I really need to slow down. My thoughts outstrip my speed of typing and somewhere in between, I lose that essential link between my thoughts and the keyboard. I was browsing through Manjula Padmanabhan’s blog and wondered briefly: she makes writing seem so simple no matter what she is writing about. There is this element of sunny relaxedness (if there exists such a word) that pervades her blogs. Now I don’t want to start idolising another blogger (have done a lot of that on LJ itself; what with diffdrummer, hariputtar and so many others!) but more importantly, I need to take a D-E-E-P breath and write aaraam se. And find my own style, unique and individual. Like my violin plays itself on some days, my words type themselves out. Irrespective of how burning the issue, there is this graceful flow of words that I marvel at. Heartfelt, beautiful and so so me… Now where do I start from? What is that one-liner about setting your loved one free? I think it applies to everything you hate because when you let go of that which you hate AND it does NOT come back to you, you realise that you were harbouring it for nothing. You were guarding it within like it was something you loved whereas in truth, it was something you could pluck away and throw without any remorse… Similarly, I need to let go of all that I have written so far. My favorite blogs, my worst efforts, every one of them.
BLAH!
lalunadiosa says:
In all fairness Manjula Padmanabhan is not just another blogger….she is a well-known and much-published author…..so go easy on yourself Locks!!!!!
Cheer up…..go shopping 🙂
June 14, 2005 — 3:52 pm
Lakshmi says:
Shopping.. yes, much needed at this point. Manjula, her talent lies in making writing seem so easy also, I guess!
June 15, 2005 — 6:39 am
lalunadiosa says:
See everyone has the talent to make somethig seem easy to the other people!!! suggest, relax and let the force guide you 🙂
So as
Hugs!!!!
June 15, 2005 — 7:33 am
Lakshmi says:
🙂
Thanx!
June 15, 2005 — 7:55 am
rileen says:
Arre yaar, you write well, we all think so. Relax …..
Interesting bit about letting all the ‘hated stuff’ go and it not coming back.
June 15, 2005 — 5:34 am
Lakshmi says:
Isn’t it? Not an original thought, I am afraid…:-)
June 15, 2005 — 6:40 am
rileen says:
I repeat – relax 🙂
June 15, 2005 — 6:41 am