quite excited at this new experience of blogging.....i would imagine it's like singing in the bathroom......or like speaking to oneself......i learnt to do that some 30-32 years ago when i was studying in a film school,the F.T.I.I. , in pune , in india......i was in a new city.....on my own for the first time in my life...and i got quite addicted to this lovely experience of going for long walks and speaking to myself....a great way to discover a new city while discovering myself.....or vice versa.....and i have done that ever since..... whenever i am alone....especially on location shootings.....after a hard day's work, it is therapeutic to go for a long walk in a new place,while speaking to myself all along.....
of course,i don't claim that these self-conversations have always been of a highly evolved nature....in fact,on most occasions they have not been anything beyond self-indulgence.....but they have been of immense help to me....sometimes they would help me understand certain problems at work and even come up with solutions, while sometimes they would simply help me analyse certain situations (or personalities) and form a distinctive point-of-view......and there have been times when i genuinely felt that if a particular person had been eavesdropping on me while i was dissecting a certain topic, it would have helped him quite a bit......
hence this excitement at the prospect of an universal benefit of my self-conversation in this virtual world.....
the last few months have been extremely difficult for me regarding my physical health....it started with a pain in my knee that got so worse that i could hardly walk....since i am a cinematographer, and my professional work demands a lot of physical fitness, i was thoroughly demoralised by my condition....i thought it was the end of the tunnel for me.....
today,while walking back home,i was having this self-conversation about my fight with the pain....how i have been able to come out of it.....
hence the thought to start a blog and share my experiences.....in the hope that it would help someone afflicted similarly......somewhere......
i intend to converse about it in detail over the next few days........with myself , of course.........and hope that someone is eavesdropping to his/her benefit.....
