I find meeting new people to be an intimidating prospect. People you know are at least used to your foibles; with established acquaintances there is the illusion of knowing each other. With new people there's no set of attributes you can comfortably attribute to them (easily, or fairly, anyway). I am, of course, pessimistic that any two people can really know each other in a deep sense, but it is disarming nonetheless to not have even the impression of knowing someone. There is some consolation in the fact that organists tend to be good-natured (if eccentric) types.
In other news, it seems Sufjan Stevens has released a new EP in a sneaky manner: he hadn't announced he was working on it or anything. You may give it a listen (or even purchase it) here. I rather wish Mr Stevens would move away from all those artsy types in Brooklyn and move back to the Midwest. Need one live a bohemian lifestyle to produce art? I certainly hope not.
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ReplyDeleteI'm the perpetual extrovert, I guess. I'm content alone if it's by choice but I give way to destructive behaviors if it's because I'm unknown. I love meeting new people. Maybe I'll never see them again. Maybe I'll make a terrible impression and they'll hate me. Or maybe I'll marry them--maybe they are my new best friend, the new best thing in my life. The possibilities are too wonderful not to be risked.