# Hermitage

> Utsob Roy's digital garden: a public, evolving collection of musings, journal entries, essays, and reading notes on
philosophy, religion, art, and technology, alongside technical how-tos and personal software projects.

This is a [digital garden](https://cagrimmett.com/notes/2020/11/08/what-are-digital-gardens/), not a blog: notes are
living documents that keep changing, and each one carries a maturity marker (seedling, sapling, tree, withered, stone,
signpost, or chest) noted near its title. A "seedling" is a half-formed thought; a "tree" is settled. See [https://hermitage.utsob.me/](https://hermitage.utsob.me/) for the full explanation of maturity levels. Contact: connect@utsob.me.

## Musings
Personal reflections and essays on philosophy, religion, art, and technology.

- [A Ghost Story](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/a-ghost-story/)
- [A Mountain Willow](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/a-mountain-willow/)
- [AI and Time](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/ai-and-time/)
- [How AI-generated Contents May Affect Marketing?](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/ai-gen-content-and-marketing/)
- [Annihilation of Self in Religions](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/annihilation-of-self-in-religions/)
- [Art is Freedom: African-Americans](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/art-is-freedom-african-americans/)
- [Being a Connoisseur](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/being-a-connoisseur/)
- [Belief, Religion, and the Illusion of Knowledge](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/belief-religion-and-the-illusion-of-knowledge/)
- [Cogito, ergo sum](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/cogito-ergo-sum/)
- [Exploring Buddhism](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/exploring-buddhism/)
- [On AI Note-taking](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/on-ai-note-taking/)
- [On Connections](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/on-connections/)
- [On CyberEnsō](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/on-cyber-enso/)
- [On Death](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/on-death/)
- [On Good Life](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/on-good-life/)
- [On Midjourney](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/on-midjourney/)
- [Pascal's Wager](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/pascals-wager/)
- [The Starry Night: সেকাল-একাল](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/the-starry-night/)
- [The Tower of Babel](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/the-tower-of-babel/)
- [Understood?](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/understood/)
- [Who can be a simple man?](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/who-can-be-a-simple-man/): A note on the crisis of faith among the modern intellectuals.
- [Zen Poetry](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/zen-poetry/)
- [শিল্পভাবনা ১: হৃদয়বৃত্তি](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/art-and-the-way-of-heart/)
- [সময়ের সাথে সংগ্রাম](https://hermitage.utsob.me/musings/revolt-against-time/)


## Journal
Personal journal entries.

- [All Roads Start and End in Me](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/all-roads-start-and-end-in-me/)
- [About Programming](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/about-programming/)
- [Art and Error](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/art-and-error/)
- [Days of Balloons](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/days-of-balloons/)
- [Dealing with Death](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/dealing-with-death/)
- [Pothole](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/pothole/)
- [Eternal Sunshine](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/eternal-sunshine/)
- [On Career](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/on-career/)
- [Regrets](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/regrets/)
- [The Importance of Dying Sincerely](https://hermitage.utsob.me/journal/the-importance-of-dying-sincerely/)


## Writings
### Creative
Poems and prose.

- [Yours Truly](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/poems/yours-truly/)
- [আশ্বিনের রাত](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/poems/autumn-night/)
- [নারী ও নগর](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/poems/she-and-the-city/)
- [নিস্তার](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/poems/escape/)
- [প্রদোষ](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/poems/evening/)
- [বৃষ্টি](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/poems/rain/)
- [হেমন্তের হাইকু](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/poems/haikus-of-fall/)
- [অমর সিং চমকিলা: একটি আয়নার গল্প](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/prose/review/movie/amar-singh-chamkila-a-mirror/)
- [Humpty-Dumpty and his Infallible Fall](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/prose/short-stories/humpty-dumpty-and-his-infallible-fall/)
- [আত্মার সৃষ্টি](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/prose/short-stories/birth-of-the-soul/)
- [নয়াপুরাণ](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/prose/short-stories/naya-purana/)
- [ভাড়া](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/prose/short-stories/the-fare/)
- [The Encounter](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/prose/unlived-lives-of-ours/01-the-encounter/)
- [The Accusitions](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/prose/unlived-lives-of-ours/02-the-accusitions/)
- [আমার শহর](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/creative/prose/my-city/)


### Series
Serialized creative writing.

- [Unlived Lives of Ours](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/series/unlived-lives-of-ours/)


### Technical
How-tos and technical drafts.

- [Boox NeoReader: Rich Annotations](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/boox-neo-reader-rich-annotations/)
- [Boox to Obsidian: Highlights and Annotations](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/boox-to-obsidian-highlights-and-annotations-from-boox-cloud/)
- [Boox to Obsidian: Rich Annotation Export from Boox Cloud](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/boox-to-obsidian-rich-annotation-export-from-boox-cloud/)
- [How to Manage Multiple Git Credential for the Same Provider](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/how-to-manage-multiple-git-credential-for-the-same-provider/)
- [Reading E-Books for dummies অথবা কীভাবে ইবুক পড়তে হয়...](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/how-to-read-ebooks/)
- [How to integrate Saleor JWT in Nuxt 3](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/how-to-integrate-saleor-jwt-in-nuxt-3/)
- [KOReader to Obsidian: Export Notes and Highlights](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/ko-reader-to-obsidian/)
- [Steal My Look!](https://hermitage.utsob.me/writings/technical/how-tos/steal-my-look/)


## Reading
Notes and highlights from books. Most of these are per-book highlight compilations; only the curated series and
compilations are listed here. The full list is in the [sitemap](https://hermitage.utsob.me/sitemap.xml).

- [Remembrance of Things Past](https://hermitage.utsob.me/reading/series/remembrance-of-things-past/)

- [Power, Mon Amour](https://hermitage.utsob.me/reading/compilations/power-mon-amour/)

- [Reading Note Convention](https://hermitage.utsob.me/reading/reading-note-convention/): This is the convention being followed for all reading notes exported after January 31, 2023

- [V for Vendetta: Mentioned Works](https://hermitage.utsob.me/reading/supplements/v-for-vendetta-mentioned-works/)


## Forge
Software tools and projects built mostly for personal use.

- [Book Base](https://hermitage.utsob.me/forge/book-base/)
- [Boox Text Note Converter](https://hermitage.utsob.me/forge/boox-text-note-converter/)
- [CyberEnsō](https://hermitage.utsob.me/forge/cyber-enso/)
- [DotR](https://hermitage.utsob.me/forge/dot-r/)
- [EpubPress on the Web](https://hermitage.utsob.me/forge/epub-press-on-the-web/)
- [The Toolbox](https://hermitage.utsob.me/forge/the-toolbox/)


## Entities
Reference notes on people, concepts, moods, objects, and fictional works.

### People

- [Fernando Pessoa](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/people/fernando-pessoa/)
- [Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/people/fyodor-dostoevsky/)
- [Jibanananda Das](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/people/jibanananda-das/)
- [Joseph Campbell](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/people/joseph-campbell/)
- [Matsuo Bashō](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/people/matsuo-basho/)
- [Rabindranath Tagore](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/people/rabindranath-tagore/)


### Concepts

- [Mono no aware](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/concepts/aesthetics/mono-no-aware/)
- [Anattā](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/concepts/buddhism/anatman/)
- [Anitya](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/concepts/buddhism/anitya/)
- [Pratītyasamutpāda](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/concepts/buddhism/pratityasamutpada/)
- [Doublethink](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/concepts/doublethink/)
- [Thanatology](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/concepts/subject/thanatology/)
- [Baqā](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/concepts/sufism/baqa/)
- [Fanā](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/concepts/sufism/fana/)


### Literature

- [Adam James Susan](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/characters/adam-james-susan/)
- [Bishop Anthony Lilliman](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/characters/bishop-anthony-lilliman/)
- [Delia Surridge](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/characters/delia-surridge/)
- [Evey Hammond](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/characters/evey-hammond/)
- [Lewis Prothero](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/characters/lewis-prothero/)
- [V](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/characters/v/)
- [Fate](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/entities/fate/)
- [The Government](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/entities/the-government/)
- [Larkhill](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/literature/v-for-vendetta/places/larkhill/)


### Mood

- [Hüzün](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/mood/huezuen/)


### Objects

- [Balloon Man](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/objects/balloon-man/)


### Technical Drafts

- [Obsidian Federated Embed](https://hermitage.utsob.me/entities/technical-drafts/obsidian-federated-embed/)


## Optional
- [Sitemap](https://hermitage.utsob.me/sitemap.xml): every published page
- [Atom feed](https://hermitage.utsob.me/feed.xml): recently updated notes