“Dilemma”
I want to be
famous
so I can be
humble
about being
famous.
What good is my
humility
when I am
stuck
in this
obscurity?
— David Budbill
Yes, I have run out of things to say. Or write. Till I can think of something meaningful, I will take help from people who are better endowed in this faculty.
savyasachi says:
Why not just BE, and be HAPPY? THAT is all that matters, words or no words, atleast to me……
September 20, 2005 — 12:45 pm
Lakshmi says:
🙂
Oh, I am happier than I ever was… wonder why you thought otherwise.
September 20, 2005 — 12:48 pm
savyasachi says:
Ahh, because I remember there were times in my life when I was sad because I could not spew out words……
September 20, 2005 — 12:50 pm
Lakshmi says:
Oh no, that used to happen to me earlier. But since some months now, I have realised that I have scant to do with my writing ability. Some days, it flows out of the keyboard and some days, it is a laboured effort that doesn’t read so good. So I have just let go of all effort in this direction…
September 20, 2005 — 12:54 pm
hollowandempty says:
that is a phenomenal quote!!!
September 20, 2005 — 8:31 pm
Lakshmi says:
🙂 I know. So truthful, hmmm?
September 21, 2005 — 11:26 am
hollowandempty says:
indeed
September 21, 2005 — 2:46 pm
kookygoblin says:
Me suffering from same problem!
September 20, 2005 — 9:30 pm
Lakshmi says:
:-))
September 21, 2005 — 11:26 am
tomlinsonian says:
I’ve felt that for a long time now……one, that I have nothing momentous to contribute…two, that I dont have the words to contribute it..and three, if i did, would i care to clothe it in words ?
Life goes in three stages, or so I like to think…Aquisition, analysis and assimilation…I’ve gone the full circle, time for me to go back to the aquisition stage….
September 20, 2005 — 11:26 pm
tomlinsonian says:
BTW
thanks for a warm welcome…I’ve still read your posts during my absence…
September 20, 2005 — 11:27 pm
Lakshmi says:
Re: BTW
Nice to know!
September 21, 2005 — 11:27 am
deelight says:
Hahaha! This was nice. I could use this.
September 21, 2005 — 1:55 am
anindita says:
I first saw this on a mailing list and since then has been my signature
🙂
Thanks for sharing!
A
September 21, 2005 — 7:38 am
fugney says:
Nice.
September 21, 2005 — 8:40 am
karma_yogi says:
ideas and thots have no owners!!!
Just a thot…
Ideas and thots always exist, in a different plain, in a different realm …mostly invisible to the human mind/ eye/ mind’s eye.. 🙂
When a certain Idea or thot finds it appropriate or curious to make itself known among the funny and intriguing human community, it just barges in, mostly uninvited …through some fortunate/unfortuante individual’s lucky(unlucky?) mind…
So IMHO, ideas, no matter who’s, are ours…and they are meant to be spread(thwarted?), discussed(hidden?) or celebrated(degraded?).
..and David Budbill is no exception 🙂
September 22, 2005 — 11:43 pm
Lakshmi says:
Re: ideas and thots have no owners!!!
Kinda agree with you on that!
But can’t figure out the connection with the poem…sorry!
September 23, 2005 — 9:48 am
karma_yogi says:
Re: ideas and thots have no owners!!!
Nothing to do with the poem,
was just commenting on ur statement that since u ha drun out of own ideas for the moment, u were making use of the poet’s 🙂
September 25, 2005 — 11:23 pm