Thursday, November 16, 2006

Can we chat !!!
Admit or not but if you are reading this blog you probably are among one of those(us) who have evolved a virtual self of oneself in this Cyber Space. Dont we find it easy to communiticate in this virtual world than the real..... why is that we prefer messenger over meeting up personally ..... given that time and efforts are not always the constraints ... why is it more exciting to have chat with fake ids ... ones in which you also tend to manipulate your personal information about sex, age, race than generally speaking up with a stranger ..... how many strangers have to met for the first time and befriended without knowing much and is that figure comparable to your chat mates about whose real existence you are not even sure of!!!
So, how does it matter and does it make any difference... am I not still the same ??? .... this is probably the question that first irks in our minds .... well the answer is... to start with it really doesnt make much of a difference but slowly one tends to to potray oneself as what he thinks he should have been rather than what he actually is ... responses from a person on the cyberspace may be much contrasting to the real life.
Consider this situation in which a staid housewife and mother of three small children developed a cyberself that was into violent virtual sex and various forms of cyber pornography. She developed this cyberself over several months and she began to spend more and more time in cyberspace projecting as this licentious cyberself. Suddenly, last summer, her normal personality transitioned into this cyberspace personality, that she called "Linda". In front of her children and with her husband looking on in disbelief, she stripped naked and performed an obscene erotic dance. She needed to be institutionalized (from a web article).
Though not all reach such extremities but everyone(atleast I do) of us to some extent would agree that the behavioral patterns which we share on the web and in reality are different to some extent. People are most pretentious here and when a like situation is encountered, the virtual responses again would be quiet different than the real. Its more of what you would like to than what you actually are.
The anonymity of ones identity is the most potent tool that works both for and against you. "For" because it is potentially liberating and beneficial at times as people put aside their complexions as there is not much of worrying about ones identity and "Against" because you are not being true to yourself at times by potraying ideas which can be done only under the veil of anonymity.
Though this can lead to serious psychological problems it often leads from simple things like a lack of understanding concerning the proper way to develop, nurture and manage diverse cyberselves. Its more of self-understanding and self-acceptance.

Ever wondered having so many virtual friends and virtual messenger ids would have such implications about yourself !!!..... can we chat now ;) ??



Sunday, November 05, 2006

Simply impressive !!!
I had attempted an abstract long before... now read this... courtesy aneesha ..... surely my work stands no where in front of her description ..... i liked it so much that included it here.
Read this and then see the abstract :


Water, Air and Fire I

The three mothers of Universe – Water, Air and Fire, considered as the origin of the entire cosmos strikingly resembles woman’s persona. I have attempted to compare their traits one by one. This post is dedicated to water, the creator of Earth.

WATER

Just like the little rivulet, flows down the hillock, bubbling gaily,
The cherubic little girl in her surpasses the impeding pebbles, effortlessly,
As this coy brook shapes into a waterfall, with the sole aim to advance,
The woman in her rises up to face the circumstances that resists her stance,
Triumphing over the trials, as this torrent transforms into a gigantic ocean,
Powerful yet modest, boundless yet in limits, mighty yet full of compassion,
The mother in her assumes such astonishing contrasts with ardent passion.

Life begins in womb as the fluid shields the fetus, blood induces the spirit,
And milk nurtures the baby, all forms of water, revitalizing the teeny bit,
The perfectionist in her creates the flawless combination of beauty and brain,
And she delivers her elite creation, beating the limits of unbearable strain,
The graceful curves, the soulful serenity or the refreshing vivacity,
It’s a delight to admire their traits and get mesmerized in their beauty.

I wonder what God had in his mind, when he created woman,
Strikingly analogous to the aqueous spirit!


Here is the next one...Air...the space between heaven and earth...which gave birth to spirit.



AIR

Like the occasional gust of air that brushes against your tender cheeks,
With your eyes shut, as you let your soul get pampered to its peak;
She walks along leaving you mesmerized by her grace and lore,
The bracing breeze or her fleeting look, you are left longing for more.

As the zephyr quivers both the green and ripe leaves, impartially,
She makes a million hearts flutter as she paces past elegantly;
On a typical day, when you least expect something extraordinary,
When the sun shines bright and everything looks merry;
The breeze changes its direction and blows right through your terrace,
She enters your life and you wonder why God is so generous!

Like the breathe enters the flute pores to create melodic symphony,
She pervades your soul to transform your aura in to a mellow harmony;
Just when you get addicted to their enjoyable presence and vitalizing touch,
The tender breeze takes the form of devastating cyclone, wrecking thy life,
No rhyme or reason, she walks away breaking the bond of man and wife;
And you are left wondering why the hell then the breeze blew your way,
Merely to make you realize that, with woman and wind around,
Unpredictability is not far away!





.........Wasnt that awesome !!!


this was what i had tried sometime before .... i just felt both of them kinda gel together.... white is what is common to water, air and fire !!