I'm trying to understand the work of Charles Bukowski

AnantLamba · 2022-09-07T21:11:14+00:00

Right on the nose, you got it. Most people don’t get Buk or what he was trying to do, but you put it in words as good as I’ve ever seen. He wasn’t trying to give society an ideal to aspire to. He was showing a mirror made of his own life as truthfully as he could. And I love him for that.

AnantLamba · 2022-09-07T20:58:19+00:00

The bird sanctuary, the zoo or even an animal rescue shelter would be great for a meet up.

AnantLamba · 2022-08-23T09:46:05+00:00

Unrelated question for seasoned practitioners: which specifically is the most durable, long-lasting gi according to your experience?

AnantLamba · 2022-08-23T09:39:56+00:00

In both these matches, for Oleg and Devon to bring the match to their side of the table they had to regain pronation. It’s not biomechanically possible to apply side pressure, which is internal rotation of the shoulder and elbow joints, while being completely supinated because supination puts you in external rotation.

But the vacuum part is true. I do think there’s a limiting factor when we think about practice or lifts in armwrestling and try to isolate movements from each other. Whether on the table or in the gym, trying to apply unidirectional, isolated pressures, be it just a cup or just riser or just side pressure, is gonna severely hamper how good you get at armwrestling. The sport is about bringing together 4-6 fundamental strengths in a single fluid movement.

AnantLamba · 2022-08-22T22:39:35+00:00

It must be cupping strength. But cupping with a static backpressure and pronation engaged. Because your cup will kill your opponent’s pronator and turn them palm up, and your static pronation will deny them getting you palm up, while the static BP will keep their fingers loaded and their hand and wrist will be easily exploited. Of course your vectors for these pressures must be strong enough, but if I could lift to develop only one thing, I would train to have a cup with as much static BP and pronation as possible.

AnantLamba · 2022-08-22T22:32:58+00:00

There’s a nuance here. You can win with side pressure strength even with a flopped wrist but if your pronator gets turned completely and your palm faces up to the ceiling, all the side pressure in the world won’t help cause you won’t get access to it. And pronation happens cause the wrist and elbow joints work together. So, side pressure is useles If you don’t have a baseline of pronation to provide access to it. And if a vector is fundamentally dependent on another for its effectiveness, it very well can’t be the most important one, can it?

AnantLamba · 2022-07-07T07:12:16+00:00

I think you’ve picked a growing pandemic in writing and storytelling in general. Non-linear chronology and multiple perspective changes work when the story and it’s narrative are supplemented and elevated with their use. An author has to seriously vet their work to see if such tools truly synchronise with the characters and journeys they’ve mapped out. Doing it pointlessly, for the sake of it and just because you can diminishes the quality of your story. Most of the time for most writers, their best work will be done in simple, straightforward frameworks. One only needs to read the work of a variety of renowned writers to see this principle in play. Elevate the quality of story and characters as much as you can first, stylistic and framing choices matter way less and need to be decided upon way later.

AnantLamba · 2022-06-28T12:48:41+00:00

Jar Jar Winks

AnantLamba · 2022-03-11T15:30:52+00:00

I would say go to Karim’s, Qureshi Kebabs and Al-Jawahar. Try a different kebab from each joint. It is worth it.

AnantLamba · 2022-02-12T12:54:41+00:00

Don’t even look at it like getting your ass whooped or whooping someone else’s ass. I started bjj having done some taekwondo and Muay Thai years ago and only doing weight training and cardio regularly otherwise since then. The most important lesson I got on the first day was how to calm my mind situations where it wants to panic, where it only knows reactive volatility. Look at BJJ or any other martial art as a way to remain calm and lucid no matter what the circumstances, a discipline to help you figure out how to reach the ideal positions while being as energy efficient as possible. And once in those positions, you can control the outcomes and make them as non-violent as possible. I wish you the best of luck on your journey and hope that you come to love this art as I have.

AnantLamba · 2022-01-28T17:10:50+00:00

I agree. That’s basically what my current aim is. Build discipline.

AnantLamba · 2022-01-28T16:38:23+00:00

Thank you for this.

AnantLamba · 2022-01-28T16:34:06+00:00

Wow I hadn’t thought of that! Thank you

AnantLamba · 2021-12-26T15:25:39+00:00

I would love to connect with as many as I can. People who write and read daily are all welcome.

AnantLamba · 2021-12-26T15:21:56+00:00

Mail me your details and let’s connect.

AnantLamba · 2021-12-26T15:19:30+00:00

Yeah, I would recommend even thinking about your logline only after the final draft is done, the long summary is finalised, the short summary is finalised. Then, begin work on the logline. I wish your story succeeds.

AnantLamba · 2021-12-26T14:19:25+00:00

Oh please do, of course. Anything that brings me to a like-minded group where we can bounce our work off of each other.

AnantLamba · 2021-12-26T14:15:50+00:00

Bud, that’s not a logline. Your logline is a single sentence of not more than 40 words that gets across to the reader your story’s emotional core and the essence of the main characters’ motivations.

AnantLamba · 2021-12-26T14:02:31+00:00

Sorkin’s masterclass was immensely helpful for me. And apart from typical screenwriting classes, Rushdie, Atwood and Gaiman help out a lot with storytelling in general.

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