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Things that you need to be raymond man.i.e, "The Complete Man".  These things are individually exclusive and are different from person to person. These things are defined by the man himself. For some its money. For some its pleasure. For some its passion. For a real Rock 'n Rolla he wants 'em all. Among many of the things I have in my list majority of them are art forms. Which made be contemplate on the question "what is art?".

I have come across sportsmen whom people hailed as great and incredible and a good majority (read more than 90%) are narcissistic A-holes. They don't care about the team's win they just want their whims and fancies to be taken care. I lost a match and because of that I lost a tournament. I have known artists who were hailed as supremely talented. But they have time and again proved to be incredible assholes who don't follow civil behavior and they are mostly bound to the laws of society like we are. So why should I learn arts or sports from these supreme A-holes.

Why don't I just ignore what they are get my work done? 'Coz I despise people like that. I hate people who will be with anyone just to get their work done. I cannot be what I hate.

All of this came to question 2. Why should you learn music or any other art form in ways that people dictate? Bruce Lee learned 8 different martial arts and went through hell before he declared that form or styles is constricting. Forms of martial arts or any art actually tells what to do. Which means they are also telling you to walk a certain path only. "Do what is efficient and effective" is the intent of Bruce Lee's teachings about martial arts. The same applies to dance, songs , movie making and literally every art. What if a song can more effectively be represented in the fusion of 8 different dance forms? What if the feelings of an artist can only be expressed when Rock music is played across a veena? What if???? and the list continues.

Why don't we learn what is effective to us and is efficient? Even if we want to learn how to draw or paint why don't we do it the way we like rather than following these curve making and stuff? For not-so-smart people like me I need the instruction to start off. What about all those brilliant people out there? Why do they do it? People will stoop to levels of learning from characterless people to learn what they like. Why don't they start all by themselves and start a new form?

To have a form or to be formless or to follow someone no matter what to confine ourselves to rules set ages ago.

camera

For a few days I wanted to know how my grandmother used to look like when she was young.
Now that she is not with us any more there is an even more depressing desire.
I remember how my mom used to look when I was young. I remember how my Dad,my brother and my sister looked when I was young. But I don't have them on paper. there's no evidence.

I don't know how my Dad and Mom used to look when they were young.

The evidences of our years, the photos mostly passport sized and taken for APSRTC's bus pass.

The search of my parents for my face after the yearly pics in school with the headmaster and teachers. And the one year when my family couldn't find me amongst my 60 classmates only 'coz I smiled this time.

A time when there was a line of girls who went gaga over my brother.

Finally I got a camera. my own camera. Now my brothers kids, my sisters kids will always have proofs of how we looked like and how they were when they were kids.

Sure we'll all be buried or burned someday and no one would give a damn about how we looked. But if the kids ever wanted to know then they'll always have the pics from my DSLR. Yes I could finally afford to buy a DSLR camera for 32000 rupees.

Passion

We mostly know what corruption is. But what made it flourish?? Why do people tend to be corrupt? Is it our disbelief in values? Is it in our inner voice that sometimes questions the values of honesty and integrity that have been set by very few of our predecessors.

How many times have we heard of a man who always wanted to be an MRO or a clerk at a government office. People don't aspire to be in those positions. They don't have passions which can be pursued by joining the jobs. I haven't heard of a man who when he was a child dreamt of moving papers from one desk to another or creating the best of work environments and be the best 'peon' ever.

No wonder many peons and other guys and corrupt. They need a reason to pursue the job besides the usual salary.

No matter what one says, no one can do a job just for what they are paid. Theres always the need for a little extra. The 'little extra' means differently to each person.

Check out the interviews of actors or phtographers or anyone who picked a profession out of their passions.

The questions would usually be:

"What drives you??"

"When did you get your calling??"

"What would you advice to future generation of actors/photographers/musicians etc.,"

Now imagine asking your GHMC kachcara guy these questions.

To him all he is concerned about is making his ends meet. and a little extra (this could be smoking or drinking or another wife)