Random
Contexts – Putting Ideas in Perspective
I
write under Nae 2Real for a couple reasons.
The first reason is because Nae is my name, part of it at least, and I
identify with my name. In other words, I
see no reason not to use part of my ‘real’ name in a creative capacity. The second reason for writing under Nae 2Real
is because I do believe I am ‘too real,’ or 2Real, for many people to
handle. I feel like otherwise, I
wouldn’t spend so much time reading and writing. Plus, even though what other people do isn’t
my business, I still think most people are fake, and that false reality is not
a good world in which to live. ‘There’s
no more dangerous liar than the one who believes that the lie is the truth.’
And
it wasn’t a grammatical error when I said ‘I see no reason not to use part of
my ‘real’ name in a creative capacity.’
All creative writing isn’t necessarily poetry or fiction. I feel like this caveat is required because I
really don’t know how many people understand the concept of ‘creative
non-fiction.’ Don’t get me wrong, poetry
and fiction are cool. I do indulge in
those genres from time to time. I like
creative non-fiction, though, because it’s real. For me, it’s easier to keep up with what’s
real than to percolate fanciful thoughts.
This doesn’t mean I don’t, won’t, or can’t be fanciful by any
means. It just means I prefer reality
over fiction.
Random
contexts is my investment in illustrating how I frame my writing, and a
hopelessly romantic ideal of how others should frame my writing as well. It is easier to explain why I’m writing what
I’m writing than to allow readers to wonder what I mean, wallowing in
uncertainty, while all the time I could’ve just framed the proper perspective
for the reader.
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