Tabula Rasa... of Friendship

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Posted: 9 years ago
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I felt the need to pen down my thoughts about yesterday's episode.. It was so beautiful.

Though I did write on Dyotona's and Red's post and yet being unable to contain myself.. just penning down randomly few things that came to my mind.

I know its a long post.. please bear with me😛

Tabula Rasa (a term coined by John Locke, the 17th century philosopher describing mind as a tabula rasa)

A blank sheet of paper

You can write on it

Anything

Any and many

Impressions can be inscribed on it

It might be messy, complicated

Filled Completely or yet to be filled

Likewise a Journey

Called Life

Love...

Never completely understood

Never to be completely empty

Impressions, sensations, emotions, and feelings...

Yet

Why did I call it merely Friendship?

Why not Love?

This is how I had written

Had read

Had inscribed

On that Tabula Rasa

Called heart

For the past ten years...

Tabula Rasa

Is there ever a blank space

Beginning of space or the end of space

Blank time or the beginning of time...

To call it only Love

Is forgetting.

Where it all began

Not to secure or fix

The origin

Not to end

And to declare it as a finality.

But

Friendship

Is narrative

You can begin from

Anywhere

No need to follow the classical rules of beginning, middle and end

You create your own rules

You flout rules, norms, and conventions

You do not excavate

The story already made

(after all we are not archaeologists)

But

Friendship

Is

To traverse

To rewind

To replicate

Not to negate

Not to erase.

Mujhse Dosti Karoge?

This is a journey

Where I found you

Where we shared

We loved

We fought

We struggled

Not to reach somewhere

Not to end the journey.

But

To travel

Together

In the company of each other

To write several

Narratives

All adding, supplementing, complementing...

To understand

The narrative of Friendship

Where you don't need a kiss to seal it

But

Sharing an ordinary mango

Would lead to another

Chapter

Another page

That the narrative of

Friendship

Is merely another name

For Love...

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redwine1 thumbnail
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Yaar Indrani tum toh Kamaal Ho


Do you write poetry per chance coz u have such a poetic way wit words .. Sublime Thot a restful reminiscent read brought the scene flashing back in front of my eyes

Superb u have a humble fan now in me

Love
Red 😳
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Posted: 9 years ago
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So many simple words leading to a greater meaning of friendship and togetherness of Shraman. Very well written.
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Posted: 9 years ago
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We have such beautiful writers in this forum...
Nice post indrani...

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Posted: 9 years ago
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Wonderful Indrani. Quite deep too. For a person like me - as you know 😛

I learnt about Tabula Rasa and John Locke too. Thank you

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Posted: 9 years ago
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Such an amazing post Indrani..
U really have a way with words..
I always like reading ur comments on particular episodes.. 😊
R u like pursuing literature?
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: redwine1

Yaar Indrani tum toh Kamaal Ho


Do you write poetry per chance coz u have such a poetic way wit words .. Sublime Thot a restful reminiscent read brought the scene flashing back in front of my eyes

Superb u have a humble fan now in me

Love
Red 😳

Thank you so much, Red🤗
I feel overwhelmed. You are such a wonderful writer with a keen penetrative insight that any praise from you.. makes me feel very happy😳
I don't write poetry but I do love the texture and the power of words to signify so many possibilities

Thank you again, Red
Love
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: Prasanthi

So many simple words leading to a greater meaning of friendship and togetherness of Shraman. Very well written.

Thank you Prasanthi😳

The materiality of words (structure, rules and so forth) can be learnt.. but meaning and interpretation forever exceeds those paradigms, evoking the deep complexity in the simplest form
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: dakshaavi

We have such beautiful writers in this forum...

Nice post indrani...

Thank you Dakshaavi😳
Glad you liked it
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Posted: 9 years ago
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Originally posted by: JJKKL

Wonderful Indrani. Quite deep too. For a person like me - as you know 😛

I learnt about Tabula Rasa and John Locke too. Thank you

JJ, my friend and deep thinker😉
You know I feel I have done a good job when you say you liked it. Yes, i know you, your funny and irreverent take on even the most paradoxical and confusing elements of everything under the sun really makes you a wonderful observer called life.
Only wish I that I could also see like you 😊
Also, glad you learnt about Tabula Rasa and Locke😉
By any chance, are you a literature student?
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