Which material? Let’s talk about Plastics... And people. And how people are like plastics. Wait; let me gather my thoughts a little. I'm sounding too incoherent even to myself. But then, all great theories were incoherent when initially propounded.
If you remember your basic lessons of science (the elementary level science, I mean), you’d probably be able to recollect the property termed as ‘Plasticity’. It is the property by virtue of which a body gets permanently stretched or formed into another shape when acted upon by some force. Whoa, I’m proud of myself!!!!
Now compare this to people.
Let’s see if this explanation helps –in our lives, people come and people go. Some of them stay, others don’t. Some of them don’t matter, some of them do a little, and some of them REALLY do. And then there are some people, who come into our lives with this awesome energy level, no matter for how short or long a span, and BANG… things are never the same again. You are never the same again. Like that force on plastic that acts for but a short time, and the plastic takes a form entirely different from what it was in.
And you don’t realize it immediately. It’s only when the initial storm subsides, that you realize, how much of an impact you have really sustained… rather absorbed. It’s then that you realize how much of that other person you’ve taken inside. And it’s then that you realize how much you have changed. Amazing catalysis!
Hey I think I just mixed two branches of science. Wasn’t plasticity Physical and catalysis Chemical? But then, that’s the problem with theories. They are, as I said, incoherent. And crazy. And probably abstract too! So much for my theories. No wonder the blog site is called – Classifieds!
ps: just btw, speaking of elasticity and plasticity… another example – weight gain is elastic… u can gain weight and u can lose it, but the flesh gained thanks to that weight gain is SO plastic… even after you’ve lost the weight… the flab sticks on to remind you of those “hey days”. Just another thought. Don’t bother.
~K.
