Issue 37: A Little Bit of Everything | by Mayur Chauhan

But because the universe always has a plan, and part of the plan was to make the laundromat and the donut shop equidistant from where I park the car, I feel balanced. As Rumi would have said...

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Mayur Chauhan, Find Beauty Everywhere, digital (street) photograph, 2024. Courtesy of the artist.

A Little Bit of Everything by Mayur Chauhan

1. Rituals

Every morning at no specific time but definitely way before I’d rather want to wake up two cats take turns to sing the opposite of a lullaby in various vocal ranges that all sound like a scream for help shaming and blaming me for never ever feeding them once in their lifetime and every morning at no specific time but definitely way before I’d rather want to wake up I wake up to feed them and say to myself that I wouldn’t have it any other way.

2. Bliss

Saying that I ‘enjoy’ doing laundry would be like saying I enjoy Opera. I don’t. Saying that I feel ‘guilty’ eating apple fritters would be like saying I feel ‘guilty’ for breathing. I don’t.  

But because the universe always has a plan, and part of the plan was to make the laundromat and the donut shop equidistant from where I park the car, I feel balanced. As Rumi would have said — 

out beyond enjoyment and guilt

there’s a parking spot

I’ll meet you there.

3. Metaphors

My dentist in Encino is a jolly guy. When I drive to him there comes a curve on the road where traffic slows down. Changing lanes becomes impossible, no U-Turns allowed, honking useless. The whole stretch lasts about a minute or two. And on the radio at that moment plays Puccini to make things more insightful, more memorable, to make one think of metaphors—what could it mean? Is this what point-of-no return is? Isn’t life like that mostly? We’re all going forward at our own pace dictated by outside conditions, no point in rushing? Let go…

Read A Little Bit of Everything.

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Mayur Chauhan is an L.A. based immigrant, writer, actor, and teacher of creativity. He writes stories in all forms and has published over 35 short humor pieces in McSweeney’s and elsewhere. A Key West Literary Seminar, VONA and Bread Loaf scholar, Mayur created and facilitates C.A.R.E. for Artists an 8-week long online creativity, & accountability group for artists across disciplines. He wants you to know that you’re amazing. ​Mayur loves writing letters by hand, chai and you.

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Issue 37 Highlights

We’re thrilled to introduce the newest members of our curated team: writers nawa a.h., Mayur Chauhan, Marina Gross-Hoy, and Michael Nagle; artists Heidi Grace Acuña and Kirk Read; and Featured Writer Christina Berke and Featured Artist Ro Stasny. Check out Issue 37 here, and if you missed our previous issues, visit our Archive.

Issue 37: The Minotaur by Michael Nagle | Artwork by Kirk Read

Issue 37: Stranger Technologies by Marina Gross-Hoy

Issue 37: to buwaya baby by nawa a.h. | Artwork by Heidi Grace Acuña

Issue 37: A Little Bit of Everything by Mayur Chauhan

Issue 37: a good egg by Featured Writer Christina Berke

Issue 37: hive forest by Featured Artist Ro Stasny

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