Wednesday, June 28, 2006
My philo teacher said in our first class that nothing was as exciting, as well as terrifying, as a start. Starting something can mean a lot of things for a lot of different people but as he said, starting something has a certain duality in it (much like everything else in the world). Just as life begets death, a start would usually mean an end. Before anything could be started, something must come to an end. I was especially enticed by this thought.
It's like when I have to write something new. God knows how many times I tried to write a story only to have it discarded later on and while starting a new story can seem like absolute bliss, there is still the fact that I have to set aside my past work for the new one to grow. I had to leave characters, sets and plot but more importantly, the passion I had for that specific story. I also remember how Sir Mauchi said that before typing the first word of a blank page, everything was possible. It's like being in some primordial void where you are waiting for the first spark of something to
Riding the Lightning
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