Friday, May 15, 2009

Each to his own...

Gosh I had always known this at the back of my mind. But dint know it was so true, till I actually saw it.
This is about ‘how we write or how someone writes’. We all would agree that everybody has their own style of riting, cooking, panting etc etc and all creative forms of art. Eg. We have all learned the art of cooking from our moms, but everybody has a perpetual crib. That we still cant cook like her. Even though we use the same spices, same ingredients etc etc but still its never the same. No matter how hard u try to ape her. The same is true for any creative skill.
And why this now. I was reading my friend’s rite up for our organisation band. She had only meant to help them, by starting a blog for the band. She rote the initial introduction part. But the post turned out to be ‘so her’ as if it was an extension her own blog. Which is what I told her, when she asked me about suggestions to improve. I cant suggest anything cause this is not them. There is so much of you in it that I don’t see it as the band’s blog. Ideally if you want to market your band, each one of the band members should rite something, starting from an introduction their way. And u can ask somebody to proof read it. just to find some areas of improvement. That way everybody has a pinch of them in the blog. But if u make someone else rite your introduction, it defeats the entire purpose of it.
Precisely my point, everybody has their own distinct style of riting which is very 'me'. No two ppl can be similar even though they came from the same school of thoughts, read the same text book, and were bred in the same environment. This is something you cannot have a control on. That’s why even anonymous blogging is useless. Cause the ppl who know you will be able to make out from your style of riting and those who donno you, obviously u are not hiding from them.