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‘What strange creatures human beings are’

Oct 01, 2011 Letters

 

 

Dear Editor,
“Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart be acceptable in thy sight here tonight.”
For some strange reason these words kept ringing in my ears as I sat and pondered what strange creatures human beings are. And this all came about because of someone who was in disagreement with my point of view.
It stands to reason that when a person puts pen to paper and goes public, then most certainly that person puts him/her self up for public auditing.
Thus it behooves one to be very careful and mindful of the public response, and further, one would have to be rather naïve or egotistical to always expect full acceptance/agreement; criticism, and at times even the ridicule go with the terrain, and one must be humble and strong enough to ride with the punches.
There are times when persons do not concur with what I write, and that is understandable – who am I anyway?
Once it’s looked at from an objective standpoint I can ride with that. What I keep uppermost in my mind and strive to maintain as much as possible is accuracy; to never indulge in propagating falsehood, except for what is told to me, and apart from reflecting the general mood/position at times, I write what I honestly see, feel and experience.
I think it to be of great value and virtue that people – especially writers and artistes – express themselves from deep within without fear.
This is part of their individuality, independent of all others; that we owe to ourselves and without which we wouldn’t be of any real substance, but rather feeble and gullible, like a puppet on a string.
Hence, at times I become a bit riled up with those who would want you to write things the way they see them – as they would want them to be – even wild rumours or outright lies or just plain ridiculous tales that you know to be totally outrageous and foolish.
What strange creatures human beings are indeed! We want to shape others into our own image and likeness when deep within we know these things to be unwholesome, deceitful and morally nasty… totally out of place! Yet they become critical of you by your non-compliance, and this is what cuts me dead.
My position is that those who make an attempt to capture and present what’s happening in our society need to commit themselves to that sense of responsibility by which they are duty bound, to, not only self, but first and foremost to that mass of reading public whose wisdom and judgment should be respected.
This seems to be a healthy approach, thus inveterate liars should confine themselves to writing fiction, period.
Frank Fyffe

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