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visakanv.substack.com/p/are-you-seri… i read this essay long back. when i re-read is just now, i was pleasantly surprised at the sheer number of ideas that i believe/hold now which came from it. i just forgot about its roots. this is the real test for good writing. Visakan Veerasamy

when I tell my 19mo “stop it” when he’s fiddling with a car door handle, he doesn’t stop doing it- rather, he says “stop it!” *while* doing it. he’ll even say it unprompted the next time he does it I wonder how much of human psychology is like this

texted a friend "i'm sooo tired how are you" before i remembered-

19mo saw this pic on my phone and instantly recognized it as a cat interesting to think about how concepts and abstractions work in a young child’s brain

Before having a kid I tried to mentally rehearse all the kinds of guy he might grow up to be, particularly the kinds that don’t have synchronicities with me (writer/musician/creative). I thought maybe he’ll be a sports guy? maybe he’ll be into insects? Dirt biking? Academia? As