Tuesday, November 27, 2012

On Coffee, Roy & lucid writing

One can't expect a day that starts with Roy and a cup of strong smooth German coffee to be anything but inspired and spirited!

'To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.' - Arundhati Roy

Great respect for the lucidity in her writing, deeply researched subjects and honestly rendered thoughts.

'As a writer, one spends a lifetime journeying into the heart of language, trying to minimize, if not eliminate, the distance between the thought and language', writes Roy.

It has been an ongoing struggle with me, as a creative - and it evidently holds true with all other media of expression as much as with writing. Ergo, I find greater relevance to her usage of  the term 'language', not limiting to words, letters or symbols.

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