After a year long lull (well atleast on the blogspace), I'm back through the much needed inspiration of Calvino. Winding about little twigs and pebbles of the beginnings of a story, then quick to try and enter the minds of the reader and preempt my reaction...stealing from me the very joy of anticipation.
Made me jealous, his natural ease with words...some light and breezy, some so soulful and heavy with the relevance of their use in that context.
Painting pictures on a canvas so limitless, so away from the everyday places and people and situations we're at/with.
When I was a little younger, each day was drenched with the newness and crisp enthusiasm of swerving around the unknown, the less common, the unexplored. All this without ever having given 2 pence of thought to!
We thought a lot less, got a lot more...back then
now we think and think and weigh and measure and restrain and then reconsider and then make a calculated 'risk' (never understood that term anyway!)and somehow try to satisfy ourselves with the outcomes.
One of my favourite blessings from the ancient Chinese is 'May you live in interesting times'. Now I finally understand what that means...
Life is not dull or stagnant...no, by no means so. The recklessness is a little faded off, 'caution' has suddenly become a priority (what!?!)
There's so much I want to do in the near future:-
Hindustani classical,Spanish classes, A book recitation of my collection of 7 short stories, a professional salsa performance, golf lessons, maybe professional makeup classes....ATTACK!!!!
3 comments:
Any chance people who follow your blog can get to read the short stories? :)
interesting blog! a friend passed on your link
Nice blog !! I liked the line !!
"Life is not dull or stagnant...no, by no means so. The recklessness is a little faded off, 'caution' has suddenly become a priority"
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