....my thoughts and experiences, my aspirations as well as abandonments, my beliefs and doubts..
my opinions and indifferences..

Friday, October 1, 2010

One year of blogging....

This post is all about remembering that what had started as a 'let's see if I can' has come to a position of 'let's see if I can do any better'....Talking about my blogging, of course....Last year in July, I started this blog so as to see if I can even put words to my thoughts and experiences...this one year that has passed had said to me that yes, that's quite possible but also I have a million things to learn about writing......a lot of things, really.....at times, when I read any good article, from a magazine, journal, or newspaper, or a good post in a blog of some other writer, I tend to learn, I try to observe a point or two about the finesse of this art called writing.....and see that I really have "Miles to go before I sleep...." 
But I'm happy that I have been able to start learning, through these small steps of writing on my own, ...and it's been a year now......I look forward to continue writing with much more ease and correctness in days to come...
I quote a line to finish today...
                                       " Flatter me, and I may not believe you....
                                         Criticize me, and I may not like you......
                                         Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.......
                                         Encourage me.....and I will not forget you..."
Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 5, 2010 at 1:02 AM

    As per my understanding, you are guiding yourself in a very popular way to make yourself popular. The famous writers like Tagore never dreamed to become popular, they just expressed their thoughts…if you want to learn writing or painting, I believe there is nothing to learn… You just need to take care of your feelings and you need to see how much you can express your feelings through your own writings…If you get some free time I would suggest you to enjoy some writings of Abanindranath Tagore (e.g. Rajkahini)…

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousOctober 29, 2010 at 4:10 AM

    Excellence...

    A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."

    The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work. "Where are you going to install the idol?"

    The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."

    The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and satisfaction of God.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Related Posts with Thumbnails