Or is it both? In this edition of DFB (xD) I have several issues I want to raise. Probably because I haven't updated in a while.
1. Do you think its possible for someone to dream of a person, believe them to be their one true love, and then find them in real life? I read an article about a man who was about twenty years old, and he had a dream one night about a girl, who he had never seen or met before, and when he woke up he believed that she was his one true love, and he drew a picture of her, posted it on the internet and he's searching for her, among the billions of people on Earth. Will he find her? Who knows!
Also, do you think it is possible for someone to miss a person if they have never met them in real life? Perhaps they have talked over the internet or phone, but is it possible for someone to properly, justifiably miss someone if they've not seen them in the flesh?
2. Writing - artform?
I don't know about this one. I'm inclined to say yes, it is an artform, because the word 'art' doesn't just label painting and drawing. Its an umbrella term for writing, singing, dancing, acting, painting, and generally creating. And storytelling is creative; it requires imagination. But is the composition of the written word an artform also? I think it is - mainly because of the way I know I can write sometimes. I don't mean to brag or anything, blah de blah, but some of the things I write are beautiful - I might daydream and conjure a stunning phrase which captures something exquisitely.
Also, do you think that men are more concise at writing, or women? I've heard that women are more careful with their selection of words, but do women waffle on more than men? Do men find it easier to say what they want to say in a minimum number of words required? Is it easier for men to write than it is for women? Are the two styles different (I think they are?)
3. I prefer Dad's version of the Carpet Crawlers; its more gentle *loves* ^____^
That's all, except -
IN OTHER NEWS - DOCTOR OCTOGONAPUS, BLEHHHH.!
1 comment:
1. I think so. Spiritualists believe that, when we dream, we're "astral flying" - or visiting the lower reaches of the spirit realms. Here we can meet people who have passed, or other people who are alive and dreaming at the same time. So it's entirely possible to meet your soulmate here before you've met in real life.
1(b). Yes, again. Spending time with someone, even if it's "virtual" time online, you form a connection. If you do it often enough, and regularly enough, then when you stop you're bound to notice their absence, and "miss" them just like you would if the time you spent together was IRL.
2. Consider the difference between these two. First, the way anyone asked to describe a scene might write it:
"It was getting late on that November Saturday, and darkness fell slowly on Egdon Heath."
And second, the way Thomas Hardy actually wrote it, in his opening to The Return of the Native:
"A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching the time of twilight, and the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Egdon Heath embrowned itself moment by moment."
Hardy's displays the true art of the wordsmith. And yes, we both know that exquisite joy of conjuring the perfect phrase or passage. It is definitely art.
2(b). It may be true that men are more concise when composing letters, or emails. Where descriptive writing is concerned, I think the difference is unconnected with gender, and more to do with artistic flair and ability.
3. Aww! Thanks ^__^
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