Pride of writing: My studio of thoughts

1st November 2007
Thursday
Pride of writing

Some of you might have noticed that I have changed my blog title to Studio of Thoughts. This might be due to a change in thinking. Since I started writing, I have always taken my blog as a platform for people to find out about my life. But how many people actually care about what I was doing at x.xxpm on the xxth of September, 200x? I think watching a snail crawl across the path is more interesting. After 4 years of blogging, and having various conflicts within my blog, I realise that what kept me going was showcasing my thoughts. Not my daily tasks.

Showcase. Or in simplified terms, showing off. I believe we are born with brains and a personality. How we choose to use our brains are decided by our personality. I used to be afraid of the people around me. I feared they might use whatever information they could find about me against me. So, my blog posts were heavily censored to block out any personal information and delivering only content which I deemed to be objective.

However, I understand that nobody is interested in my life. Simply because they have no motive to be. Now I blog with less censorships, less restrictions, random topics, and delivering subjective content. I am much more confident about my personality as compared to 4 years ago when I first started. Now I blog with the belief that a diary records thoughts. Not about how many slices of bread you had at Cafe Cartel, or how many servings of steaks you ate.

You might or might not agree with my posts. But that doesn't matter. This is a haven for my thoughts. A sample of my school of philosophy. It doesn't matter if no one reads this (although it is always encouraging to know that you have loyal readers.) And it doesn't matter if no one cares about what goes on in my head (no one cares anyway.)

Am I being seen as arrogant now? Well, I don't know. There is always a tension between preserving your public image and conserving your philosophical identity. What I simply want to do with this platform is to be true to my thoughts and deliver them in its rawest form to the reader.

I enjoy the art of writing. But perhaps I enjoy the art of thinking even more.

Maybe that explains why I am always seeking a good debate over issues that commands different ideas from people. In a way, you get to think critically and force yourself to adopt multiple perspectives of an issue that you thought only possible in one. Also, if it is a forum debate, you get to exercise your language skills as well.

Writing is the link between the writer and the reader's soul. Whilst delivering information to the reader, a writer can effectively stir up emotions and memories in the reader. And the reader can in turn give their gratitude by replying to the writer.


Lately, I have been seeing more than just a handful of friends getting 'emo'. It may be over work related stuff, relationships, friends, hobbies, academics, or other commitments. It reminds me that when being emo affects the people around you. There is no cure for being emotionally vulnerable. But having a strong self confidence greatly helps in staying sane.

Read this for tips on building self confidence.

And this for a really cool version of wikipedia.

"No man is a sea."
-Han Yong