The Painted Paraphernalia and other Speculations is an innovatively insightful anthology of poems that aims to recount the versatile nuances of human nature. Everything that touches the very core of our sensibility and sagacity finds expression here in spirit – the enigma of romantic love, deliberate ignorance, masked appearances, myth, power dynamics, individual psychology, the phlegmatic nausea of a wearisome reverie, and the fascinating narratives of personal experiences articulated objectively in the context of New Times.