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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: .-Moksha-.

My knowledge of Hindu mythology is very limited and narrow...in fact I shun myself for not recognising the Deity until I read Ivre's comment. However this was so eloquently written, the fantasy element in itself was surreal...I can't really explain it. This has to be one of the best pieces in this series, I applaud your skills!



No problem there Booglez... the point is to provide a different way of looking at things with fantasy element added to the mix... thanks a lot for stopping by!
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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: jyoti_l

that is like wow...


i was actually imagining Lord Shiva standing at the Kailash...looking at everything...

i imagine the laughter he was attracted to was Parvati...n not Sati...as u said...that there was recognition...

truly wonderful...




It could be anywhere...that's the whole point :-) where he is looking from - Kailash, edge of time or peeking at creation itself... :-)

Parvati is more accurate as according to one story, he found her at foothills of Himalayas...her being the daughter of Parvateshwar...

Thanks Jyoti...
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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: hamini_yash

Your writing style is awesome.

I feel like I am reading a book of short stories,
your words are so cryptic it makes me think , am I able to deciper what are you trying to explain through there stories?
Some sad , some devasting, some dreamy and some unimaginable how do you manage to find such web of sentences which linger around the reader so easily as if by default? and for so long
I feel you are giving competition to your own stories and thus I fail to pick any one as my favourite.
Anyways thanks alot for PM.
Continue soon.



Ah..thanks for your comment... regarding what I am explaining through this stories - its everything that you make of...I am merely offering a perspective...

Yeah...the thread was named Death Talkies (by a good friend - NJ) cause of the morbidity it offered during initial run...how I manage - its just what I wanted to write...the first post in this thread is the first ever piece I ever wrote in my blog - back in 2005.

I am just exploring various subjects - things that I have seen or experienced or read about...and present the same thing in another dimension...
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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: Nocturne

The cosmic love story re-told in your words only makes it that much more divine...

The whispers of an eternal longing vibrates in their presence. Oh! dear...this is going to be personal my favorite and I was just planning something along the same lines for the Mahadev forum.

I have the same question as Jyoti. Sati?

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Now why do I think, I'm going to keep coming back to editing this time and again?

Here is the link to this thread that I posted in Mahadev Forum.

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See I told you I will come back...

I wanted to tell you that your words are pure poison...It is a maddening elixir, this piece. I have no idea how many times I have read it so far...

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I think this is your best piece yet...I could be biased. But that is just so obvious too...

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This is something I wrote about your piece, thought you would want to know...
I was describing to another buddy how such words could have come to you...Well, at least this is how I pictured it.

"Her piece was something else...its like a sudden stir you feel in your heart and then you just write with a divine awareness, the fingers fly on the keyboard, and you forget that you were just beginning to feel pangs of hunger..then its a world where only words remain...

Words chosen, not selected because they come from a different place. And they descend on you as a thin mist without struggle...it isn't catching the tail of an evading muse that flits past your conscious. Its an awakening to its presence and then being written...one word in the place of three...yet speaking with the same depth, all the way"



I think I have already told you this, about one single panel in Shiva - of India Authentic graphic novel series.

Shiva walks into the chaos of Ksheerasagara manthan and drinks halahala...the panel depicted of him walking in, drinking the poison and walk away...there are cheers from both suras and asuras..the Gods heave a sigh of relief and praise him but he doesn't react - he is neither happy nor unhappy about his predicament...he only performs his duty...

That one panel had triggered so many emotions in me that words always swirled in my head...and finally I put them down...
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Posted: 13 years ago
Sookie 🤗...thank u for giving us this wonderful update...made me speechless...had to read it again and again before commenting...even now i am unable to put into words how i am feeling...i am still all 😍...how do u write so beautifully ?...there is some pure magic in the words u use...each word feels like a flawless pearl...each sentence as if they are strung together with a delicate and fine gold thread...,..what a magnificent piece of work 👏...truly fitting for the king and queen of the universe...Shiva and Parvati...simply loved your way of depicting their eternal love story ❤️...i am so grateful to our friend H for recommending this ...plz do PM me your next update...would really appreciate it...TC 😊


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Posted: 13 years ago
Hello S

When I read the line- The smell of ash on his skin... I first thought it's about a phoenix, Then i realized that a Pheonix is not blue-grey :D

The animal skin print thing gave it away, This piece of writing goes deep into Mythology.

Amazing work. Somehow, Of all the wonderful lines written, I liked this the best- Yet, it was something that had to be done; for mankind, for himself and for her. He owed her that.

I like such stuff, if you write more, Please send me a link ;)

Thanks
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Posted: 13 years ago
Sookie, you don't take requests in this thread do you? I was thinking, it would be a treat to read your take on his state of mind...a distraught Shiva as he wanders with Sati in his arms!
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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: jyoti_l

u know her writing is like that only...


when i read n then start to type my comment...for the first few minute my fingers dont work on keyboard...

n when i do start to write...i have no idea what i am writing...words just flow...

her writing has some kind of magnetic pull...that makes words come out automatically...

n this piece i was like...wow...

n when she wrote abt recognition...i couldnt help but think whether it is Sati or Parvati...



Waah! Thanks Jyoti...I had Parvati in my mind when I wrote it...though it looks like its applicable for both, for me his relationship with Parvati was much calmer and was the final piece of the puzzle that when fell into place, which finally bought order in his world...don't you think so?

I feel that he always knew how it would end with Sati and not just because he is him. It's like the feeling you get, you know? It was evolution of a part of him that would one day cease to exist because of her. Where was with Parvati, his chaos would cease to exist. He would finally be, complete.

Not sure how much I made sense, but that's my view...
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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: ucompleteme

Superb. The novice in me is always stunned by a couple of writers on this forum who never use an extra word when the words they have written will suffice. The way you have written this comes from a deeper place and thus holds a deeper place for us. Loved it.



Thanks! It would be wonderful if you leave a next time...its little weird to address you as 'ucompleteme', no? :-)

Glad you liked it...yes, I am consciously not very verbose in these death talkies one shots or vignettes because they aren't really meant for that reason... over the years I have appreciated acting without lots of dialogues, stories without lots of conversation and short stories which make a massive impact without being too verbose about it...the effort is in creating ambiance which I believe is very difficult and little words that you put on top of it would change the complete context...

Now I end my rant 😆
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Posted: 13 years ago

Originally posted by: Parthenope

I can't believe I didn't see this PM until now!

Shiva! You wrote about Shiva!

Here was everywhere... words that contain the essence of an incomprehensible cosmic truth between them.

Your ~500 words captured His essence better than the entire Immortals of Meluha series... Thank you!

-Devi



Wow! D!!! That's a huge compliment! Thanks a million!

Yeah, I wrote about Shiva :-)

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