Archive - Name Place Animal Thing: Lux Narayan's personal newsletter

On travel, John Wick, and writing

Bonjour, I just got back from a week in London & Paris. It was rejuvenating. It’s always lovely to go to a place where people speak a language you’re…

Aug 30, 2023 •

Gosh, it's August! Time for a half year resolution

And a new (free) workshop announcement

Aug 1, 2023 •

March 2022

Two gifts for you, intermittent pausing, and...

diners, crypto, comedy, and storyselling

Mar 21, 2022 •

February 2022

Thank you for the music, Wordle, and a crossword

I’ve been thinking about music. And pictures (saving that rabbit-hole for next time). I usually can’t work while having a song playing in the background…

Feb 13, 2022 •

January 2022

A picture is worth a 1000 words. A video?

(1000 x 24 frames/sec x time in seconds ?)

Jan 28, 2022 •

June 2021

4Ps: Procrastination, Performance, Post-its, and Pivoting

Hey there, if you missed hearing from me, apologies for the break. If you were happy not to hear from me, apologies for ending the break. Since we were…

Jun 25, 2021 •

February 2021

Getting a bad-good rap

I’ll keep this short lest I get a bad rap… This is my last mail on the book-launch. From the next mail later this month, we’ll return to our regular…

Feb 8, 2021 •

Lights, Camera, Reaction

I’m back :) (still copyrighted to Schwarzenegger) The reaction to the book has been good so far. While that may be biased by the initial friends and…

Feb 7, 2021 •

Wowza. It's NPAT time.

July 14, 2020 That’s the day I wrote the first word of this version of Name, Place, Animal, Thing. It’s 206 days since then. Over six months of words…

Feb 5, 2021 •

January 2021

Rope tricks, Breakin, and Feb 5th

I’ve been slow with this mail! Sorry about that. Name, Place, Animal, Thing- the book launches in exactly a week- on Feb 5th. This has been consuming me…

Jan 29, 2021 •

Apologies + Links + Unuseless things

Hey, Hey, Hey, 2021 - Here we are. The last time we spoke was last year! Three days ago, to be precise. Some of you wrote in to say you had some issues…

Jan 2, 2021 •

December 2020

Unuseless ideas, D-Day, Revolutions, Help.

A couple of bottles of 5-hour Energy are a staple in our car’s glove compartment. Reserved for long drives, they provide a quick shot of, well, energy…

Dec 31, 2020 •

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