who is your audience
i have read previously, that when writers learn to improve their craft, one of the skills they develop is imagine their audience. many books suggest that a wannabe writer should imagine one person whom they are writing for instead of a group of people. then there are other books say the opposite.
this concept of thinking about your audience, i think, is something that transcends the craft of writing. i believe all of us are performing all our tasks for an imaginary audience. if we are preparing for an exam, we think of our classmates, if we are performing well in a job, we are thinking of our family members as to what they will think of our success etc.
there are two recommendations that come to my mind about this kind of behaviour. one is, to continue to imagining the person, or persons who are motivating you to act in the ways you do, weather its in the craft of writing or its general life tasks. the other is, to imagine your god, whomever you believe in, and then posture all activity relative to this godhead. perhaps this is what gives rise to morality and ethics.
having said that, there are some activities that we do, writing this blog in my case, where we are automatically able to block everyone from our thoughts, the audience, imaginary godheads, friends and family, and we just do for the love of it. the action or activity just happens, like its something coming from within. i think thats a special state to be in. we are no always in that state during the waking hours.
i wish everyone finds their vocation which is completely detached of an audience.