I do not know whether I am qualified to include myself when I say , "We, the breed of writers." (I mean 42 posts are not something to be proud of), but I find comfort in saying that I belong to this obscure breed. We write because we are comfortable dwelling among written words rather than with people. We are more concerned with the way raindrops create puddle in mud rather than finding shelter in rain.
When I first posted my write-up on a blog, I was extremely secretive about it , I did not even share it with people I called my best friends. It was basically owing to the fact that I was scared they will get glimpses of my deepest, darkest thoughts. I did not want the iron-curtains to blow.
Exactly after two years(of meagre writing and major reading) I realize I still cant express my deepest (ok, may be deepest but not the darkest) thoughts out here. Though a majority of people who follow my blog (31 is not that small, huh!!) have no inkling as to who the real me is. Then too why am I not able to express my ugliest, darkest, most selfish ideas here.
Well as Bob Marley sings, "The answer my friend is blowing in the wind." The world is not what it seems to be, if we could visualize the auras of souls(yess I am a stephen king fan!!) we would realize the extent to which the world has sunk in an abysmal ditch.
If only people start saying what they really want to say instead of uttering what the world wants them to utter the world could be a better place.
So far so good!!
When I first posted my write-up on a blog, I was extremely secretive about it , I did not even share it with people I called my best friends. It was basically owing to the fact that I was scared they will get glimpses of my deepest, darkest thoughts. I did not want the iron-curtains to blow.
Exactly after two years(of meagre writing and major reading) I realize I still cant express my deepest (ok, may be deepest but not the darkest) thoughts out here. Though a majority of people who follow my blog (31 is not that small, huh!!) have no inkling as to who the real me is. Then too why am I not able to express my ugliest, darkest, most selfish ideas here.
Well as Bob Marley sings, "The answer my friend is blowing in the wind." The world is not what it seems to be, if we could visualize the auras of souls(yess I am a stephen king fan!!) we would realize the extent to which the world has sunk in an abysmal ditch.
If only people start saying what they really want to say instead of uttering what the world wants them to utter the world could be a better place.
So far so good!!
Nahi gumm koi agar main likhne ka hunar nai rakhta...
ReplyDelete...likhne ki zurrat main karta rahunga!!
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ReplyDeletewah wah,
ReplyDeleteapt...:)
I write when I need to ... it's a sort of let out of my hushed emotions and feelings ... I guess writing is all about relaxing yourself from the strains of the world we live in !!!
ReplyDeleteYour blog say's "You write for the people who visit your blog" then how are you to express what your deepest if not darkest truths are...
ReplyDeletekept that aside, I guess we writers as even I like to call myself..though m no good just a novice express things..a lot of things it just depends on the reader if they wanna interpret it or no :-)
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First off: Lovely place. The colours of your blog are soothing and nice.
ReplyDeleteA blog should be a place where our thoughts are expressed. One way of doing this is expressing our thoughts by creating characters and situations which directly don't point to us. After all blogs are tiny spaces which we can call our own.
Happy blogging.
Joy always,
Susan
Your writing style is so soft and lovely.
ReplyDeleteKeep blogging.
Follow each other.
ReplyDeletethanks fatima,
ReplyDeletethe point is we write to survive the strains of the world, as green speckk mentioned and if we cant mention that we are jealous of someone or anything bad, we are scared to lose the repo..
thats all i wanted to say, human beings(including me) have fallen prey to this thing called people-pleasing..
thanks susan for the close observation, thanks izdiher,
i completely second your thoughts!!
ReplyDeletedat Bob Marley addition was grt too..
Asteria,
ReplyDeleteSince the time I have read your Diwali story.. I have become your fan!
I truly agree that sometimes it is not easy to pen down what we "really" want to say.. :)
But I so so so agree with your first paragraph..because that is me.. I am more concerned with the way raindrops create puddle in mud :P
Happy Writing! :)
thanks megha, pratik...:)
ReplyDeleteKeep writing
ReplyDeletethanks shrinidhi.
ReplyDeleteAs a matter of fact, I started blogging in December 2009. Until 2-3 months back, even my parents didn't knew I had a blog.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't really think one needs to even think what our readers want. I've always written, what I feel like, when I feel like, cause I know once if I take the burden of thinking what my readers want to read, I'll stop enjoying this.
Best Wishes!
Well Asteria - That is where fiction and poetry helps. In fiction you can make you characters express your deepest thoughts without fear without having to say them in your voice. In poetry, you can hide your deepest feelings in a maze of words.
ReplyDeleteyou are right to an extent, but now I have decided to back to my previous uninhibited style, whats the most that can happen??
ReplyDeleteand when I started this blog I did it for myself..so things revert to their original form,
Loved reading it...
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//If only people start saying what they really want to say instead of uttering what the world wants them to utter the world could be a better place.//
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! no society-whims and woes, no hypocrisy, zilch! and howwww we WISH!!!!
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