Its only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away!
Coming from a lyricist, this could not have been more true. But coming to the topic of this conversation: what is it that you listen to in your favourite song? what is it that is music to your ears?!
I went through my entire favourite songs playlist, what i heard was the words, the hues of moods I faced in colourblind, the reality check knowing every rose has its thorn, a thrill down my spine with confessions of iris and the promise of I'll be, the heart break when I sang along with leaving on a jet plane, and then I dream on in the afterglow of the experience I have had and after all of it, shrug the emotional rhythmic journey saying 'Hakuna Matata'
What I guess dawned upon my ever so musical sense, was that I heard just the lyrics, I did want them flowing with the instruments, the chords of the acoustic, the beats of the the drumset worked upon by ever so skilled musicians, solos that would make others scream and even consume all their senses. But what I still hear loud and clear amidst everything is the depth of the voice of the singer, the feeling of his song, the emotion in his confession, the rhythm in his soul as he expresses with his band. Along with the strings of the lead!
What I'd want in a song is for it to be perfect for my mood! It's got to be the right words, the right tone, the right depth in voice, the joy when I'm on top of the world, or the desperation when I'm Losing grip, the helplessness with the end of my happy ending and the peace with the memories I make (refer make me a memory)
An experience that I did try to explore was share another's sense of music, try and experience it, the way your friend does. Understand what it means for them, and perceive it with the same motivation and if possible emotion. If it is losing every train of thought as the beats of hard metal resonate in your skull, the harmony of Beethoven plays with your subconsciousness, the sargam of classical Indian music appeals to your history that you don't understand but know to be within you, or it could be the wayward rap, with the words intermingling in the defiant off beat tone to offset and example!
Music when made is definitely an art, must say though, even appreciating it, picking up the right song at the right moment definitely feels like one!
I'll Survive
N
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
7.12.09 Good guy Bad guy
Well, this isn't typically conversation material, but still thought provoking enough to occupy alot of space in my little head, besides a conversation I had recently, with quite an unexpected associate, without its riff raff and multicoloured mask, boiled down to this...
There are loads of guys we meet, day in day out... loads of friends who are guys.. there are the good guys, who even if they affect you couldn't and wouldn't harm you, aka the good guys, there are those whose actions affect you, but really don't give a damn about how its going to hit you, aka the bad guys... the ones who dont affect you at all..
But where do those guys lie, who seem to be good.. say they wouldnt ever hurt, make you believe it, don't hurt you atleast not intentionally, and still lie in the grey area of you never know what the intention was. Was it that simple, he din't mean it but could say it with a straight face (yeah, some people can actually be good actors) or is it deeper, much deeper, where in they actually have coincidentally felt that way, found the right things to say, actually been that vulnerable, and managed to kill you with their words.. and will never realise it?
I know the greatest hollywood blockbuster is made of the latter... it feeds all their chick flick content... hell its even every chicks dream guy.. well.. almost
But you even have the tv shows.. that feed on the first... yes.. those are the ones defined as bad guys by all of us....
Can we categorize them, as we meet them, relate them with the characters we have faced, on screen, in a book....
What parameters can we start on? Interactions, what they say with whom? What they say when they are with you.... the content? the tone? their reactions? their past???
Well.. as for now... I think the only one factor we can question irrespective of the other content is their honesty and integrity... the rest simply would fall into place...
For all (if any) of my gurl readers... feel free to crib about the ever so elusive ass that you just have not been able to figure...
For the guys... use this as food for thought...
More later..
Contemplative (with my legal pad pro-con list)
N
There are loads of guys we meet, day in day out... loads of friends who are guys.. there are the good guys, who even if they affect you couldn't and wouldn't harm you, aka the good guys, there are those whose actions affect you, but really don't give a damn about how its going to hit you, aka the bad guys... the ones who dont affect you at all..
But where do those guys lie, who seem to be good.. say they wouldnt ever hurt, make you believe it, don't hurt you atleast not intentionally, and still lie in the grey area of you never know what the intention was. Was it that simple, he din't mean it but could say it with a straight face (yeah, some people can actually be good actors) or is it deeper, much deeper, where in they actually have coincidentally felt that way, found the right things to say, actually been that vulnerable, and managed to kill you with their words.. and will never realise it?
I know the greatest hollywood blockbuster is made of the latter... it feeds all their chick flick content... hell its even every chicks dream guy.. well.. almost
But you even have the tv shows.. that feed on the first... yes.. those are the ones defined as bad guys by all of us....
Can we categorize them, as we meet them, relate them with the characters we have faced, on screen, in a book....
What parameters can we start on? Interactions, what they say with whom? What they say when they are with you.... the content? the tone? their reactions? their past???
Well.. as for now... I think the only one factor we can question irrespective of the other content is their honesty and integrity... the rest simply would fall into place...
For all (if any) of my gurl readers... feel free to crib about the ever so elusive ass that you just have not been able to figure...
For the guys... use this as food for thought...
More later..
Contemplative (with my legal pad pro-con list)
N
Thursday, November 26, 2009
25-11-09 Nostalgia and More
Dear Reader,
I know this post comes rather late, but exams and a rather long day has kept me from posting earlier!
The conversation i seemed to be having with practically everyone was about the days gone by.
And it all started with watching DDLJ, the movie you fall in love with... and listening to the songs we were crazy about in high school.
From Words by boyzone, to backstreet boys to addicted by Enrique... Quite a playlist.
Getting back to the conversation, what really was amazing was how in those days we would so easily fall for the simplest of lyrics, the cheesy mills and boons kind of lyrics even though we would shun the books themselves.
Its amazing how life could be so simple and straight forward then! You wouldn't look for depth, hidden meaning, complications, anti climaxes in absolutely everything!
And whats more is, you remember every single movie and song, with fond memories of your friends, as you dance to the tune, hum to the song or rave on about a movie with the friends who grew up with! If we were as simple minded now... we would be called superficial! Oh, how things change!
I also enjoyed the most amazing nostalgic like the old days conversation with one of my best friends, discussing life, future, careers, our luck at having everything and being where we were today... the very things that we used to discuss when we started of preparing for the JEE together... some things don't change after all!
Some change, some don't, but there aint nothing that can induce senti like the days gone by!
Looking back,
N
I know this post comes rather late, but exams and a rather long day has kept me from posting earlier!
The conversation i seemed to be having with practically everyone was about the days gone by.
And it all started with watching DDLJ, the movie you fall in love with... and listening to the songs we were crazy about in high school.
From Words by boyzone, to backstreet boys to addicted by Enrique... Quite a playlist.
Getting back to the conversation, what really was amazing was how in those days we would so easily fall for the simplest of lyrics, the cheesy mills and boons kind of lyrics even though we would shun the books themselves.
Its amazing how life could be so simple and straight forward then! You wouldn't look for depth, hidden meaning, complications, anti climaxes in absolutely everything!
And whats more is, you remember every single movie and song, with fond memories of your friends, as you dance to the tune, hum to the song or rave on about a movie with the friends who grew up with! If we were as simple minded now... we would be called superficial! Oh, how things change!
I also enjoyed the most amazing nostalgic like the old days conversation with one of my best friends, discussing life, future, careers, our luck at having everything and being where we were today... the very things that we used to discuss when we started of preparing for the JEE together... some things don't change after all!
Some change, some don't, but there aint nothing that can induce senti like the days gone by!
Looking back,
N
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
23/11/09: The Ultimate Gift
So today I was chatting about gifts...
the special ones that you take the efforts to make... the ones that are personalised to the receiver of the same.
There are some basic requirements for it
1. you must know the person.. special characteristics, moods, likes etc
2. it must be someone close you are doin this for... else it loses all the meaning it was meant to have!
3. you have got to be ready to invest time
4. be creative!
just to cite a couple of examples, some of the gifts that we had made so far was a marketing brochure, ppt, proposal for a close friend who was managing marketing in an institute body, with of course messages from friends instead of write ups and photos from her past!
Another special gift that comes to mind is a collage of photos that i was given, with messages from each and every friend of mine, now here is the crux.. it was a silhouette of me! and had my pics since i was a small girl!
A calendar, where every month had pictures of that friend with every close friend whose birthday is in that month...
well you get the picture.. the list goes on (yeah.. i promise i will blog about it.. even upload pics of the end result...)
Getting to the point of the conversation...
Why would anyone do anything of this sort?
It all started with a gang on teenage girls in school, bored of exams with the only exciting thing coming up was a special friend's birthday, and planning to surprise her...
the end result was an unbelievably happy friend, tears of joy, memories forever and a way to express to her how much she meant for us... with of course, something she will always look at and remember us for!
What it meant for us, meeting and talking for quite some time with each other. Investing that time to pick out the things we knew our friend would like best... putting them together... having a vision in the beginning.. and piecing it together from various different ends and bringing about something that not only did we enjoy building up but also something we are sure our friend would like (either use, appreciate, build upon, keep as a memory)
The feeling is unparalleled.. to see the complete birthday gift.. the perfect birthday gift!
Now that I have elaborated my point with so many words.. here was the question I was given..
what if, hypothetically, the friend in question is completely immaterialistic.. does not care or think about any sort of gifts... insists that it would probably make them happy and would appreciate your gesture, but would not induce that tear of joy, or element of surprise or utter pleasure!
What if it wouldn't change how special the person felt, (s)he already knew what you felt, and how special the person was. Din't need gifts to prove so. Din't want you to put in effort towards the same...
Should you still work on it?
Who is the gift for after all?!
More later!
N
the special ones that you take the efforts to make... the ones that are personalised to the receiver of the same.
There are some basic requirements for it
1. you must know the person.. special characteristics, moods, likes etc
2. it must be someone close you are doin this for... else it loses all the meaning it was meant to have!
3. you have got to be ready to invest time
4. be creative!
just to cite a couple of examples, some of the gifts that we had made so far was a marketing brochure, ppt, proposal for a close friend who was managing marketing in an institute body, with of course messages from friends instead of write ups and photos from her past!
Another special gift that comes to mind is a collage of photos that i was given, with messages from each and every friend of mine, now here is the crux.. it was a silhouette of me! and had my pics since i was a small girl!
A calendar, where every month had pictures of that friend with every close friend whose birthday is in that month...
well you get the picture.. the list goes on (yeah.. i promise i will blog about it.. even upload pics of the end result...)
Getting to the point of the conversation...
Why would anyone do anything of this sort?
It all started with a gang on teenage girls in school, bored of exams with the only exciting thing coming up was a special friend's birthday, and planning to surprise her...
the end result was an unbelievably happy friend, tears of joy, memories forever and a way to express to her how much she meant for us... with of course, something she will always look at and remember us for!
What it meant for us, meeting and talking for quite some time with each other. Investing that time to pick out the things we knew our friend would like best... putting them together... having a vision in the beginning.. and piecing it together from various different ends and bringing about something that not only did we enjoy building up but also something we are sure our friend would like (either use, appreciate, build upon, keep as a memory)
The feeling is unparalleled.. to see the complete birthday gift.. the perfect birthday gift!
Now that I have elaborated my point with so many words.. here was the question I was given..
what if, hypothetically, the friend in question is completely immaterialistic.. does not care or think about any sort of gifts... insists that it would probably make them happy and would appreciate your gesture, but would not induce that tear of joy, or element of surprise or utter pleasure!
What if it wouldn't change how special the person felt, (s)he already knew what you felt, and how special the person was. Din't need gifts to prove so. Din't want you to put in effort towards the same...
Should you still work on it?
Who is the gift for after all?!
More later!
N
Chips of Conversation
Dear reader,
I am a chatoholic! I must must confess, I love talking to people, I love words!
I love playing with words.
Absolutely everyday, I have some chat or the other that I really like..
Could be for its simplicity, for what it meant, for the brilliance of its words, for what i understood from it, for its impact.. etc etc... for the way it makes me feel :)
Not always am I going to divulge the identity of the chatee (me being the chatter of course)
but ull get all the sugar and spice you need even without!! Happy reading!
Feeling like Carrie Bradshaw,
N
I am a chatoholic! I must must confess, I love talking to people, I love words!
I love playing with words.
Absolutely everyday, I have some chat or the other that I really like..
Could be for its simplicity, for what it meant, for the brilliance of its words, for what i understood from it, for its impact.. etc etc... for the way it makes me feel :)
Not always am I going to divulge the identity of the chatee (me being the chatter of course)
but ull get all the sugar and spice you need even without!! Happy reading!
Feeling like Carrie Bradshaw,
N
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
E-Cell 2009
With all the ups and downs,
Through months and days,
fights and frowns,
But ne'er we swayed;
Worked as a team,
The best there e'er will be,
Empowering as a theme,
The best E-Summit one can see!
The work is done,
And ever so proud,
The ones that had fun,
and the rest of the crowd,
Echoes but out a small rhyme,
that says nothing better that E-Cell 09!
Still facing the blues and hangover of a great event, one that we had given our all to... worked as a unit over, i cannot but wish it wasnt over still.....
This has been one of the best years in this amazing institutes, and these have been one of the best team, friends that I have!
Through months and days,
fights and frowns,
But ne'er we swayed;
Worked as a team,
The best there e'er will be,
Empowering as a theme,
The best E-Summit one can see!
The work is done,
And ever so proud,
The ones that had fun,
and the rest of the crowd,
Echoes but out a small rhyme,
that says nothing better that E-Cell 09!
Still facing the blues and hangover of a great event, one that we had given our all to... worked as a unit over, i cannot but wish it wasnt over still.....
This has been one of the best years in this amazing institutes, and these have been one of the best team, friends that I have!
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