Once there was a man. He did everything right. He ate right. He walked right. He talked right. He wore the right clothes. But he wore his shoes wrong. He wore the right shoe on his left foot, and the left shoe on his right foot. People feared he would fall, but he never did. They asked, "Why do you wear your shoes that way?" He never answered. He only smiled. Years passed, and he was no more. People forgot how kindly he spoke. They forgot how honestly he lived. They forgot how helpful he was. But they always remembered that he wore his shoes wrong. —— Reflection: What "wrong shoes" are you wearing that make others uncomfortable simply because they challenge convention? —— Author’s Note — The Origin of the Poem: Originally drafted in 2018, this poem was last edited in a Google Keep note on January 2, 2019. It sat there for seven years, waiting for its ending. Now, it is finally complete. —- The Man Who Wore His Shoes Wrong Collection: The Uncharted Mind Author: Shon ...
"Five Villains. Five Philosophies. One Truth: Survival writes the story." In Jivavarta, villainy is shaped not only by perspective but also by conviction taken too far. In that space between belief and consequence, The Timingila forces readers to confront an unsettling possibility: under the right circumstances, anyone could become the hero of their own darkness. In Jivavarta, there is no clear good and no pure evil. There are only people moving through their own truths, defending themselves against an unjust world, each trying, in their own way, to justify their right to exist. And perhaps that is all any of us ever does. "Maybe I am villain in your story, but I am hero in mine." — Tasvak, The Timingila. The Whale-Eater. Predator of Predators. Stories Of Jivavarta By Shon Mehta ——— Jivavarta is a narrative-based systems philosophy: a fictional civilization and analytical framework developed by Shon Mehta that integrates stories, axioms, lexi...