nan | 楠木

    Noticed that it’s been a while since I wrote something in English, probably because stuff in English does not seem well received here, but never mind, if I let the counter drive me I’d be degrading myself, if I haven’t already been doing so.

    Today I decided to change the outlook of my blog. Made some pretty big changes to the folders, moved some blogs, and generally messed around a while. Change is always a good thing– it doesn’t even matter if it’s a change for the worse, because change means being active, being alive.

    So then I decided to change the title of my blog. Nothing to it, I am just a showoff who needs lots of attention, that’s all. But the original title did suck, in a sense, because it was too grandiose for my own good. Who am I to call my collection of weird or simply nonsensical blogs a "文集"? And it also restricted my freedom, I guess, since I always want to be up to standard and hence writing too casually seemed to be in paradox with the original title.

    The new title is really simple, so simple that the word "simple" is actually in it. Translate it into English? I don’t know if I’d go with Simple Nanmu or Simply Nanmu, either is good but there’s a slight difference in meaning. Maybe the latter. I don’t want to be simple, especially not in the sense of being stupid or naive, though that’s exactly what I do most of the time those days; I simply want to be myself. Good. Now I’ve found a value-added meaning to this new title.

    But then again, there isn’t really too much bad in being simple, I suppose. Most of the time nowadays we’re stuck with the problem of being overly sophisticated, so I guess I’m a pretty refreshing change for once, huh. Oh yeah, one guy I especially like, Forrest Gump, was simple. The difference between me and him? He made simplicity a work of art.

    Now that’s one direction I’d like to go in. Never been artistic, not me; I’d sure like the feeling.