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...over the last few days i've changed the name of this blog thrice...

'Design Rocks!'
'Moi!Muah'
and now - 'Identity Crisis' <- quite apt actually. Also reflective of my state of mind right now...

I don't have an identity crisis :) far from it....but i do know that there's a 'search' happening in my mind...there's a little confusion...and confusion is good.

"Confusion is a state of expansion of the mind."

My cousin said that to me a long long time ago....and it makes a lot of sense. Confusion does.

If you're confused - then there's some change happening somewhere - and change is always a good thing. Change is constant.

I've also just realized that my writing is very....well....'general'..some of it almost predictable...maybe a little repetitive even. Repetitive of thoughts/words you might have heard, read, spoken elsewhere...I don't know if my writing has a particular 'flavor' or even if it should...but i've started writing again after a coupl've years - which is good.

Confusion is good. Change is good. Writing is good.

Life is good.

'Spectacular!' is around the corner ;) ...my glass is ALWAYS half full...and it's on it's way up!

When it rains it pours...suddenly i have verbal diarhoea (at this point i open word to check the spelling)............................. ..................."Diarrhea"...that doesn't look right....checking "new websters expanded dictionary"....definition: 'a morbidly frequent evacuation of the intestines'

*grin*

why do most guys have this morbid fascination for all things disgusting and grose? or is that gross...like bass is not 'base', but 'bass'...like the fish i think....

i just visited a friends blog http://typolis.net/kraftedlogic, and he had a map there that displays the % of the world he has visited...and this guy has visited quite a few countries in europe, been to a few places in south east asia...(well....one place, South Korea :) ...and in all he's - correction - he has (he's would be he is) seen 5% of the world...

I've been to exactly '0' places outside India. I'm a true patriot you see - given that India gave the world '0'. ;)

I never did get the concept of blogging. To me it's just pure self indulgence. Let's see where this goes. First let's introduce me to the 'blogging' (errr) community.

I'm Karn Malhotra, Branding Consultant and Creative Head of Exit Design. A print and branding studio in Bangalore, India.

I've run this studio for 2 and a half years and presently i'm in a bit of a fix...well not really a fix...but at crossroads in my journey as a designer/businessman.

You see, i've always been interested in creating a 'community' of designers. One where people can interact, debate, bitch & moan, and just share their views on design - print & branding specifically, since those are the subjects that i know best. It's amazing isn't it? How we just cocoon ourselves into what's comfortable for us.

I've had this idea in mind for the last 4 years atleast - and have been too afraid to take the leap.

Lets hope this 'little' leap into blogging is a sign of things to come over the next few weeks.