Thursday, October 23, 2003
here it is! my random musing on random musings!
random musing: something written by somebody else that relates a situation, feeling, or experience that you feel you can completely, or at least mostly, relate to, so much so that it should be included as an entry in the chicken soup for the early-to mid-twenties-in-a-multinational-corporation-just-registered-this-month-still-idealistic-has-read-the-alchemist-listens-to-john-mayer-and-sarah-mclachlan soul.
btw, as a side note, i think that the most read book among my peers (at least based on friendster) is the alchemist. never have read it myself, though. sorta like my book version of titanic (which i have not seen yet.)
now that you know what a random musing is, my question is: do people REALLY feel enamored to these things? have you ever been so affected by one that you almost adapted it as a personal mantra, a piece that captures your own life, or at least a fragment of it, even though you didn't write it? have you ever read one so profound it actually made an impact to you, that you carried it long after you've read it? okay, enough with the versions, you get the point. well?
the reason why i took so long to write about this is because i had mixed feelings about it. because no, i personally have never felt that way towards a musing i didn't write. why? well, i don't know, never saw one that did. maybe i haven't read enough around blogspot. hehehe. but i figured that it must happen. you hear stories of singers with notes from fans telling them, 'your music got me through this, blah, blah, blah.' but i also dismissed these as overzealous fans who just needed to say anything to their idols.
'your music speaks to me!!' yikes. sorry.
so i thought that, no, random musings are really for the benefit of the author- to release and make tangible emotions that are still raw, vulnerable, and need to be vented. actually, i still believe that the better works (be it songs, poetry, random musings) are those that are more personal. ones that cut deep. not ones made for the sake that you can churn out another 'masterpiece.' that's either shallow, or a sham. ultimately, i think these things should be self-serving...
'i did it for the fans!' hmm. err.
anyway, for my opinion already (whew! finally!), i never thought that it was possible, that something someone wrote could be deeply profound to somebody else. but it is. i think divine intervention played a part here, because in my October 7 post, i planned to write something on this, but i had not formed my opinions yet. enter friendster (this friendster thing, talaga...). just this week i had two 'confessions' from old friends that they had kept 'random musings' i had written back when we were high school (ah, yes, the years that start 'em all...) one of them even mentioned having 'adapted' one to be his own work, and that he had fooled a coupla people into thinking he had written it (here we go again with blogger power). ANYWAY, this person proceeded to tell me that my work had such a big impact on his life and that it means a lot more to him now than when he first read it (which, considering that was when he 'adapted' it, well... you get it.)
so i was amazed (okay, i admit it, i was proud first. but i still got amazed anyway). it was actually possible. i think the unseen forces instigated this, so that i could write something already for this blog. hahaha! but it's funny for me, 'cuz i never thought it possible, 'til... wait a minute, before i slip into a cliche, let's just put it at, 'i never thought it was possible, but it is', aight?
random musing: something written by somebody else that relates a situation, feeling, or experience that you feel you can completely, or at least mostly, relate to, so much so that it should be included as an entry in the chicken soup for the early-to mid-twenties-in-a-multinational-corporation-just-registered-this-month-still-idealistic-has-read-the-alchemist-listens-to-john-mayer-and-sarah-mclachlan soul.
btw, as a side note, i think that the most read book among my peers (at least based on friendster) is the alchemist. never have read it myself, though. sorta like my book version of titanic (which i have not seen yet.)
now that you know what a random musing is, my question is: do people REALLY feel enamored to these things? have you ever been so affected by one that you almost adapted it as a personal mantra, a piece that captures your own life, or at least a fragment of it, even though you didn't write it? have you ever read one so profound it actually made an impact to you, that you carried it long after you've read it? okay, enough with the versions, you get the point. well?
the reason why i took so long to write about this is because i had mixed feelings about it. because no, i personally have never felt that way towards a musing i didn't write. why? well, i don't know, never saw one that did. maybe i haven't read enough around blogspot. hehehe. but i figured that it must happen. you hear stories of singers with notes from fans telling them, 'your music got me through this, blah, blah, blah.' but i also dismissed these as overzealous fans who just needed to say anything to their idols.
'your music speaks to me!!' yikes. sorry.
so i thought that, no, random musings are really for the benefit of the author- to release and make tangible emotions that are still raw, vulnerable, and need to be vented. actually, i still believe that the better works (be it songs, poetry, random musings) are those that are more personal. ones that cut deep. not ones made for the sake that you can churn out another 'masterpiece.' that's either shallow, or a sham. ultimately, i think these things should be self-serving...
'i did it for the fans!' hmm. err.
anyway, for my opinion already (whew! finally!), i never thought that it was possible, that something someone wrote could be deeply profound to somebody else. but it is. i think divine intervention played a part here, because in my October 7 post, i planned to write something on this, but i had not formed my opinions yet. enter friendster (this friendster thing, talaga...). just this week i had two 'confessions' from old friends that they had kept 'random musings' i had written back when we were high school (ah, yes, the years that start 'em all...) one of them even mentioned having 'adapted' one to be his own work, and that he had fooled a coupla people into thinking he had written it (here we go again with blogger power). ANYWAY, this person proceeded to tell me that my work had such a big impact on his life and that it means a lot more to him now than when he first read it (which, considering that was when he 'adapted' it, well... you get it.)
so i was amazed (okay, i admit it, i was proud first. but i still got amazed anyway). it was actually possible. i think the unseen forces instigated this, so that i could write something already for this blog. hahaha! but it's funny for me, 'cuz i never thought it possible, 'til... wait a minute, before i slip into a cliche, let's just put it at, 'i never thought it was possible, but it is', aight?
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