You do not know this, but ever since I published this blog a few days ago, I went through a metamorphosis. At first, I was beyond myself with excitement at the thought of writing to the world (yes! it is a big deal!). Then the excitement transformed into bewilderment when people questioned why I want to write. And then, at some point over the weekend, I also felt a pang of pressure (I need to blog, and I need to blog about something cool).
Let’s settle this right now - I do not know exactly why I blog, and I will not be cool. I will just be me. And you will be you. And we will all sit together in this virtual space and blog unabashedly to our hearts content!
Now that this is off my chest, let me tell you how colorful my world has become post-blogging. In my pre-blog days, I went through the day collecting info: visuals, colors, sounds, smells, stories…I would ruminate and marinate them all in my head, and chew on them with my best friends and family. The difference now, is that my level of awareness is on super drive. This means that a flower is no longer a flower. simply –because- I have to write about it. Putting thoughts into words is such a pleasurable process. Things that I see or experience can now be immortalized in this space. What a novel idea to me?!! A flower that I passed yesterday is no longer a ‘passing moment of pleasure’, but an extended pleasurable moment because I get to think about it, describe it, and possibly get feedback on it from people half way across the globe.
Writing = extension of pleasure!
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