Week 44 - 45 /2026

· Mihir Pathak

26th Oct to 8th Nov 2026

last week went mostly in tweaking this website and spending some time with team at office.

I wanted to revamp this website for long time, I wanted to add pages called philosophy, educator, artist, journey.. making my educational philosophy at core of my practice.

explaining philosophy and my work is complex so I wanted some graphical representation, so I tried claude. I made fancy pages with lots of java script. It was looking nice but after a point I was thinking that it is going out of my hand. I wanted something simple - markdown based back. so again spent hours tweaking hugo bearcub theme and finally you can see what I have made.

Some screen shots of my experiments :

Website home page with a round profile photo
Website, 27 Oct

Website page with a photo under a tree and the line 'Education for harmony'
Website, 28 Oct
Laptop screen with a row of images and a code editor open
Workspace, 29 Oct
Website page with a green tree illustration beside the name Mihir Pathak
Website, 2 Nov
Website page with a bold Mihir Pathak heading
Website, 6 Nov

Few inspirations I was looking while making :


I am going through weird phase of life. Feeling kind of burnt out. I am not finding any meaning in my work and life in general now days. Feeling anxious, zoned out, grumpy/angry quickly and very easily. sometimes I feel like crying without any reason. (while listening to music mostly)

This might be happening because of home conflicts and/or over work during past many years. Running after establishing my self as an educator, creating alternative career path, proving myself to family and all the employers..I am doing jobs since I was 18, for the last 13 years…

I am slowly loosing my creative soul / tenderness / curiosity / wonder and becoming like dead person. I think I need healing. I need to be gentle on myself.

From tomorrow (6th Nov 2026) diwali holidays are starting. N is going to Kanpur to meet her family. I will be here, my goal for next 10 days -

“Jab clarity na mile tab picture ko zoom in ki jagah zoom out kar ke dekhna chahiye..” coming back to my website means coming back to my body of work, my narrative of work - life, my identity.. it gives me space to reflect, rebuild with hope.

PS : Recently I discovered debjit’s work and post called Website Design as Existential Crisis.

BTW in this absurd world I still have some places, things and moments which I love to go back

Made one webpage dedicated to Martin Buber’s educational philosophy through my art work [Work in progress | Updated on 6th Nov 2026]

Things, Places and Moments I love

Activa scooter under a large tree
Activa Scooter
Balcony with a small table and railing
Balcony at home
Writing table at home with a typewriter
Study table at home
Row of ink bottles on a shelf
Inks
Laptop open on a desk
Laptop
Brown notebook with a patterned strip
Notebook
Office desk with a monitor
Office table
Office desk with a pink cloth and notes on the wall
Office table, another view
Green highlighter on a brown notebook
Kakuno Ink Pen
Shirts hanging out to dry
Shirts
Two people reflected in a train window
Togetherness
Vintage typewriter
Typewriter

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