Second Impression: Talents
charm the way to your heart
Ah,
did you poor mortals think that I would forget my aspirations of enlightening
you about this delusional love and the hallucinations it induces? No, I’m not
talking about LSD, in case you didn’t read it right. In fact, the psychiatrists
and the psychologists would find it easier to research these drugs instead of
the topsy-turvy world of love which sucks in the most blatantly unemotional
people from time to time.
A
little harsh, do you think? Wait till I elaborate further, dearies.
I
can presume you’re literate enough to understand the title of this little
piece. Well, it is the second most common phenomenon after the imagination’s
figment of looks.
So,
what would it be? Have your pick of the hors d’oeuvres – is it the bespectacled,
soft-spoken ‘genius’ of your class who doesn’t forget a name (let alone a face
and the features that follow below) or that dashing, reckless athlete, who may
be a dud in real life but carelessly annihilates every single opponent, whether
on track and field or in a one-to-one tennis match? For the equally gifted
ladies, is it that divine singer who steals many a hearts with her soprano
voice, or that exquisite actress who can plead for her life to be spared as
easily as she can take one with her swift dismissal of ‘non-actors’?
Okay,
I think I went over a lot of clichés, but anyway.
My
point being, ladies and gentlemen, that we’re equally trained to fish for the
‘stars’ among the crowd. Your aptitude
is what will either give others a run for their money or leave you to fend for
yourself. No one glances twice at an Average Joe or a Plain Jane (unless they
themselves are no better or…well, no sinister thoughts shall be mentioned
here.) So you can forget about the dreamy Hollywood scapes of a girl-next-door
turning into ‘the one’, or the poor lonesome boy suddenly transforming into the
next hero of the day. (I don’t know if that’s what it’s like in the movies,
mind you.)
Exceptional
ability is always attractive. You don’t have to be gifted with looks to garner
attention, if you can make a killing with your skills. Let my readers be
forewarned that I, the humble author of this prose, is no exception to this
stage. If you (the prospective singles, yes,
I’m talking to you) have a way with words and can as dexterously snare
me with your enchanting poetry as you can cleverly talk like a proper
intellectual and have an astute opinion to offer on nearly everything under the
sun, then I’m all yours.
This stage has its charms, if one goes by the
logic that a person is always seeking to better him/herself and thus seeks
people who seem more capable. There is no harm in learning new things or
picking up a hobby or two. The downside is that gifts or talents don’t speak
for an individual’s nature. Just because your love interest can write
exquisitely, it gives no guarantee that he/she won’t use that strength to
verbally (and through writing as well) denounce you every single time.
Arrogance is seldom an invited guest, remember.
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Dear me, that's terrible. Call it a tentative step after emerging from a self-imposed writing break. Feedback is appreciated.
