Influences are so so many, that whenever I say something, it is either taken from someplace or at least I get a feeling it is. As important as it is at times to read, see, hear or basically experience a multitude of situations in order to produce, it is furthermore needed that one ponders upon whatever one has gained as a result this reception. It can be seen that not every member of the audience goes on to become a performer of virtue, not every reader a writer, and so on. It is the strength, and may be craving of creation; the impulsive feeling that apart from all this that exists around already, there remains something that is yet to be created, something that is still to arrive. This is definitely evident with respect to new ideas and inventions, but I feel – I mean at least to me – this might not occur automatically to a receiver as to why this piece of art was conceived in the first place. He would go on enjoying it, going again and again over its details, and cherish the experience, if it turns out to be so memorable. Knowing about the maker can give a whole new insight into the process of enjoyment. One can attempt to understand the kind of thoughts that have gone into the making of something that is now before him.

Creation comes as a marriage of your roots and the new things that you have picked up. Although a good piece is a brilliant blend of these two, I think the creator has to have clear understanding of his roots and his influences; only then can he mix the two in the best way. The definition of cool is not something which is ‘in’ today and might be ‘out’ tomorrow, but it’s mostly something that stays, and – this addition is for me – makes sense through its simplicity. If you take on whatever that comes along with your clear basics, you wouldn’t just get swayed so easily with the one day’s cool; but you might just be able to imbibe something lasting, that could go on taking a place in your influences bag.

(there's more to come)

When you have a little of something and a mouthful of nothing, you kind of tend to realize the importance of that something. But, sometimes that might not be the case. One could keep complaining about the mouthful of nothing that he’s got, and forget in its entirety the few things that are at hand.
When someone close to you is in a dire situation where in his/her integrity is being challenged along with the basic need to survive in one’s own profession, a certain level of anxiousness is expected to be seen within you. Most of the times it does occur as it makes sense. But it might be the case that you are not as worried as the person himself or even the people who are equally close to the two of you. Consider you are physically away from the situation. No matter what you say, distance does make you a little aloof from what is going on ‘there’. At the same time when it is something about the person you know so well and love so much, you kind of know somewhere that he/she is going to be okay.
Now whether it is the state of being distant from the matter, or the faith one has in the abilities of one’s near ones that makes you less worried or helps you keep your head while others panic; I don’t know. But it sure does help even others return to normal.

recent book read

i always thought there would be like a lot of book reviews on my blog as i consider myself to be an avid reader (....?). but somehow i could never put myself down to review a book after reading it. i would just, may be tell someone about it, at the most, and move on to a new book.

so now i am makin this maiden attempt to review jeffery archer's 'a twist in the tale', which, i hope does not become an abortive effort.

first of all, am like a huge fan of jeffery archer's books, especially his short stories and this was like his last collection of short stories that i could lay my hands on. and this actually was actually one of the first short story books he wrote. so i apparently had read his better works before this, so i didnt really enjoy this book as much as i had expected myself to do.

there are 12 stories. the first one, 'the perfect murder' is an awsome story and has got a great twist to it at the very end. 'clean sweep ignatius' sounded very cliched to me. 'a la carte' was again a great story of a father's honest attempt at making his son understand and fulfill his dreams. 'just good friends' is a very lame one, and am sure it is one of the two stories which are of the author's own imagination. 'not the real thing' is utterly entertaining, a typical archer-like story which does have a quite unexpected but very realistic a twist to it. then comes 'the steal', the story of a couple who cleverly take away their object of interest in spite of the annoying company of another couple. 'colonel bullfrog' becomes a good read as it is an unusual yet sounds very real ( and could be...). 'wine taster' is a proper british story. 'checkmate' is a nice one, with a cute twist. 'a chapter of accidents' is again a predictable story, but does not fail to entertain you. the same holds good for 'the loophole'. the last story, 'christina rosenthal' is an exceptional and amazing story, which, for me, becomes the second best in the book, the first being 'the perfect murder'.

so it seems, all in all, that i actaully liked this book, contrary to what i said earlier... the book s so old that i guess everyone must ve read it by now,... and this review hardly counts...! but this is like my start for reviews! (hope so..) thats all for now. period.

that's comprehensive ( ? )

it's literally 'cool' out here.
chilling air.
pouring water.
does that remind you of anything ?
i feel greatly nostalgaic
when it rains.
like i am witnessing the very rain again which i had seen sometime back, somewhere else.
the rain, is after all, rain.
the ambience, the atmosphere, the breathe,...all in a different theme.
the cloudy sky, looking like a half painted canvas...
coming into me with those tiny droplets,
fills my mind.
looking up towards the neverending pathways,
which hopefully will someday take me to the origin
of purity,
anything but reality,
which is not as bad.
not that i'm picking myself apart.
in fact, i'm approaching the very centre of it.
but not with those senile ways,...
this time,
at least.


period.

the 'no title' post

after having made 2-3 blogs of different themes and taking none of them seriously,.... i sincerely look forword to make this one an 'actually working blog'.....(!)
you won't believe me, but i didn't even have any email address left for making a new blog.
so i had to first make a new email n now i am up with this !
i don't say anyone has to really,...you know expect something from the articles here...becuase even i dunno what i am gonna write about!
i mean there won't be any stuff related to a special topic or something like that.
but keep visitin'. one thing's for sure is that you'll get at least something which was not there yesterday.
ok then. keep blogging. period.