I am feeling ultra-sleepy at the moment. I need ideas to keep myself awake. I have tried coffee, publishing a saved draft on the blog and am chatting in search of ideas and blogging again.
Nothing much this weekend, apart from watching Dil Chahta Hai for the 14th time and a desperate attempt to watch Gangs of New York back to back starting at 2 am. The resolve fizzled out at 4.
As for books, I have managed to continue reading "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon. Its a shame and a crime to read a novel in such big gaps. I have to wrap it up faster. On the other hand, Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho awaits my reading resolve having completed the initial 43 pages. Also, in my last couple of visits to Borders I have started on Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell which is almost one -third done. And at the same frequency and intermittence as Eleven Minutes is also Sanskruti Pujan compiled from Sri Pandurang Athavale's lectures.
No no...thats not the reason why I am feeling sleepy. I wrote all this down just because I needed to put something on my blog. But I am not sleepy anymore.
The challenge for every day is to have the resolve and the subject to write something about. Looking at my past history with blogging, ideas are surely welcome!
I am thinking about what all can I write. Well, for once, its an awesome sunny day out here in Redmond. And yes, for those in India, sunny days are a sure sight in this part of the world and people are really addicted to seeing them more often. I dont know why I never realized that days were so important in terms of being sunny, or overcast or raining. Back then, days were just days.
Sometimes I question myself if I should be writing for an audience or for myself. I dont know for sure. Any form of art, and yes I consider writing an art, expects public display and feedback. Honestly, I dont know. But then, if I start writing for an audience, wouldnt it compromise originality. Guess not, thinking that there are so many out there writing for an audience. Again, feedback welcome!
Thats all I can get together for today. Please pray for me that I get the resolve to jump in again. Here's what my son taught me to say in Spanish for See you tomorrow - Hasta mañana!
1 comment:
Welcome back YOA (yet once again) to the blogosphere. Its more of a boggleosphere right now, but take it easy and dont get boggled. Just write whatever you want to write, an audience will automatically form around it. Thats the long tail model. There is a niche for everything. Let me repeat - please stand back - EVERYTHING. Now that niche can be exploited. Just be consistent and predictable. But even if you leave out the predictable part, if you write good enough you will find your audience.
C'mon just realize it is a hell of a chance to make all your beautiful writings public. Go for it. 'nuff said.
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