#human fate

[charnel-grounds]

Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), “Human Fate”

etching & aquatint , 1903

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Doodles I did recently

[trailofleaves]

[semperardens-juli]

On Mahabhrata

from The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained, James Canton

The epic explores themes of family ties and conflict, duty and courage, fate and choice, and present them in a series of allegories to explain the elements of dharma, a complex concept of "correct conduct."

"There are two forces: fate and human effort --- all men depend on and are bound by these, there is nothing else."

What is right and wrong is seldom clear, and it is by reconciliating conflicting interests such as love and duty that we can achieve liberation from the cycle of life, death and rebirth.

While most of the poem show its characters dealing with moral dilemmas in their human affairs, in the final sections, and especially after the death of Krishna, we see them facing up to their spiritual fate.

The story ends, after much tragedy and conflict, with the protagonists achieving eternal bliss, but also with the warning that the human struggles continue here on Earth.

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personal commentary: I find these quotes as a helpful guideline to approach a classic literature and appreciate it, more than an aesthetic. I feel that I am able to understand the crux or essense of these literature pieces, more than simply an entertaining story or childish theorizing as you see on internet, but with good cultural appreciation of literature and the human questions alongside universal mysteries.

[elizabethanism]

"Human fates are like planets. Like a star that emerges from the dark – and meets another star – shines for a second, before disappearing again into the dark."

~ Edvard Munch

{Munch - Starry Night (1922–24)}

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Been a while since I've drawn OG fate, I'm messing with designs of her with her eyes covered

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I do enjoy drawing my sonic oc as a human

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A bunch of doodles of fate, and one of a certain bird