Even a few years back,
I was not quite sure about whether I could even qualify as a mediocre
writer. My journey into writing began few years back and I would put
down thoughts on my laptop and ensured that no one read it – I had gone a step
ahead and also put a password protect – I was shy as to what anyone would think
as I had even jotted down all my deepest thoughts and feelings. But
with time, I realized that people are slowly getting to be more matured than
what they were. It is easier to address this tech savvy audience who
love to understand and who also are accepting and are open to a lot many issues
that were once considered taboo by our society.
The very fact that
someone sent me a private message on my FB (actually I do not even know who
this person) is ? He/She has asked me to write about “Why some relationships
should not be defined or should not be given a name to.” I felt
happy; this is a reflection that people want to know what we as a society think
about relationships that have no specific name or gender. This also
takes me back to the movie Lunchbox which I saw recently and it truly captured
my body, mind and soul. Wonderfully captured and expressed – though I know
I do not know much about production and direction, the movie was truly food for
thought for my mind and it surely will arouse the interests of every person who
loves to see meaningful cinema.
Writing has been my
passion, but even few years back, I was unsure of how I could reach out to an
audience, even though it comprised of only my friends and family. I was surely
skeptical about it initially. But with all these years passing by, I realized
that I loved writing and loved to do it day in and day out. It’s
never been a burden for me, the reason being, when I am happy I can write, when
I am sad I can write and what the heck, I could write even when I was not doing
anything. It’s easier to form mental images or rewire your brain and
make snapshots of the same which could be later put in the form of writing.
When I started this
blog, I did not even actually know that I could have a designer blog with bold
and beautiful colours and that I could add pictures and new patterns. I found
this to be quite interesting and you will see that I have changed the colours
and background. The thrill that I am experiencing when I am seeing
all these new things is very much like the first crush that I am sure many
amongst us would have gone through at least once in our life, though I will
still like to believe that one can fall in love more than once with the same
person.
Someone asked me the
other day, why is it that you write when you know that you would not even be
paid for it. Isn’t it better to write for websites that would pay you
handsomely. I did not react or respond but just stated that “At
times, it is not always about the money”. Had it been few years
back, I would have been blunt and responded. But I guess at times,
when you are too happy doing things that you love, you do not want to get
disturbed by these petty issues. Many amongst us read the Bhagwad
Geeta, the Ramayana and many of the shloka books. Why do we do
these? Does it pay us? NO. But we still do it
and ensure that we do not miss out even a single day. The question has been
answered. I am doing this because I DO WHAT I LOVE AND LOVE WHAT I
DO.
Keep loving and doing things that you all wished to do.
Rekha
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