Hey again....
So what shall i write about today. Nothing much happened of any traumatic or deep significance, so i'll just make a brief summary before moving on. Had a pretty average weekend. On Saturday, i spent nearly the entire day with my butt firmly planted on the seat in front of my computer. Of course, I was just doing homework with the music on(or so is the excuse i gave my mom, hehehe...) No really, I'm just kidding. I was studying...among other things. I think I'm really starting to like this new machine of mine, which I built up with a budget in mind. You know, a good planned attempt at buying a new cpu can really bring decent benefits. I built mine up for a little more than a thousand five hundred dollars, and it's one helluva machine.
So, yeah, I had a good time with it. I have only had it for like two weeks, to be precise, so , hell, i have a right to enjoy my baby, right? I wasn't really doing anything huge, just ripping songs and playing a few games and finishing my homework. I'm not lying when I said I was at it the entire day. Oh,no, wait...Not true. I did get off to do a few other things. Like watch the final of the Asian Football Cup between the holders Japan and the host nation, China. It was a rather one-sided match, really, Japan being a little too experienced for the Chinese, which I guess is understandable considering the standard of Japanese football being years ahead of that of the Chinese, no disrespect to the Chinese of course. The Japanese have been there and done it all before, so they were always going to be the favourites.
During the match, I was also busy exchanging messages with my best friend, or rather, my brother. We were talking about the usual things men talk about...women. Hahaha... it was fun.
For me at least, cause I'm pretty sure he was experiencing a serious case of hyper-ventilation. It doesn't take a genius to figure out who exactly was having the girl-related problems. Actually, problems isn't the right word. More like issues.
Anyway, that was how my Saturday went. As you can see, it wasn't anything special.
I am an artist. What is my art? well, i have a couple. I like creative writing. That's been a passion of mine for as long as i can remember. It's a skill I have been honing since childhood, and I have managed to develop it into not only essays and fiction, but also into poetry and song-writing, the latter being the latest in my repertoire. Of course, song-writing being a new skill for me, I'm not that adept at it yet, but it's been a very good learning experience for me so far. It is a new way of self-expression which is both subtle and powerful at the same time, which is how I like to think of myself. Not very outwardly expressive, but I have my own thoughts and I like to share them this way. Song-writing has taught me how to play around with my thoughts and imaginings in ways I have never thought of before. These come through rhymes, timing, syllable-counts, among others. I find myself being more creative in a sense that I constantly try to think of various situations to place myself in in order to come up with the sketches for my songs.
There is also another part to the entire song-writing thing. Ever since I began my foray into making music, I have found a new perspective on music appreciation. As it is, I'm a huge music fan, which I'm sure is pretty prevalent in a lot of the things I do write. Recently, I have been able to enjoy the music of other artists with a different level of perception. By delving deeper into the words of a song in order to sate my curiousity, I find myself often left in awe and pure amazement at the skill and finesse of people like Sarah Mclachlan, Jewel, and all those music bands out there. Most recently is a band who came out with their sophomore effort, The Calling. I can't help but be impressed by the sheer consistent quality of Two, their latest album. It's very, very good, in terms of the songwriting and the musical progressions. The vocal stylings of Alex Band is as distinct as ever, as is the sound of the band, which has always been a little orchestral, now with the added kick of piano as well. Overall, it is an album that belongs on everyone's cd-rack.
Okay, so enough with all that... I want to talk about something that occured to me lately.
Anyone who reads the news, watches the news, whatever will definitely be aware that a lot of bad things are going on nowadays, not just locally, but everywhere in the world it seems. War, terror, depravity, you name it, it's happening. It's odd as to why it's all happening at the same time, as if civilisation just decided to take a vacation and leave humanity in hell. People are killing each other for no apparent reason other than their own selfish causes, their religion, faith..whatever. Some kill for power, money, revenge or just because they have plain lost it. To tell you the truth, that's not what i'm trying to point out. It's something else. Its the media. People live in constant fear of the bad things, in fear of terror, because of all the things that our precious media spreads. I know some of you might be balking right now, but do hear me out. I know the media is important and so on, but is this really how it should be? The media, to me, is supposed to spread goodwill, hope and concern...not fear and terror. Why do people carry guns? Because they are filled with fear by the media. People are disillusioned with the world, with life in general, because all they see everyday is the bad things that go on. It can make the most optimistic of us lose hope. I mean, what the hell... videos of people being beheaded? come on.... what the heck are we? we are supposed to be higher than animals, not lower.... What kind of faith or religion encourages that? I'm not even a person of any religion and I know that.
WHat kind of impression does this create? WHat kind of message is being passed on by the media? It's lost somewhere in the constant struggle for sensational scandals and potential gold-mines. No one seems to worry about the repercussions of all their actions anymore.
I really can't say much more than turn off your news, and stuff. Get out of your house, go hang out with the people you love, read a good book, write music, have fun...treat everyone like your brother or sister. Imagine if everyone were to do this....