Comments | mistymonsoon: The Beauty of Death

mistymonsoon

The Beauty of Death

Jul 27, 2006 16:49

These days for no apparant reason I keep brooding a lot and feel like life's one prolonged marathon and I am all ready to come at the very last. So yesterday, after tolerating days of mood swings and bouts of depression, Siddhartha took me out for dinner and gifted me, of all things, a book of poems. I mean, there's really nothing wrong with it. I ( Read more... )

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sumthn2say July 27 2006, 13:40:55 UTC

Isnt it magnificent? It is. I have read many of Kahlil Gibran's poems, verses in bits and pieces. I find them beautiful.

Join the gang. I am going thru such bouts of depression and listlessness quite often...Wonder what to do. For non-alcoholics, I suggest coffee! I was just enjoying mine when I began to read the poem. Hope you recover soon. Write sumthn. Creative ppl like you sure derive satisfaction out of writing:)

mistymonsoon July 28 2006, 04:14:16 UTC

Gosh, the fact that you think I am creative, makes me feel chipper again.

sumthn2say July 28 2006, 11:28:43 UTC

Feel good! You come online any time?

mistymonsoon July 28 2006, 12:45:07 UTC

Yup...........almost the entire morning. We are always online in office.........that is acceptable:)

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poignant... hotchocolate29 July 27 2006, 14:27:49 UTC

I have a question, did he write originally in English or are all these translated? On the other hand, hope you're feelimg better soon...take care!

Re: poignant... mistymonsoon July 28 2006, 04:19:24 UTC

I know the reply to that one.......he was a Lebanon born poet, artist novelist. So major part of his work is in Arabic (which have of course been translated in several languages), and they say nothing can beat the original. But for the last two decades or so of his career he was based in the US and wrote extensively in English. The Beauty of Death falls in that phase. What do you think? His English is pretty enchanting too, huh:)

Re: poignant... hotchocolate29 July 31 2006, 13:36:13 UTC

hey, thanks for the lesson on the poet! Like the poem -its very Romantic - Keatsian almost!

Re: poignant... mistymonsoon August 1 2006, 06:14:47 UTC

Yeah. Say, what about that Orkut invitation?

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ezee123 July 28 2006, 21:06:44 UTC

yikes.
I wrote a long reply and the darn thign got gobbled up as the POST operand was not received by the LJ server when I posted it.
Well anyway... that is how the story goes.
Now I am reposting........

What I was saying is that KG does a great job for the tortured.....oops let us say....a burdened soul.

Hope after this there is a catharsis and you are kinda new and ready to take on the world.

ezee123 July 31 2006, 04:15:32 UTC

Yeah, when you have a nine to six job, and a kid who's another six to nine job, in fact......you don't have the luxury of feeling 'burdened' for too long. How'r you?

mistymonsoon July 31 2006, 04:17:59 UTC

Yikes.....that was me, forgetting as usual to log in:)

ezee123 July 31 2006, 06:16:16 UTC

Yeah I was wondering why would you post as Anonymous.;-)

Well you have a onerous responsibility. 24 hours / day

I am fine, surviving... though not burdened as you are.

Go take a break, a holiday somewhere to lose yourself.

P.S. Does Cal have jobs ;-?

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mistymonsoon July 31 2006, 10:24:50 UTC

Can't afford to go on a break.........not before the Pujas anyways....too busy:(

ezee123 July 31 2006, 12:51:41 UTC

That is ages away.
So what you gonna do ?

What "busy" is it?

mistymonsoon August 1 2006, 06:17:43 UTC

Busy is like BUSY over a crappy job (though I can't live without crappy jobs either....too hyperactive). Till then I guess I'll try to garner pleasure out of cribbing;)

ezee123 August 1 2006, 09:11:40 UTC

Yeah i knew what was coming ;-)

Crib On !

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rainyinterludes August 2 2006, 10:40:36 UTC

Yes, mysticism can be so peaceful and Gibran catches the true spirit of it...it is liberating. All mood swings become immaterial, atleast for the few moments that one immerses oneself in such a poem.

mistymonsoon August 3 2006, 04:33:34 UTC

It works for me; hope it works for all. And this is going to sound like a cliche`, but that icon is rather bewitching.