Fly on the wall
After an interesting conversation in my office, I was walking back home. I was thinking about the discussion we had earlier today. Really an attractive topic to write on. Maybe I should add some more to make it spicy and write it. Hmm... it is always good to keep your ears open. You never know know when you will get such good ideas....
"Hey!" - Someone called me from behind. I turned. To my surprise it was Dude.
"Hey dude! What's up? Long time; no see".
"Pretty good. Yeah, I was somewhat busy with my exams and off to hometown for holidays. How is it goin?"
"Everything okay. So taking some courses?"
"Yup".
"How is your buddy?"
"He is doing great. Moved back home".
"I see. How is your writing coming up? Any new projects?"
"Hmmm.... I am not into more of writing nowadays."
"Why? Course loads?"
Quickly nodding, "Nay...it's like a pain.. you know, a weight that pulls you out of you.".
As usual I did not understand anything. "What?"
"You know. When you want to create something you must observe a lot of things. Afterall you are writing something that happens in your life, around you, in your world, among your people. So you got to be a non-stop observant ever. Man, that's ok. I like to observe things. But when it exceeds beyond a point and you start feeling that you are losing the pleasure of that thing...."
"Dude, can you tell me clearly?"
" Ok. Say if I am writing a script about a grad student life and make a character out of you, things will become harder for us. I will start watching you not as a friend but as a writer. Everything you do and speak will be noted by me and I will frequently bump into your privacy to know more about you. Also if you know about my script, you will try to stop moving with me. This may even terminate our friendship. Simply, I will be considered as a fly on the wall, sitting silently and observing keenly the characters for his play. To be true, even now I am not casual and try to capture most of you and your body language. I don't want to lose my people for my creativity. On the other hand, writing is my passion. I can't dump it. So, I decided not to write more."
"How true!!"
"Hey!" - Someone called me from behind. I turned. To my surprise it was Dude.
"Hey dude! What's up? Long time; no see".
"Pretty good. Yeah, I was somewhat busy with my exams and off to hometown for holidays. How is it goin?"
"Everything okay. So taking some courses?"
"Yup".
"How is your buddy?"
"He is doing great. Moved back home".
"I see. How is your writing coming up? Any new projects?"
"Hmmm.... I am not into more of writing nowadays."
"Why? Course loads?"
Quickly nodding, "Nay...it's like a pain.. you know, a weight that pulls you out of you.".
As usual I did not understand anything. "What?"
"You know. When you want to create something you must observe a lot of things. Afterall you are writing something that happens in your life, around you, in your world, among your people. So you got to be a non-stop observant ever. Man, that's ok. I like to observe things. But when it exceeds beyond a point and you start feeling that you are losing the pleasure of that thing...."
"Dude, can you tell me clearly?"
" Ok. Say if I am writing a script about a grad student life and make a character out of you, things will become harder for us. I will start watching you not as a friend but as a writer. Everything you do and speak will be noted by me and I will frequently bump into your privacy to know more about you. Also if you know about my script, you will try to stop moving with me. This may even terminate our friendship. Simply, I will be considered as a fly on the wall, sitting silently and observing keenly the characters for his play. To be true, even now I am not casual and try to capture most of you and your body language. I don't want to lose my people for my creativity. On the other hand, writing is my passion. I can't dump it. So, I decided not to write more."
"How true!!"
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