Tag: dating

Not Quite Picasso

You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea. — Pablo Picasso

If blogging were a relationship, we’d be at the point where we know we like each other, but we can’t come up with an excuse to talk. I’ve been thinking of what to say all week. It all sounded boring. So instead I wanted to take a picture (thousand words and all that)… I have no camera.

I’ve been in this situation before. We usually end up meeting on accident and talking about whatever is going on around us. Nothing is really going on right now though. Except I do have theory I came up with today.

Things get good, then boring, then creative.

  • Cameras take clear pictures nowadays, but people prefer filters. Maybe HD pics were cool but they got boring.
  • Picasso was an artist who learned to paint perfect portraits around the time photographs were becoming popular. Realistic paintings were good, but they got boring.
It seems obvious, but it makes me wonder about things that haven’t even gotten good enough to be boring.

If this blog were a real date, I never would have talked about this theory. I know better than that. I would have asked a lot more questions, haha. But I’m already too comfortable. Once my blog and I get past this awkwardness we’ll try to build something meaningful. For now we’ll just think about each other and hardly say anything.

Understanding Reality

Through the picture we see reality, through the word we understand it. — Sven Lidman

I’m randomly sitting next to a soon to be Japanese couple. The guy is doing very well, but I have no idea what he’s saying. All I can see is that he touches her hand, then her knee, then her hand and backs off and talks to her while she’s smiling. They’re both kinda curled up on the coffeeshop couch.

I know that’s way too many details, but they were right next to me. Somehow you just know this dude is almost where he wants to be and she’s not going to fight it. I don’t know how I know this, but I’m sure if you saw it you’d say the same thing. I always believe words make things easier to understand, but I didn’t seem to need them today. I got a good idea just from watching the two.

Who knows what the particular charm was, but lots of different types of people grow on us. Maybe a lot of things work when you’re genuine. People can tell. No matter how you say what you’re saying they’re trying to get an idea of your character or your intentions. If you’re using techniques or doing something because you think you’re supposed to, you’ll seem artificial and then people question your intentions.

I got the feeling that guy was trustworthy by how respectful he seemed, but you can’t always trust your eyes.