Babel.

Sep 23, 2007 21:10

When I was a child I often took a sheet, blank sheet waiting for something. What do you want to write, Q.? The sheet waited for a phrase, the first one, the phrase that gives a beginning ( Read more... )

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_earthshine_ September 25 2007, 01:54:42 UTC
And you should be. I think your English is getting even better.

Oh... and i loved this, mostly because i absolutely relate. I, too, can remember nothing more exciting than finding a stash of blank paper when i was a kid, but with me, it seemed it was at least as often not words that would fill the space. As a very young child (early elementary school -- like 6-8 years of age or so?), i would fill pages in my composition books with doodles, page after page of abstract silliness, almost arguably a waste of paper. Later, it'd often be designs; i'd draw gears and diagrams of robots and other things with little purpose. I also loved comics. Interestingly, i never was a very good artist. :/

Anyway... this post grabbed me because i remember that feeling. It was like excitement -- possibility right there -- but also a pressure, like an expectation.

Thank you for writing this.

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qoelet September 25 2007, 16:48:37 UTC
[And you should be. I think your English is getting even better.]
There isn't a passable reason. Somehow watching movies like Jarhead is useful. :P

When I was 12-13 I dreamed about the day in which I would be able to draw my favorite characters in the same sheet. Ranma, Rayearth... Mangas like these. I thought: "That day I'll be a real drawer". I thought that I needed years and years, decades and decades.
I remember the frustrating sensation: you've taken a sheet, you've taken a pencil, you know what do you want to draw but you fail.
It's the same matter with sheets and words, now.

I've used much time for writing these phrases. Maybe I made some mistakes. I've written these words slowly, doubtful. Damn, it's frustrating :P

One day I'll be able to write in English. :P

[Interestingly, i never was a very good artist. :/]
And I never will be a good musician. (Maybe.) But I love music, you know. Fortunately there are people like you.

[Thank you for writing this.]
Thank you.

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