Saturday 15 August 2009

One thing is (almost) certain.
That there is nothing in this world that matters more than love. I feel this in some of the people I have constantly around, even in a simpe way, like the way P.'s younger siblings are always waiting for me to get back to them.
I went to their house yesterday to help P. fixing his piano ( well, we were gonna give it a try anyway), but basically his little brothers and sisters started chasing me and wanted me to tell the a story, and P. said to go ahead and make them happy.
So I told them this story that my grandad used to tell me about this funny man who goes thorugh an endless series of unfortunate events. It was a lot of fun, and I must say I learn so much from them everytime. Like, sometimes it happens that I make a story up and then I forget it, so they just go like: " last time the story was different..."
And they're really demanding and all that, which is funny, so now I try and be as accurate as possible!
Which kinda makes me think that, when writing or story - telling, the first draft is always the best, no matter how rough or disorgnized it is. It's the most honest.
Because the fact is that I don't think man made creations should be polished at all. They shouldn't be perfect. They should aim at perfection...but there's no point in trying and erase the traces of " a mistake". It's like erasing a memory, in a way.

5 comments:

  1. I like that last paragraph. Wonderful point there.

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  2. Thanks! I'm glad you agree. It seems to me that many people, especially the creative ones, don't get this, and they tend to associate "good" with "polished" or "correct", which I find kinda boring and really uninteresting

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  3. I get it, but I do often edit what I write. The majority of my blog posts are edited before I post them. I find that I make my point more clearly if I edit it. But, I agree with how its like erasing a memory. Powerful and true sentence there.
    We do associate good with polished and correct. I think we should associate good with "powerful" or "meaningful", no matter how polished it is.

    The first draft of a story contains the best elements of plot, or feeling. But all of that is better explained to those reading with editing, which is why we're asked to do so.

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  4. Yes, since we start going to school, or even earlier than that, we are taught that we should polish off whatever we write, draw, or even think. Impulsiveness is not a very accepted way of expressing oneself.
    I find this quite annoying, as I said.
    I remember always hating having to re-write my essays, and I still do. Most of the times I don't even care too much about typing errors - ok it is bad to find them in books! -
    The thing is that, if I have to re - write an essay or a story or something, I just feel like I'm writing something else, and I completely change it.

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  5. I know what you mean. And I agree.

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