I’ve written so much this week (graduate applications) that the very idea of writing more feels like an unnecessary arduous task. All in all, I’ve written close to 27 drafts of the two required pieces for my MIT Media Lab application.
The process of writing has resulted in many important realisations that I shall formally reflect on later. A big one that I’d like to put down for now is a realisation about my process – I’m the kind of person who needs to dive into things, inhale the depths of a task and let it boil in every corner of my body. That is what was missing for the first 20 drafts or so – I dived in, but not deep enough.
The last weekend, I let it take over me (more here). My room was filled with post-its, mind-maps and it finally felt like I was back in college. I was searching for my answers again and that kind of intense introspective research brought forward the answers I needed to include in my writing.
I don’t think I’m going to write today, partly because there’s not much to write about. This oncoming week, I shall submit this application; something that has been a year-long ordeal. A day later, I leave for Visakhapatnam for work; making it a good time for me to catch up on some reading and unwind at the beach.
Leaving behind some visual experiments that I carried out this week.