Sunday, May 8, 2011

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It has become a pattern now. I click on ‘new post’; start rambling and then stop. It doesn’t make sense to me. I leave.

I return with another thought. I click on ‘new post’; start rambling and then stop. It doesn’t make sense to me. I leave.

They all remain to be drafts. Drafts with immense potential and a great thought behind them. There are thoughts bursting in my head but I’m unable to reproduce them in my words. Probably they don’t fit in my logic anymore, the logic which has experienced a renaissance. But this is not like me. This is not me.

You know of that inner voice? The one that speaks when you write? It has its own characteristics of pitch, volume and stress which transcend into words-bold, italic and underlined. It’s magical how it shapes each and every letter with the clay of thoughts. Almost as if the world is stopping for you to take a notice of it, just to deserve a mention in your words. But what when the world stops stopping? It is almost unachievable to put it into perspective. And I’ve been experiencing that.

My inner voice was calm, composed, and content. Now it's impatient and competing to be the first. Though however logical, I don't like it. We all detest change after all.

What happened? I question myself. And the answer is… the urge to be heard. The pain of losing a thought. That of not being understood perhaps? But how would that affect the way I write? May be not. But it does affect my inner voice.

All I really need is a break from these petty sentences, I concluded. A long sentence shall end my misery. Talking to long sentences might help. I get influenced easily to change my originality. Long sentences. With fewer full stops. A sentence that contains my entire thought. Without which, I can’t write.

Not long ago, I told a friend how the knowledge of the term ‘writer’s block’ has hit her hard. (Writer’s block—Noun: An inability to write) She believed she had been suffering from that for about a year. But I suspended all her claims on the basis of the understanding that once a writer, always a writer.

Am I too suffering from that? Not if this isn’t a draft.

A thought. A sentence. A long sentence.

A long sentence, as contrary to what many people believe, is not a sign of ambiguity or lesser lucidity but about precision and ability to render a thought unafraid in the flow of its purpose, its capacity, its talent.

The joys of clicking on 'Publish Post'. :)

6 comments:

Stuti said...

Indeed.

You are here, aren't you?
That, in itself, is a beautiful act. :)

Ishita_Dasgupta said...

The long sentence. I so agree!

And, well, the rest of it too.

(b)(i)(u) You are back! (/b)(/i)(/u)

:D

akam said...

hi..u sound so philosophical..i think this liberation is so alchemical that it is transforming you totally and radically....good enough that u r restless but i shall just argue this 'thought process 'is like hot air. It is so unreal. Thought can never be the bridge,it is a big barrier.Reality can be contacted only when there is no thought..thinking functions as a screen ,creating mist n fog.It helps creating sleep.. a metaphysical one n then its so difficult to came out.That you are aware is all that is needed. So don't create pain for losing thoughts..Its so refreshing to see someone at this stage n age write freely..Ashima you have just started scribbling a big sentence..so don't think ..just sit and appreciate the energy to follow..this synthesis shall be so interesting.Awaiting more..akam

ashima madan said...

But I don't wish to ink just what is 'real'. I wish to incorporate my being into that as well. A thought, is a medium for that and a series of thoughts bridges me to expression. Each thought is like a step of a stairway and losing even one of them, would cause that stairway to become ineffective, other than the possibility of me having to jump through a few steps. That jump, however exciting might that sound, is a reason for me to frown.

akam said...

hii
its nice 2 see ur thoughts fall into places..but d Almighty drafts a way for his real followers..truth is stranger u see..no ladders there..

ashima madan said...

The bridge of thoughts lead me to expression. That is what blogging is about right?
Truth, can be taken care of by my journalistic skills. ;)