為自己的人生鮮艷上色先把愛涂上喜歡的顏色
Attended a conference for CCA leaders yesterday and my biggest takeaway was this: the permeability and pervasiveness of the Arts is inextricable and inseparable from whatever we do. Perhaps, it is shockingly ironic that the most salient points I took home from a symposium for leaders has nothing to do with the focus of the event at all. And maybe just that, is the beauty of Art and how it takes our breathe away at unspeakable and unprecedented moments.
I've always been questioned why I write like this. Frankly, I don't see the "like this" because this has always been the way I write and possibly the way my brain deconstructs the seemingly dull world around us. I don't busy myself reading the blogs of others (this is in no way an insult to you taking pleasure in this blog given its distinct flavor) so I'm in no position to make juxtapositions or to assert any judgment. Either way, I've finally discovered this inextricable relationship I share with the Arts and how I desperately try to fuel this half-hearted passion with this blog.
A preponderant take on the world is screening it through the lens of the average economist or commercially-driven entrepreneurs. And to that, many would fervently disagree at the contentious point that Art is in everything that we do; but as much as I never used to believe so, it is. Even when you are singing shamelessly in the shower, Art is flowing through your veins and pulsating in the rhythm of your heartbeat; the beats of a jingle that forms the bass line of another's dance.For me, taking everything with a pinch of salt is sacrilegious to the notion of living Arts in our daily lives. I live to take every single moment in with deeper emphasis and quite frankly, exaggerate "life lessons" we can draw from these to proportions of incomprehensibility. But that is again, the beauty. I can already hear your vehement cries but just this once, shut the f**k up because you don't really have a say to how I live my life. In some sense, Art is a play on interdisciplinary elements but from another point of view, it is a way of distinguishing individuals and to keep my safe distance away from the rest of the corrosive world. It gives you a personal identity, a sense of belonging to yourself; being unique never gets old does it?
I guess the way my brain is wired, the world I see is vaguely different from yours. Despite being drained from certain shades of colors, they emanate and speak a different story. And this scent and tale differs from individual to individual. It really is up to you to fabricate your own lie and delude yourself sometimes into believing that life is worth more than it should be. If it's your own lie, nobody can tell you otherwise.And I know I like writing. I don't care if people think I can't write simply because they don't understand the nature of my literature or just because they don't have the heart to comprehend the simpler things in life. I write because it is a form of expression, that deals with the senses and literature tickles words into life. And that is just crazy and magical.
Just don't ever neglect the smaller things in life and how the Arts have always been an integral part of your life. From the way your food is presented, your choice of iTunes playlist, even the subjects you have chosen to be burdened with; it is intrinsic and inextricable.
