

In the elevator – A term coined by a close pal – ‘My slate is blank right now’. What is this supposed to mean?? I was equally perplexed. And then came the moment of enlightenment- it implies a status check – single/not single. Well in that case my slate has always been blank ! And I know I have a lot of company here!
Spare me the mushy stuff – is my reason for the blank slate. Maybe I’m completely wrong- maybe I sound phlegmatic. My close friends know how fatuous and zany my ideas are about the Mr. Right who I have come to believe doesn’t exist. And if I go by my pre-conceived notions and list of requirements I’m sure to die a bachelor! Again, I’m sure I have a lot of company here too!
And as another friend put it- the commitment shit is not at all flattering. Agreed. From what I’ve seen friends not having a blank slate go through. Who wants to endure all this amidst the quotidian agony and anguish that we are subjected to !
There can be a million reasons why one would have a blank slate. The whole !dea of this post is to elicit responses from fellow bloggers. As it is manifestly evident, I have no better work to do. Nothing inspires me enough. A writer’s block that has prolonged beyond expectation now is killing. Yet I’m willing to know- why is the slate blank??!!

Now people who know me, know pretty well about my ongoing and never ending romance with Black. Black to me is the colour I can most relate with and have come closest to experience. Black both mystifies and attracts me.
The emptiness that it withholds.The secrets that it never reveals. The fears and inhibitions that it enshrouds. The radiance that it emits. The silhouette that it creates. The void that it fills.
BLACK is beautiful.
(BLACK is a necessity! :P)