What is ‘Vincent Says’

‘Vincent says’ is not a special forum or a channel. This is my comfort zone in which I take a break from all the chaos, struggles, and myriad pleasant or unpleasant things. This is the place where I let my emotions flow and where I perform the simplest yet the most powerful art - pure writing, writing with no intentions and probably no audience except for myself. We are trained by the institution called society to hide ourselves with our masks and exhibit to the outer world only what others wish to and expect to see. Life isn’t easy, and sometimes all we need is to run away from whatever happened in the mundane world and inspect our true selves, the people that we once were and are still dreaming of being. Regardless of age, I am still that young man who believes that I can catch the sun.

(Putting it another way, this is also my writing jam-board)

Thoughts and Words:

  1. This is just life, a continuation of struggles, pains, and tears but also loves, joys, and hopes.

  2. “I am not OK but tomorrow will come” – Medium

  3. When I was an undergrad, I believed that I could move the world forward with my work. But now, after so many moments of disappointment, depression, and anger, I am less so. People after people have been fighting for their vision of the dream - equity, justice, and accountability –, and they have succeeded but also failed. We changed but we also did not change anything. Can collective action really bring power? I want to know the answer.

  4. Crime research, or research of any kind, must exhibit constant courage and the driven belief in the power of the most ordinary people. They are what I am not seeing in many.

  1. Blaming the victim is the most miserable thing that the weakest will do.

  2. Man, show your courage. That’s the most precious characteristic of human beings.

  3. For data scientists, the most important thing is yet not running complicated algorithms but understanding data, diving into data, understanding the impacts, and treating them with love and passion. Data scientists must also acknowledge that data contain biases by nature and that such biases could be impactful on our conclusion, for which we must be cautious in interpreting what we find, especially when our findings are related to humans (or more precisely, minorities). Data science is more than a profession. It’s about people

Truly Good Songs and Lyric Excerpts

  1. I, never seem to understand,
    The time, the place, and who I am
    Define a way to stay alive,
    It’s like living a lie
    —- Free Fall, In Flames

  2. The fights,
    The falls,
    The scars and broken bones,
    Beneath it all,
    The cracks begin to show
    The Hurt, the hate,
    We’re no better off alone,
    than a time bomb
    —- Ground Zero, Parkway Drive

  3. Master, master
    Master of puppets, I’m pulling your strings
    Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
    Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
    Just call my name ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
    —- Master of Puppets, Metallica