Hi, my name is Satyam Ghimire. I am from Nepal. I am 23 years old.
On this website, I try to give some shape and form to my fragmented thoughts. I write about things I notice and find interesting, covering a wide range of topics — mostly movies, ideas, and stories. All articles are filed under tags to make navigation easier and to give you a sense of what to expect. Additionally, I've categorized the articles by border color:
- Green: Related to movies, books, and similar media
- Blue: Fiction written by me
- Orange: Non-fiction written by me — ideas, thoughts, and philosophy
- Pink: Related to science, mathematics, and technology
You can go to the archive page to view all the articles published here.
Technical details of the website:
This website is build using AstroJS JavaScript framework. It is totally static, nothing fancy. I have used Cloudflare pages to serve (as they claim they will give unlimited bandwidth for static assets). To write the articles, I have created my own markdown like syntax, as explained in this YouTube video.
Why this name?
The name "glimpse of details" remarks those details that stood out and paused me. Entertained me. Made me fall in love. Whispered something that translates to "it’s nice here." The name is also an ode to those glimpse of details or meanings I am searching for everywhere. And those glimpse of details that I know deep down will never be found, yet give me pleasure to long for, keep me up at night with dreams and imagination. There is an ant in the logo. I hope you recognized it, though I highly doubt it, as my drawing skills are about as good as my writing skill. I made it an ant because I feel like an ant most of the time.
Birth of the content
For most of the articles, the workflow looks like this. First I think of something. It’s so vague I can’t stop thinking about it. Now after wasting some time, the same wasted time haunts me and demands me to elaborate and work harder on the idea. “You can’t just let it go. What’s the point of thinking this much this whole time?” Then I think of ways to defend my absurd idea with some weak arguments (obviously). And just like that, something is created.
Sometimes I am not able to stop thinking. Writing is a great remedy for that. Some of the articles published here, the first few were actually written 4-5 years ago. Writing for me, in another words, is saying this to myself, "Thank you for thinking about it too much. You have thought about it enough. And it's written here. See? Right here. Now you are free. Now go and think new thoughts."
Why did I start this website?
I always wanted something like this, a place where I can unravel my thoughts and share them with people around the world. One day it got into my mind that starting a website like this will never go in vain. I will always adore this, and the sooner I do it, the better. This will give me a long term purpose and inspire me to see things clearly and with wonder. I can picture myself writing here when I am old. And even in those days when I am just sad and tired of everything and losing hope. The site exists because I was inspired and the same site will inspire me in return, like some self sustaining bi-directional reaction.
Because after all, this whole site is a review of what mattered to me in my life. It would be really cool to see as I age.
I know a lot of people post photos of themselves on social medias, but how many lose hours writing about things that interest them? How many risk to be wrong? I know I am yet again defending myself and making myself seem large and wise, but I am really so proud of this website.
What do I want this website to be?
A portfolio of my existence. I know the world is big and I am so insignificant compared to anything, but no amount of time and scale could deny that I was here. It's like why thousands of years ago people left their hand prints on the wall of the cave. To say that they were here. Same for me.
Oscar Wilde wrote, "We all live in a gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." I agree. This is my attempt to look at the stars. I hope I am doing it fine. Thank you for reading.
Ps: There are so many grammatical errors on this site. I try to identify them as soon as possible and correct them.
