Since a few days now, good writing has started grating on my nerves. I am suddenly unable to appreciate good writing. Actually, that’s not completely true. I love reading good stuff but my passion and ambition to write well has suddenly made this into some weird war of words. I love playing the violin but I am hardly ambitious about it. Sure, I dream that I’ll play at the Thyagaraaja Aradhana some day but that’s about where the dream ends. No concrete plans, no deadlines, no gradients… Whereas I’ve suddenly realised that I am ambitious about writing. It has moved away from being a form of expression to a ratable and markable one. One that stands out…. damn, I am drying up again.
Ok, I’ll stick to regular happenings. Days spent looking out at the golden sunshine lighting up all the leaves outside my bedroom door, Julie, the ridiculous film I watched with a friend (Neha Dhupia has a phenomenal body), Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Frasier Crane and his idiosyncrasies, not to mention his brother, Daphne and Ross’… Progresso canned soups, which I got to store up during the Ivan days, in case of black-outs is a bad choice. Now I have to finish up all the cans I got…:-(
So what’s new? Nothing much except that I have a fog in my head. Food simply does not seem tempting these days. It’s time I went home to Mummy’s food, I think. I could binge on home cooked food, I sure could. On second thoughts, getting this MBA wrangle out of my head would help too. Or a beach with white sands and nobody around where I could walk on and on and on… White and blue is a fabulous combo, isn’t it?
God, I am a total giveaway! If you didn’t get it, just read what I’ve written above and you’ll get a feel of what writing under *pressure* reads like… Over and out. Goodnight, amigos!
kookygoblin says:
I think you are being harsh on yourself. I’ve always admired your writing and reading your thought flow actually encouraged me to start a blog. Writing under pressure or not, it’s good.
October 5, 2004 — 8:34 pm
Lakshmi says:
I am acting like a crabby baby, that’s what I am doing…:-)
Thanks, Aditi… It’s nice to know that I encouraged you to write b’cos your writing is totally worth it!
October 5, 2004 — 8:37 pm
deelight says:
You need a break. Come over to India or B’bay to be precise!
October 6, 2004 — 12:11 am
Lakshmi says:
Some time soon… it’s high time.
October 6, 2004 — 5:52 am
lalunadiosa says:
Awwwww Lux – you should come and visit me in Ithaca….I promise to make you good food (nowhere as good as Mom’s food but still it is not Progresso soup!!!!)….hope the MBA apps are not sucking you dry….good luck with those!!!!!
October 6, 2004 — 5:57 am
Lakshmi says:
Thanks, Yasho…:-)
October 6, 2004 — 6:12 am
shri says:
Aww… don’t be so hard on yourself. I think, what you need is a time-out.
*hugs*
October 6, 2004 — 7:50 am