A post out of thin air.....

Err....hmmm....well.....errr....a post has been long overdue, but I have been at a loss for words, to use a neologism, severely blogstipated. Nothing has been inspiring enough for me to come up with a post, which is a pretty sad excuse, especially since I have been wanting to write about a million things- mundane music reviews of Ah Aah, Thotti Jaya, Ghajini, the experience of reading Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidargal, a couple of travelogues....

I finally realised that I wasn't trying to work on developing the uncanny blogger's ability to conjure up a post out of nothing. I have always written about other people's work-movies, music, books, and narcisistically admired the way I see things, but it has finally dawned on me that I have become dependent on someone else to provide the feed for my writing, maybe I should call myself a creative parasite.......

Anyway since its pretty obvious that this post is an attempt at writing for the sake of writing let me move on with some updates. I quit my job in July and am back to school, getting back to doing what I was interested in....Been sort of odd studying after a break, but hopefully I should get into the zone quite soon, hopefully being the key word....

Currently am tripping on two awesome songs, which I dug out from distant memories- Fuzon's More Saiyyaan and Lucky Ali's Nahin Lagtha Dil.... The latter being, in my opinion, Lucky's best. Coincidentally, both happen to be sad songs, which by the way is in no way is a reflection of my current mood. And both have brilliantly evocative, impactful videos....I rarely admire music videos, but these two are almost perfect examples of how they should be- subtle, suggestive, embodying the mood of the song, distractful at times, yet complementing the music throughout. Sadness fuels creativity a trifle more than other emotions....is it because it is so palpable and pervasive? While I am at it, let me also sneak in a mini-review of Thotti Jaya, three songs standing out and standing tall-Uyire En Uyire is of course the pick with sounding-like-Hariharan Karthik's splendid vocals and the Raptharaptha.... chorus. The theme is extremely attractive, and the anglicised tamil sounds super. And Yaaridamum, inspite of an uninspiring start, grows on you, thanks to Ramesh Vinayagam who is inching his way to my list of exotic voices....

That's about all I can think of now....funny that it's so easy to talk about nothing....but so challenging to write about nothing. Hopefully my next post will be more substantial.....