The Sentimental Idiot !

“You can say a lot about a man by looking at what he carries in his wallet”. This isn’t a quote by a famous person, not even a line taken from a popular movie and also, I am not trying to ask you to go searching through your friend’s wallets in order to know them better it’s just me looking at my purse trying to evaluate what gets to stay and what doesn’t. Apart from the usual stuff i.e. money, cards and identification my wallet also contains a letter with best wishes from my friends at work, ticket stubs from all the films I’ve watched in the last 2 years, 2 tiny stones, a guitar pick, some restaurant bills (one dating back to 2008), candy bar wrappers, the label from a water bottle, boarding passes from flights I’ve taken and some bus tickets. Each of those unusual things in my wallet have a very specific memory associated with them and since I have always considered my memories to be amongst my most precious assets I put everything back inside and ignore the fact th

Have you ever tried writing a song? I used to think poetry was tough, but trust me when I tell you this, songwriting is way harder, believe me, I’ve tried and failed, many times. It doesn't come as a surprise to me that some of my favorite people in the world are actually prolific songwriters, like Jon foreman, the lead singer and guitarist of the greatest band that ever existed, switchfoot. Jon has a tendency of writing close to a 100 songs for every switchfoot album out of which maybe 10 or 12 make the final cut. Jon Foreman Other musicians that fall under this category include Mat Kearney, John Mayer, Adam Young, Ed Sheeran and few others blessed with the unique gift of describing profound universal truths in a 3 or 4 minute song better than 3 hour movie or a novel with 300 pages. I have a habit of going online every time one of these people puts out a record and watch the process of how the album was made, and yes, I have also often wondered what ends