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A drawing of me by my buddy Mark Vollenweider of Iowa City

Hello!

I’m Nikhil Anand. I'm a student at the department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University where I'm learning to love and survive both graduate school and New York City as my wife and our diva husky send me good vibes from home in Iowa

Here’s a little more about me and what I’m up to now. I’d love to hear from you and hope you have a most splendid day 🖖🏽


Log

  • Samadhi by Jordan Belson (1967)Saw this at The Whitney and was transfixed and love it beyond words. Only 6 minutes long and perfect for a quick meditation 🧘 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx6ag2n5sjc In Samadhi Jordan Belson attempts to portray a visual phenomenon he perceiv
  • I felt nothing but a small sadness watching that insipid and unnecessary halftime show. Kind you feel when you see people embarrass themselves for completely avoidable reasons. I like to think they consulted an AI model to plan it all out, for I do
  • On Agnes MartinHer agent brought his granddaughter up to her NYC place one day, the girl was like 8 or 9. She asked her what she painted. Agnes had a rose in a small vase on her kitchen table & asked the girl “do you think this rose is beautiful?” & the g
  • Charles Bukowski on Why I Need that Leica‘- you know, I’ve either had a family, a job, something has always been in the way but now I’ve sold my house, I’ve found this place, a large studio, you should see the space and the light. for the first time in my life I’m going to have a place a
  • This quiz will generate your AI ArchetypeThe answer choices gave me quite a lot to think about regarding this whole business and where it’s going. I’m somewhere between: The Worrier: It’s real, it’s powerful, and that’s exactly why it worries you — not in a doom way, in a ‘we should real
  • FlüfpecksBack in 2019 or so, my friend Mark asked me what I thought this image depicted. I was totally stumped and guessed fungal mycelia or birds. Drones? Terrible. Nope, they’re wolf packs! 🐺 And the map shows how territorial wolves are. They created i


Reading


Watching

  • The Odyssey
    Rating: A
  • Disclosure Day
    Rating: C
  • Citizen Vigilante
    Rating: F
  • Pluribus - Season One
    Rating: A
  • Judgement at Nuremberg
    Rating: A+
  • Heretic
    Rating: B-
  • The Asset
    Rating: B-
  • Next Floor
    Rating: B+
  • House of Dynamite
    Rating: B-
  • Vertigo
    Rating: A
  • Andor
    Rating: A+
  • USS Callister (Parts I and II)
    Rating: A+

Listening


      Playing

      • The Shivah
        Rating: A
      • Monument Valley III
        Rating: A
      • Sky Force: Reloaded
        Rating: A
      • Kids
        Rating: B
      • Art Plunge
        Rating: B
      • Frost
        Rating: B
      • Florence
        Rating: B+
      • Starman
        Rating: A

      Enjoying

      • BRICK BLOSSOM by Charles Simonds
        Charles Simonds
        BRICK BLOSSOM 1981
      • TIGHTROPE: NOISELESS 12 by Elias Sime
        Elias Sime
        TIGHTROPE: NOISELESS 12 2019
      • TON PIED MON PIED (YOUR FOOT, MY FOOT) by Romuald Hazoumè
        Romuald Hazoumè
        TON PIED MON PIED (YOUR FOOT, MY FOOT) 2011
      • SKY FARM by Helen Frankenthaler
        Helen Frankenthaler
        SKY FARM 1972
      • THREE FRIENDS by John Currin
        John Currin
        THREE FRIENDS 1998
      • STRUCTURIST RELIEF, RED WING #50 by Charles Joseph Biederman
        Charles Joseph Biederman
        STRUCTURIST RELIEF, RED WING #50 1960-1966
      • ABSTRAKTER KOPF: INNERES SCHAUEN-GRAU-BLAU-ROSA (ABSTRACT HEAD: INNER VISION-GREY-BLUE-PINK) by Alexei Jawlensky
        Alexei Jawlensky
        ABSTRAKTER KOPF: INNERES SCHAUEN-GRAU-BLAU-ROSA (ABSTRACT HEAD: INNER VISION-GREY-BLUE-PINK) 1927
      • PEPPER NO. 30 by Edward Weston
        Edward Weston
        PEPPER NO. 30 1930
      • UNCLOSED by Julie Mehretu
        Julie Mehretu
        UNCLOSED 2007
      • HOCHOFEN (BLAST FURNACES) IMAGE V, FROM THE SERIES "TYPOLOGIES" by Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher
        Bernd Becher, Hilla Becher
        HOCHOFEN (BLAST FURNACES) IMAGE V, FROM THE SERIES "TYPOLOGIES" 2007
      • BETWEEN BEARS EARS AND DANEROS MINE, FROM THE SERIES"...THERE IS STILL POETRY" by Mary Mattingly
        Mary Mattingly
        BETWEEN BEARS EARS AND DANEROS MINE, FROM THE SERIES"...THERE IS STILL POETRY" 2018
      • PRAIRIE CAIRN/ FOR MY FATHER/ GRINNELL, IOWA by Andy Goldsworthy
        Andy Goldsworthy
        PRAIRIE CAIRN/ FOR MY FATHER/ GRINNELL, IOWA 2001-2002
      • Mnemonics of Shape and Reason by Sky Hopinka
        Sky Hopinka
        Mnemonics of Shape and Reason 2021
      • SPIRIT AT DEATH, BEFORE DEPARTURE by Amy Putney Koenig
        Amy Putney Koenig
        SPIRIT AT DEATH, BEFORE DEPARTURE 2026
      • Oranges Smell Good by Lydia Nong
        Lydia Nong
        Oranges Smell Good 2025
      • Assorted Paintings by Thota Vaikuntam
        Thota Vaikuntam
        Assorted Paintings 1942 - 2020s

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