I miss the complexity of the book and am tired of the predictability of people. Reading each page of a book takes you to a different realm, and often surprises you with its observations. I agree books are written by people, but why do people remain predictable in life and unpredictable in fiction?
Guess I am out of touch with everything right now, so no blog entry for many days. From many days, a question is bothering me. I haven't found a satisfactory answer yet. So I'll write it down here. Maybe anybody who reads this may know the answer. "Just because we are journalists, writers, opinion creators and thinkers, do we have the right to judge others? Either personally or professionally?" I think we don't have the right to judge a person, even if we are right. But as writers, we would have to judge others whether we like it or not. And it's very difficult forcing people to think, but that's what we are doing or pretending to be doing right? Another question: "How come life is so simple if you just let it live by itself without bothering much and so complicated if you try to manipulate it or even understand it?" Blessed are the ignorant. We who can understand everything, try not to let anything go by without understanding and thus miss the b
I disagree. Books can be both predictable and not predictable depending on what you are reading. Ditto, people.
ReplyDeletecan't say anything about this as it was your personal opinion. i had a different opinion on this issue....
ReplyDeletetheir attitude is predictable but not their thinking which result in fiction book.
ReplyDeleteThe books which tell unknown, unexpected, unpredictable, complex - not the well known, beaten to death - stories that become popular... and its easy to live with books!
ReplyDeleteComplex & unpredictable people are not easy to live with & love forever - they should be left alone to imagine, discover & communicate exciting things to the rest of the world !!
Even the complex people are beaten by the world around to behave predictably or else they wouldn't survive - its a few brave who defy and live on to make a difference
ReplyDelete... else, a few more learn to pretend to be predictable in real-life as it relates to other people around, and live a fantastic life with themselves ...
...not for nothing complex beings turn out creative genius, if they don't become schizophrenic !!