If you don't use your voice, you lose it.
We're all getting a little bit older, me and all my friends... When we can't hear what someone is saying, sometimes we go, "HARR?" without thinking, just like the old ones do. When I do it, I only realize it after my mouth has opened (wide). When my friends do it, I don't point it out to them, partly because I do it myself, and partly because I think it would be pointless.
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"Can people change? I don't know. People are, who they are, give or take, 15%. That's how much people can change, if they really want to."- Modern Family, Ep 13
I showed something I wrote once to a pretty girl with big, beautiful. eyes. She wasn't particularly impressed, haha... Ralph Waldo Emerson was right to say that ingenuity should not be mistaken for poetry, nor sensuality for art. I think I've been guilty of both mistakes. But he also says that every artist is first an amateur, so maybe I'm on the right track. Haha. And he seems to dislike people who quote too much. But anyway let's ignore that last one for now...
When I write, I write faithfully. I do it believing that an end will come into sight, an end that will breathe life into each line that came before, making the story into something that will move somebody's heart. I can't say that anything I've written thus far is particularly stirring or refreshing, but I will say that I think I can be good at it. If you've ever had a hobby that you think you are good at, then you should have felt it before- the feeling that you're stretching your hand out and reaching for a future that no one else sees. I think that's part of the reason why God give us gifts. He wants us to understand that feeling and apply it in our lives.
For a long time, I've questioned if there was an ideal, admirable purpose to blogging. Many of us, when we were younger, felt the need to justify our public private thoughts with a "Why am I blogging" entry. Back then, I think I must've said something like, "To learn a little more about myself and share my thoughts with others."
Today I think I do it to be more sure of who I am and what I believe. Blogging helps me to find my voice, and to say the things that I don't dare to say or have no chance to... Damn that's a terrible ending.
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"Can people change? I don't know. People are, who they are, give or take, 15%. That's how much people can change, if they really want to."- Modern Family, Ep 13
I showed something I wrote once to a pretty girl with big, beautiful. eyes. She wasn't particularly impressed, haha... Ralph Waldo Emerson was right to say that ingenuity should not be mistaken for poetry, nor sensuality for art. I think I've been guilty of both mistakes. But he also says that every artist is first an amateur, so maybe I'm on the right track. Haha. And he seems to dislike people who quote too much. But anyway let's ignore that last one for now...
When I write, I write faithfully. I do it believing that an end will come into sight, an end that will breathe life into each line that came before, making the story into something that will move somebody's heart. I can't say that anything I've written thus far is particularly stirring or refreshing, but I will say that I think I can be good at it. If you've ever had a hobby that you think you are good at, then you should have felt it before- the feeling that you're stretching your hand out and reaching for a future that no one else sees. I think that's part of the reason why God give us gifts. He wants us to understand that feeling and apply it in our lives.
For a long time, I've questioned if there was an ideal, admirable purpose to blogging. Many of us, when we were younger, felt the need to justify our public private thoughts with a "Why am I blogging" entry. Back then, I think I must've said something like, "To learn a little more about myself and share my thoughts with others."
Today I think I do it to be more sure of who I am and what I believe. Blogging helps me to find my voice, and to say the things that I don't dare to say or have no chance to... Damn that's a terrible ending.
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