Hi, I'm @arazgholami, Programmer, Blogger and Explorer.I create things and make them better. I'm a repairer, not replacer.I love to transform complex things to simple things. Manifest === What defines me --- Thought Over the years, I had many passions and regrets, I said important things about many things, I laughed with many and got mad with many, and some days life was really tough on me. But I learned many lessons and all of these made me grow and give more importance to real things. Expression We write to remember, because "writing is the tracing of our footsteps." When we return and read our writing, we'll remember where we came from and how far we've traveled. There is no pattern in the writings. In other words, each writing is a result of my thoughts and musings and may be very boring and lengthy or very captivating or very short. It could be a photo or a comment on a photo. It could be a question from an unknown audience. Some of the writings may have a tone that's inappropriate for a certain group. Some of the writings may have ambiguities that cannot be made clearer and that ambiguity is the nature of the writing itself. It could be a description of a dream or an imagination of an event that never happened. A personal memory or prediction of the future. Knowing My thoughts and writings are just my mental models of existence. They're neither right nor wrong. The ideas expressed on this blog are not necessarily true, false, or tested by myself or anyone else. I don't know the exact meanings of correct, wrong, success, life, and many other seemingly facts. If I use these words in my text, it's with the general meaning unless I specify otherwise. Considering no two people have the same mental models, I welcome opposing or like-minded views with my writings. I'm not a normal person, apparently or otherwise. And I don't know what it means to be normal. Similarly, I don't know what it means to be abnormal. I’m generally polite and tolerant, but not 100% of the time. I don’t respect all ideas or tolerate everything. If that’s a problem, you can close this page now. Grant Freedom is the first letter of my life's alphabet. As long as I have the choice and opportunity, I publish and share anything written here without any licensing or protection, though I reserve the right to claim authorship. What Makes Me Happy Walking, nights, winter and fresh air, coffee, discovering new music or bands, snow, sitting by the fireplace, seeing happy people, making my mother laugh, laughing with others, freeing a prisoner, discharging a soldier. The sound of a guitar in a cassette. Old gramophone discs and cassettes. "Sema". Respect, Gentility. Discovering a new angle to look at. What Bothers Me Politics, too much or too little money, power. Smoking. Any addiction. What I Don't Have an Answer For How the world started. How the world will end. The meaning of life. Why we are here, what we should do (for this I have one pen of suggestions), the definition of success. I Live For Experiencing everything. Peace, Calm, Humanity, Singularity. I Can Handle The sound of a crying baby, someone I love getting sick, getting sick myself, someone failing, someone talking behind my back, disorganization, irrational arguments, anyone rejecting logical words until the end, anything related to hormonal changes. I Can't Handle Lies, deceit, feeling clever, arrogance, self-importance, thinking of oneself as a celebrity, feeling superior, feeling different, feeling elite. The very word elite. Looking at someone as if they are beneath you, narcissism, racism, humiliation, destruction, ridicule, being late without a convincing reason, making excuses, exploitation, any attempt to prove oneself. Any self-description that serves anything other than self-defense. Declaring oneself to be competent. Things That Entertain Me Reading nostalgic blogs, hearing people's life stories, watching handcrafted gifs and videos, imagining the emotions of those who made or watched them. Anything related to the 60s ~ 2000s. Anything that could be the future. Things That Scare Me Humanity reaching a point where there's no turning back. Things That Fascinate Me Formerly foolish and cruel actions; Now, almost nothing. Things That Make Me Laugh Simple happiness. Dark comedy. Things That Make Me Cry Tabriz airport. Prostration of Rumi in looking for Shams-i Tabrizi. Trying to fix something that can't be fixed. The absence of someone who should be there. Not being able to be in front of the family during Novruz, and other ancient celebrations. Love, anyone reaching the end of the line. Hopelessness. Tuesday 04:05 AM, 07 February 2023 Share: https://arazgholami.com/manifest