1st part
Macabre songs I sing
Dear readers,
As I already declared a few posts ago this post, with its heading combined from letters of all previous posts, will be the conclusion and the end of all what I have written and shared with you earlier in the blog. How shall I proceed then? I will change the style a bit but you can read more about that in the 2nd part of this post called “Dreadfully I gaze from the fire”. Maybe you want to try guessing what it will be about?
As for the first part I want to start by explaining why I chose this title. It all comes down to one thing and one thing only which is the infamous Danse Macabre of course. As you all probably know it is the Dance of Death or a dance with Death to explain it more figuratively. It is a late-medieval allegory that reminds people how fragile their lives really are and what one must face sooner or later – that is death. It is a dance which there is no hiding from, for Death shows no mercy however rich, famous, important, pretty or pure one may be.
In the most part I focused on revealing, with absolute honesty, parts of myself and the thoughts I have every now and then. I gave you my viewpoints on various matters and idolized beauty a lot. Some poetic lines where included and even one actual poem “Do you not hate poetry?” which I wrote not a very long time before I started blogging. Bits of interesting trivia and mythology, which I used in hope of making the blog more enchanting and interesting, were a central part. And also some riddles for you my dear readers were hidden in there.
So why do I sing macabre songs? Conclusively an immense amount of details about me were revealed in these, I hope beautifully written, lines and even more between them. The very idea itself of me writing such things about myself shows a lot. It shows, without the need of me pointing them out as I did anyway, that I am vain, superficial, conservative, unfair, nonchalant, proud and a lot more negative. Negative is the key word here, for I never actually committed to making me seem that way. I just wrote what I’ve come to know about myself and my view of the world and hoped it would be dark enough for you – just for the dramatic effect of course. I turned all what is negative about me to something what could be described as sinister merits and added all the good things and some talents of mine on top of that. And one major part of that blog was indeed the exhibition of my person as if it was Art. I recited myself to you as I would recite poetry hoping you’d like what you hear and grow interested in the process.
When I started writing, which I did for honouring the almost threateningly requesting suggestion of an adorable and beautiful ballerina, I had the impression that blogging would not work out for me and that I’d run out of thoughts after a week or so. Gladly and surprisingly I am still writing and I have also developed a personal demand for readers. I like writing a lot and knowing that others appreciate my efforts makes it much better. But I guess I would have to become more popular with people beforehand if I wanted to increase the number of my readers. I also hope I will keep my thoughts fresh and interesting all along, because nobody wants to read a boring blog.
True gems of thoughts however are rare no matter how hard I try and naturally there are not many, at least this far, if there are any at all. I guess, for I actually don’t know, that I am no great philosopher in reality, even if do I like to grope in these dim pastures of thoughts. I also like to think I am able to learn things about other people and read them by observing. As I pointed out in “Darksome games” however, anyone can do it. So what about these gems? Are there any? I sincerely hope so, but it’s up to you to make a decision on that matter.
One post I myself came to like a lot was “Under my watch”. I think it says a lot about me in many ways, be the revealed details merits or demerits. It‘s a really sweet post in my opinion.
Other favourites of mine, which say a lot, are: “Lacklustre eyes”, “Oni wa uchi” and “I believe in perfection”. And “A short story” is also one of my cheerful favourites.
I hope you liked what I’ve presented to you this far and now, if I may suggest, you can feel free to scroll down to start reading the second part called: “Dreadfully I gaze from the fire”.
2nd part
Dreadfully I gaze from the fire
Dear readers,
I can only guess how tired you may or my not be reading these oh-so-similarly written posts which’s wording and sentence construction is not as variable as it might be. Are you tired of seeing piles of I-s, Me-s, rather-s and all these tag-questions? Maybe you are but I guess I’ll still carry on using them here or there.
Coming to the point of “Dreadfully I gaze from the fire” I will now start introducing what I have in mind for the upcoming posts. If at some point you find that you preferred to read what I wrote like before the change and the new style doesn’t suit your taste then I recommend, or insist rather, that you notify me of that, for I’d only love to improve on whatever I’m doing and even more on things I do for others. Take your time deciding on that and really, please take part in what I have to offer and let me share this experience with you.
That sounded hilariously cheesy, did it not?
So…firstly, I’d like you to meet the handsome Mr. Personification, who is now a good friend of mine and who will accompany me whenever I visit Lady Writing. And do note that one of Lady Writing’s daughters is Miss Poetry, whom I’ve already introduced to you earlier. Basically I will try making some posts more vigorous and cheerful by making characters out of some random things - objects, emotions, and out of generalisations even.
Secondly, and this will absolutely wonderfully fit together with personification, I will write more dialogues. When I first wrote one in this blog I immediately thought that it was a really fun thing to do and I should definitely write more of those. I think five, which is the amount of dialogues in the blog so far, is definitively too few. The application of dialogues will open up many windows of creativeness and also help introduce various viewpoints all at once. I hope I’ll manage integrating various personalities to the characters I am going to bring to life and make their phrases meaningful as well.
Thirdly, and this also will very well complement the two previous style changes, I have in mind writing situation simulations or little role-plays. I want to bring into being: awkward situations, common ones we deal with all day, lovable moments with lovable personifications as characters and unimaginably radical stories with fittingly radical characters who most likely will argue over some philosophical matters. I am not sure how this all sounds to you or if you like the sound of it, but to me it seems to be a really good idea - at least at this point in time. And by the way, if you dislike long-winded texts like this one then it is about time I told you to bear with me a little longer for it’s almost over.
Coming to the fourth and last change then, it will not be a change actually - at least not as much as the previous ones were. It will be more like an increase of the amount of riddles and hidden messages. Most likely I will end up regretting I said that though, because conjuring riddles constantly and planning the hidden messages will be a difficult task. Maybe its better I just give you the awareness of the possible existence of these hidden messages and not promise I’ll hide something in every post. But keep in mind that I will definitely try thinking of some every time and moreover, I plan on praising or rewarding successful puzzle-solvers. I do not know if you have trust in my artistic skills, but does a little landscape painting seem to be a worthy present for the bright and attentive who visit my blog? At least I hope I can make this blog more interesting and interactive this way.
Finally I think I should say something about the heading “Dreadfully I gaze from the fire”. Why dreadfully, and why from the fire? You could ask also what I’m gazing at. Well I didn’t have any very specific meanings to back that up at first, but gradually I managed to decide on what I want to say with this sentence. The dreadful gaze is criticism quite naturally, but the things, subject to that gaze, are maybe some general viewpoints that I can integrate with my personification-characters’ dialogues, but mostly myself. I won’t just start expressing my hate towards everything and myself, for I think no one would like to read that, but what I think I can do, is ridicule or slightly reprobate different things. And about the fire – it’s just there for the dramatic effect. But it also expresses the same idea of gazing dreadfully at something quite perfectly, for a dreadful gaze burns like fire.
That’s it and I hope you liked it. Look forward to my next post and be prepared to find some clues which will, within a single post or in many combined, form a secret message again.
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