01-13-2006, 01:55 PM
There Wise goes again, being all witty and quotable again. Every forum needs someone glib like you.
Not really a writer here, Zeph, but I am a professional classical singer, so I can tell you all about having to pretend to feel or act a way that you really don't feel. It's partly a necessity and partly a coping mechanism. Nobody has a perfect life. The people who say they do are missing a pretty huge problem somewhere.
In specific response to what you said, though, just because something is gone, doesn't mean that you can't still have good memories of it. Memories aren't quite the same as living whatever you're missing, but it'll have to do. If that thing was inspiring you and it's now gone, you have to rely on those memories to re-inspire you.
Not really a writer here, Zeph, but I am a professional classical singer, so I can tell you all about having to pretend to feel or act a way that you really don't feel. It's partly a necessity and partly a coping mechanism. Nobody has a perfect life. The people who say they do are missing a pretty huge problem somewhere.
In specific response to what you said, though, just because something is gone, doesn't mean that you can't still have good memories of it. Memories aren't quite the same as living whatever you're missing, but it'll have to do. If that thing was inspiring you and it's now gone, you have to rely on those memories to re-inspire you.