First ...

I always think that "First" is special not because of the romantic way but because of the emotional and intellectual purity or the complete lack thereof. Consider the following ...

• The First Trophy
• The First Crush/Love...The First heartbreak!
• The First time you failed in an exam...
• The First Salary
• The First time you hit a boundary off a bowler that you were afraid of ...

And many more... What is it that etches these experience in our memory over comparatively more superior experiences that we have in our life later on? As I said earlier It could be the emotional/intellectual purity you have over the issue at that moment or plain old novelty.

And that's the reason whenever any artist/writer/artisan achieves fame, I have this urge to find out their "First" work. There is always some originality and purity of thought in the first work. e.g Books like To Kill a Mocking Bird, Gone with the Wind, God of Small Things etc. I have found that some have put so much into their "First" that they had nothing to say in the second and simply leave the scene [e.g http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mitchell ] and no ... they are not one match wonders!

After the "First" everybody goes through the mandatory refinement process of emotions and thought and we had to shed some of the purity and novelty for the sake of ...all the Worldly things! There is nothing wrong in that. "First" is always special but the Seconds...Thirds are what form the narrative of life!

No wonder they put a premium on virginity all across :D

And that makes my "First" post special!