It is quite some time now that I have been thinking of starting a blog, though I’m not very sure of the reasons myself. It is not as if I am always particularly abreast of current affairs that I am able to comment intelligently on all of them or hold informed opinions about every new development. It is also not the case that I have family/friends abroad who would care for a blow-by-blow account of my day. And I certainly don’t wish to put all my emotions on public display.
What then, am I supposed to blog about? I suppose it’s eventually going to turn out to be a mixture of all the above three. After all, even my bleary-eyed perusal of the TOI with the morning milk has got to count for something. (Of course, I also read Le Monde, but how accurately I absorb the news is a point open to debate!) And I’m sure that with a bit of restraint, I can cut down on the verbiage and spare my prospective readers a tedious recital of the day’s events. As for the ‘emotions’ bit, I’ve changed my mind- writing has always been cathartic for me and there’s no point to blogging if I don’t write about what I feel. The purpose could be served equally well by a diary, it’s true, but I’ve realized that with blogging, I’d have the dual advantage of thrashing out stuff not only with myself, but also with the precious few who are going to read this and with whom I would otherwise have conducted separate phone conversations or to whom I would have addressed separate e mails.
But most importantly, blogging is going to satisfy my need to write ‘x’ amount of words everyday. Writing requires exactly the same discipline as playing the piano. You’ve got to do it everyday. To be sure, your fingers do inevitably find the correct keys even when you’re sitting down after a goodish hiatus; but the piece is bound to turn out a little hesitant. It’s the same with writing. (I was going to embark on the second part of my analogy, when I realized that the piano jargon that I’ve employed viz. ‘keys’ and ‘piece’ can equally easily be substituted if one were talking about writing- especially now that paper and pen have become virtually obsolete…sigh).
I’ve just realised that my first post is along practically the same lines as a 7th Standard article for my class magazine. Desperately lacking an original idea (I was already creatively bankrupt at the age of 12!), I spun out an entire debate on what the article should be about, without actually writing anything substantial. Either life has come full circle or the abovementioned creative bankruptcy persists!
Here’s to more concrete posts…….
What then, am I supposed to blog about? I suppose it’s eventually going to turn out to be a mixture of all the above three. After all, even my bleary-eyed perusal of the TOI with the morning milk has got to count for something. (Of course, I also read Le Monde, but how accurately I absorb the news is a point open to debate!) And I’m sure that with a bit of restraint, I can cut down on the verbiage and spare my prospective readers a tedious recital of the day’s events. As for the ‘emotions’ bit, I’ve changed my mind- writing has always been cathartic for me and there’s no point to blogging if I don’t write about what I feel. The purpose could be served equally well by a diary, it’s true, but I’ve realized that with blogging, I’d have the dual advantage of thrashing out stuff not only with myself, but also with the precious few who are going to read this and with whom I would otherwise have conducted separate phone conversations or to whom I would have addressed separate e mails.
But most importantly, blogging is going to satisfy my need to write ‘x’ amount of words everyday. Writing requires exactly the same discipline as playing the piano. You’ve got to do it everyday. To be sure, your fingers do inevitably find the correct keys even when you’re sitting down after a goodish hiatus; but the piece is bound to turn out a little hesitant. It’s the same with writing. (I was going to embark on the second part of my analogy, when I realized that the piano jargon that I’ve employed viz. ‘keys’ and ‘piece’ can equally easily be substituted if one were talking about writing- especially now that paper and pen have become virtually obsolete…sigh).
I’ve just realised that my first post is along practically the same lines as a 7th Standard article for my class magazine. Desperately lacking an original idea (I was already creatively bankrupt at the age of 12!), I spun out an entire debate on what the article should be about, without actually writing anything substantial. Either life has come full circle or the abovementioned creative bankruptcy persists!
Here’s to more concrete posts…….
3 comments:
Yay! Welcome :)...'verbiage' or otherwise you have the sanction of Sarah Palin too :)
well its about time : D
*Applause. Hurrahs resound in the back of the room. You can feel the excitement in the air now. The crowd goes wild. Pandemonium ensues*
Hetvi nods her head knowingly. "This," she says softly, "had to happen."
Good going Dhvanz! Now that you've conquered inertia, lets keep em posts coming!
Cheers, H
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