Getting Lost in the Right Direction

There are phases in life where clarity doesn’t come as a map. It comes as movement.

Right now, I’m exploring. I’m experimenting. With cinema. With writing. With creativity. And through all three, with life itself.

To an outsider, it may look like uncertainty. But inside, it feels aligned.

Being “lost” doesn’t always mean being confused. Sometimes it simply means you’ve stopped following borrowed paths and started walking your own. When the direction is right, even wandering has purpose.

Cinema teaches me how to observe life.

Writing teaches me how to understand it.

Creativity teaches me how to stay alive within it.

Not every experiment needs to succeed. Not every attempt needs validation. Exploration itself sharpens instinct. It strips away noise. It brings you closer to what truly matters.

I’ve learned that structure can come later. First, there must be curiosity. First, there must be play. First, there must be the courage to move without guarantees.

It feels good to be lost—

when the direction is honest,

the intent is clear,

and the journey itself is the lesson. 

This is not confusion.

This is conscious exploration.

- Manohar Chimmani