tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post8431379830126097579..comments2023-10-26T04:21:32.229-07:00Comments on Mirth, memories and more: Sleeplessmusafirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-89231356424086002212008-01-06T20:15:00.000-08:002008-01-06T20:15:00.000-08:00~such~,Reg. protagonists: I'm afraid you're just t...~such~,<BR/><BR/>Reg. protagonists: I'm afraid you're just trying to project an interpretation where there exists none. If one is standing at an elevated place, one is bound to see the sweep of the land. You are confusing the incidental with the intentional. If one were to climb up to an elevation in order to observe and infer, I might agree with your observation.<BR/><BR/>Reg. the trend and the reason: Again I don't see what effect your reason is trying to explain. You posed a question which, to my mind, didn't explain the "swarming and separation". The question was merely stating what would come later on.<BR/><BR/>Reg, growth: It is myopic to think that "growth" and "optimism" and are synonmous.<BR/><BR/>Reg. "Kurai Ondrum Illai": If all art was to be consumed only in the context of its creation, then we wouldn't be calling it art, would we?musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-35718387286790396782008-01-03T22:28:00.000-08:002008-01-03T22:28:00.000-08:00The context in which "Kurai ondrum illai" was penn...The context in which "Kurai ondrum illai" was penned by Rajaji and that used in the post dont necessarily concur ... But anyway, a legendary work such as that, does have the tendency to inspire many different things.~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-23740290669939933452008-01-03T22:24:00.000-08:002008-01-03T22:24:00.000-08:00Protogonists :Yes, but this elevated posture is as...Protogonists :Yes, but this elevated posture is assumed when they arent mere spectatators, but also try to infer something strong from what they observe.<BR/><BR/>The trend in the last paragraph:<BR/>I tried to provide a reason to the trend you had observed, for the cycle of swarming and seperation.<BR/><BR/>Growing : " coming to terms with and the subsequent growth"<BR/>What makes you assume a growth to be subsequent to the coming to terms phase? <BR/><BR/>Only the optimistic, march on. The rest, are more lost than before. <BR/><BR/>The realisation can be revealing and also devastating. Resignation is probably the only common thing between both possibilities.~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-86965624607297952052008-01-03T06:57:00.000-08:002008-01-03T06:57:00.000-08:00~such~,Not true. My protagonists have been sitting...~such~,<BR/><BR/>Not true. My protagonists have been sitting, lying down on the beach, lying in bed, walking on the road ... even in the previous post the guy was looking up :)<BR/><BR/>"My two cents ... although they have a uniform dress code. :)" -- not sure what you're getting at, but it is, like you say, quite natural for any form of detachment (gradual/ abrupt) to result in some sort of hangover.<BR/><BR/>"Maybe because the degree of chaos ... end of the day." -- Again not sure what you're driving at. Yes, there is chaos. Yes, there is helplessness. My point was more about "growing" than "struggling".musafirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193219312921687895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-68311895604880540832008-01-03T01:30:00.000-08:002008-01-03T01:30:00.000-08:00Why is your protogonist always view from an elevat...Why is your protogonist always view from an elevation? Is it to get a sweeping view or a falcon's focus?<BR/><BR/>So many nice lines, and some of my recent thoughts as well... <BR/><BR/>My two cents on the last paragraph - Dont you think, that when people detach themselves from the society seeking individualism, a little of the society sticks on their backs ? And the more obvious, that they leave a bit of themselves in the society... <BR/>And that can be seen in a city as well, as each one has its unique mind, body and soul, although they have a uniform dress code. :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>"This could happen anywhere and not just in a city, yes, but from experience, the probability of it happening in a city is higher"<BR/><BR/>Maybe because the degree of chaos and helplessness is so high, that people give up the struggle and are content to resign to their little nests, end of the day.~SuCh~https://www.blogger.com/profile/18093569072774862770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-40998927813617665232007-12-30T19:18:00.000-08:002007-12-30T19:18:00.000-08:00I've been listening to lot of MS lately too. she's...I've been listening to lot of MS lately too. she's heavenly!Brood Modehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994428573971274712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-34444631733673850162007-12-27T03:17:00.000-08:002007-12-27T03:17:00.000-08:00lucky,No, no, not writing about Mumbai. But then, ...lucky,<BR/><BR/>No, no, not writing about Mumbai. But then, maybe I am ;)<BR/><BR/>And it's interesting that you should use the word "prospered" when I've not used that word anywhere in the post. I actually used "prospered" in my first draft -- instead of "thrived" and "flourished" -- but then I sort of had a feeling it would make people think something else and not what I was driving at. And it looks like I've not had much success at that.<BR/><BR/>What I'm talking about is the way in which a city makes you confront who you essentially are. Whether you crib and continue to stay in the city or you ship out, there is no denying the fact that you know mroe about yourself from having to live "with" the city. This could happen anywhere and not just in a city, yes, but from experience, the probability of it happening in a city is higher. And this coming to terms with and the subsequent growth is what I meant by "thrived" and "flourished". Whether that growth is in a materialistic or a metaphysical sense, it doesn't matter, it's real in the sense that it's the real you.<BR/><BR/>Coming back to what you said, people crib, yes, but at the end of the day, their coninuing to live on in the city is a testament to what they want, whether that want is natural or forced is a different issue altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12259265.post-34695433998763503462007-12-22T20:00:00.000-08:002007-12-22T20:00:00.000-08:00Are you writing about Bombay by any chance :) ' pe...Are you writing about Bombay by any chance :) <BR/><BR/>' people who prospered..... comfortable with rootlessness and anonymity..' <BR/><BR/>Somewhere I don't agree with that esp. the rootlessness part. People who prosper would be comfortable with the values that the city gives..as you rightly mentioned. And these people take rootlessness to be the cost of 'success - whatever that means to them'. They are not comfortable with rootlessness and anonymity, they crib about it at every occasion possible and talk about how they are gonna do something about it, but live on for another day, for the values that the city gives makes them tick on. Some day that value equation might change, or it may not.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06122233135127296141noreply@blogger.com