There were two stories that stuck with me this week in the first part of Krisha's stories. I decided to watch the video versions of them because taking a break from reading is much needed at this point in the semester.
The first story that was that of Krisha's Mouth. I am not sure why I liked this story because at first I thought it was pretty odd and strange. I thought it sounded familiar when I watched it but could not put my finger on why. After thinking about it for a second I realized when he opens his mouth, it is very similar to a seen in the movie IT by Stephen King (The new one). Where Pennywise (the eil clown) open his mouth and the girl who is staring into it gets put into a trance like state. I think that each character saw something similar, but rather than the evil in IT, the mother of Krishna saw the universe and all its creations. A story that could be a good idea would be a more detailed account of what she saw when she looked into the eyes of Krishna. It must have been intense and scary and beautiful all at the same time and I think making that come to life in a story would be really cool.
The other story that I really enjoyed was the one about music. I love music and even used to play a few instruments, so this would was great to read. There was also something about dreams in this story, but I could not quite understand that part.This story resembles the story in the Mahabharata about the riddles at the lake. Men die from drinking water and then one man comes and saves all of them from the evil that looks over the water. In this case it was a snake that had poisoned the water and instead of riddles to be solved, Krishna played the flute. Music is a very powerful device in both modern day and in Indian Epics, so making music be a weapon per say was really cool to read. I am not sure how I would make my own story from this though because I usually like to take new views on stories rather than retelling them. When it comes time to write a story, I will decide. Most likely I will stick with the other story.
Bibliography: Krishna's Stories, Epified. Source: Blogger
The first story that was that of Krisha's Mouth. I am not sure why I liked this story because at first I thought it was pretty odd and strange. I thought it sounded familiar when I watched it but could not put my finger on why. After thinking about it for a second I realized when he opens his mouth, it is very similar to a seen in the movie IT by Stephen King (The new one). Where Pennywise (the eil clown) open his mouth and the girl who is staring into it gets put into a trance like state. I think that each character saw something similar, but rather than the evil in IT, the mother of Krishna saw the universe and all its creations. A story that could be a good idea would be a more detailed account of what she saw when she looked into the eyes of Krishna. It must have been intense and scary and beautiful all at the same time and I think making that come to life in a story would be really cool.
The other story that I really enjoyed was the one about music. I love music and even used to play a few instruments, so this would was great to read. There was also something about dreams in this story, but I could not quite understand that part.This story resembles the story in the Mahabharata about the riddles at the lake. Men die from drinking water and then one man comes and saves all of them from the evil that looks over the water. In this case it was a snake that had poisoned the water and instead of riddles to be solved, Krishna played the flute. Music is a very powerful device in both modern day and in Indian Epics, so making music be a weapon per say was really cool to read. I am not sure how I would make my own story from this though because I usually like to take new views on stories rather than retelling them. When it comes time to write a story, I will decide. Most likely I will stick with the other story.
(Krishna Playing the Flute. Source: Wikipedia)
Bibliography: Krishna's Stories, Epified. Source: Blogger
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