/expressing opinion/prophesize etc. It is about nurturing our thoughts publicly and collectively. To discuss with me, there are two ways.

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Comments

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Policy

I don't seek publicity. If you find anything praiseworthy (I doubt you will), tell me privately. For commenting, these are the basic rules I believe not too much to abide by:

  1. Constructive Criticism.
  2. Adhere to the rules of arguments. To name a few:
    1. No personal attack (it's a fallacy)
    2. Other logical fallacies
    3. Avoid irrelevance.
  3. Be civil, please.

  1. Here, I'm using the word hermitage as a loose translation of the word Tapovan. ↩︎