A Beautiful Mind
I have blogged OK. I have mostly written my thoughts down all the time but, I never really expressed them. I try to paint the picture out as it is in my mind but, I often find myself short of words. I believe, to articualte something that is as vivid to the reader as it is to you is a very difficult task. One needs a beautiful mind to achieve this complex task. I am just blessed with an organized mind. Organization leads to symmetry. Though symmetry is one kind of beauty, real beauty is a mixture containing of at least one unknow miraculous ingredient. When someone says the Taj Mahal is beautiful, it's not only the physical splendour of the building or the history behind it that one relates to but also this intangible heart beat that binds that person specially to the symbol of love. Building up the heart of the story is the writer's responsibility while bringing the reader's heart close to the heart of the story is entirely depdendent on the magic ingredient. I hope writing is like swimming and my numerous dabbling attempts at it will get me closer to being good at it.

/PhaKuDi

The Catcher in the Rye
Absolute Splendor - that's what this book. Simplicity is the style but, once you start turning pages you'll be amazed at how the shallow looking simplicity has abysmal meanings underneath it. Reading this book is like eating a crackling chocolate. Like the chocolate creates it's last crackle as it slips down the throat, the profoundness behind the slang ridden simple statements strikes you like a flash as it goes down your memory lane. It's a light book, an easy read and hence, a must read. I haven't read any J.D. Salinger in life but, I think this is the best book he ever could have written. I heard that only J.D. Salinger's "The Heart of a Broken Story" even comes close to this book of his. Naturally I am eager to read it but, unable to procure a (legal unused) copy. Sad! Very Sad! Even in this so called electronic age we have to live with short supply of such classics.

/PhaKuDi