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About This Author
My name is Joy, and I love to write.
Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground.
 
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Everyday Canvas
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.
David Whyte
This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.
January 19, 2016 at 10:48pm January 19, 2016 at 10:48pm
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Prompt: "Know your own happiness. Wait for nothing but patience-or give it a more fascinating name. Call it hope." Sense and Sensibility Do you agree?
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Although this quote is by the romance genre’s empress and supreme ruler, I have to step back and examine her words the way I understand them.
I like knowing my own happiness, yes, but waiting for it and hoping for it is not my modus operandi; however, working toward it is.
Hope is for the likes of Pandora as the last resort, and as the last resort, it has a dubiousness factor in it that is closer to deficiency and failure. It is something like thinking: I am waiting for this fantastic thing, which may or may not happen at all.
If “know your own happiness” means ‘follow your bliss’, I am all for it, as I am all for working toward my bliss, but just hoping is something else. I can’t deal with the side of hope that hints at some possible negativity. Hoping alone is probably the last resort before failing.
If I am waiting for something to happen, I must also be working toward it, and I must be sure it will happen or else. Even while waiting in line at the supermarket, I know my turn will come. I don’t hope for it. If the line is too long, I search for another line, or else, eventually, I may even search for another supermarket which opens several more cash registers. I don’t have the kind of patience that leaves my happiness just to that iffy hope.
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January 19, 2016 at 2:12pm January 19, 2016 at 2:12pm
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Prompt: Most of us have been to a convention, a networking event, a writers’ conference or any other professional meeting. What are some of your ideas for making the most of these events not only for writers but for anyone in any profession?
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I guess the whole approach depends on the events and what you want to get out of them. To make it simple, let’s say you want to learn more on your subject or extend your job opportunities or you want to be recognized in your vocation.
First, you need to be friendly with everyone and approach people, even those you have never met, and introduce yourself. Although the small talk may sound silly to you, it’s a social norm that tells the other person they are important to you. If the conference isn’t going your way, you might just as well skip this approach and stay in the background.
If there are speakers in the conference, it must be because they are well-connected. Talk to them but don’t rush it until after everyone else is finished talking to them. Talk to them last if you can manage it, so they may remember you. Usually, the first and the last person to talk to a speaker is remembered the most, excluding obnoxious people who make an indelible impression.
If there is a line for food, drinks, etc., try to get in the back of a person who might be of interest to you. People waiting in lines usually end up engaging in chitchat. Chitchat may turn out to be important for networking later on.
Unless you have a very sharp memory, make sure to take notes not only on the material but also on the people you meet. This might come handy sometime later.
My favorite part of a conference is the exhibit area, not only for the new ideas and job opportunities but also for networking. Many people find jobs in the exhibit area. One person I know who was about to retire found a job for after his retirement. He worked at that job, then at another job similar to it, until he was 81. If not a job, in the least, you’ll get good advice on various aspects of your work and on the tools and materials.
Then, last but not the least, always show up early everywhere. You’ll never know what kind of opportunities will be there unless you show up ready and willing.
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