Thursday, September 23, 2010

Surreal Realism

Feels like the flight into a cosmic territory - beyond the stars, the universe and the space. Into a black hole may be. The traces of an unknown paranoia seem to be lingering alongside; yet this voyage is so ecstatic. The sparks are everywhere that in a way rolling a few familiar pictures upside down. Soon you see these are the reels being linked so closely on part of your flight, traveled thus far. The scenes unify into a full-fledged motion picture which the critics would surely be balking at. Even you’re not gonna interpret it the way it should be... Now the movie unfolds with the shades of your Grand father who long died when you were a kid. Surely a conundrum - where the first face you should’ve seen was that of your most beloved materialistic living entity (whoever fits in!). Perplexed and a touch agitated, you strive to break the labyrinth. The old school stairs suddenly come up yet they don’t lead up to the same school premises. A handful of beer bottles, the most conjured up non-family flicks, the burnt paper sticks and many such queer sequences follow suit. The same old barber in the backyards of your room, who still is there, also seems to have bagged a role in it. The hot-wheels, the He-Mans and the Mario cassettes coupled with the hidden magazines make things much the more nostalgic yet equally mystique… The bid is on, still, to decipher this confusing, metaphoric script…

3 comments:

  1. Wow... if I may ask, what prompted this?

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  2. Well the dream-fascination has been a long tucked affair.. perhaps m one of the very few who actually keeps notes of ‘off-the-track’ nightly mirages :) this piece probably dates 2-3 years back.. the driving force? Can’t think of any at this point, but sure would’ve been out straight after some inexplicable collective encounters in the surreal space.. Inception, in this regard, has seemed too personal an idea hence..

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  3. Hah! Nice... a long, long time ago, maybe fifth grade, English "holiday-homework" included keeping a dream diary. Prompts beautiful imagination in children...

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