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Waiting
for the big wave!
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Marty, is a creation of my procrastination.
He was somebody who was waiting for 'the' big wave to
come before he got into the water. Somehow, unnoticed
by him the sea dried up, and he turned into the skeleton
of live potential.
He was created on a rainy evening, many years back.
Playing with some software, seeking inspiration.
Somehow his quest for the big wave seemed to explain
my situation perfectly!
Marty was christened by a friend who said he reminded
her of the old skeleton which hung in her bio-lab, in
La Martinire School in Calcutta! Thus Marty.
I found Marty
growing on me. He, I found out, was quite a nice fellow.
Slightly lost. A product of missed opportunities.
Perpetually caught between the conflict of unfulfilled
promises to himself and the restrictive state of being
rendered to a state of permanent observer! This has
got him embroiled with a few situations and escapades.
Caught in situations with inherent poignant.
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Monochromatic
memoirs of Time
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Since then I decided to delve deeper into Marty’s
quandary. Finding out what kind of situations could
be derived from absolute loss of potential!
Inspired by Rodin’s “The
Thinker” and also my ruminative state, decided
to explore the colour of Marty’s thoughts! Found
them to be monochromatic...hit by the blues!
This illustration
was inspired from a friend's correspondence who said
that while Blue was the favourite colour it definitely
was not the favourite mood! And here we have Marty
mooning over his memories.
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Marty's
Baywatch: The rescue of curves!
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Marty
indulging in a favourite fantasy of his. Rescuing the
curved ones from the beach...though the curves he might
want to rescue might be slightly different from our
fantasies.
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Marty's
Mausoleum
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Does the death of potential mean being robbed of a residence?
While he was potential alive, Marty never had to think
about a mausoleum or a place to reside in, after crossing
the threshold of existence. But now that he was on the
other side, should he seek technical assistance towards
construction?
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The
Claustrophobic Euphoria of an approaching relationship.
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Marty’s Invitation:
Marty has been invited to dinner to Ms Demeanor’s
castle! The ebullience of finding a mate is restricted
by the enclosure a relationship demands.
Which way does Marty go?
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Marty
and the Genie
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Bottled
up in a lamp, for the first hundred years the genie
swore to cover the one who rescued him in gold! The
next hundred years he promised to make the person who
freed him, the Caliph of Baghdad! The next hundred years
he promised to make the person the most powerful man
in the world! After three hundred years he swore that
he would kill the person who would free him!!
And who comes across him, but Marty! Freed, the Genie
decides to kill Marty! But how do you kill dead potential??
Unable to fulfill his promise he decides to grant Marty
his wish! But Marty has only one wish! To be potential
alive!
Now a Genie can cover a man in riches...make
him the most powerful man in the world!! But to grant
life? That’s beyond the Genie's capability!!
With both their desires unfulfilled what compromise
do they arrive upon?
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| Further
adventures of Marty to be posted here soon! |
| Beam
me up! |
