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RE: Finish the Story Contest - Awakenings
This has a lot of rich imagery and detail! I love the description of how ineffective the soldier's weaponry is against the edifice.
Only a few hot scratches they had been able to inflict on the massive door.
I also enjoyed the chant and dance! And that final line hints at a deep lore for the world and its inhabitants. It left me curious know more about the history between the people, the Moloch, and the Beseiger.
How pleasant and beautiful that you are receptive to the underlying depths of the story.
I am a follower of C. G. Jung's theory of collective "memory" and believe that many transmitted symbols outlast time and reach us on a level beyond written language and cognitive knowledge. Otherwise, it is difficult for me to explain the special touch I feel witnessing rituals or ceremonies through literature and movies, for example, since I am very rarely accustomed to a ritual laden with meaning. Although there have been some very important ones and I am glad to have experienced them. One example was my mother's funeral. The songs of the many people who came to commemorate my mother, who spread an atmosphere there, impressed me quite a lot.
The relationships (or history) between the oppressors, the oppressed and the liberators are very interwoven, complex and not very transparent. Often you don't know who is actually starting a conflict and theoretically you would have to go back to the beginning of time to find a "guilty one" and even then you wouldn't get anything out of it. Causes and their effects are not as linear as they sometimes seem. There are always enough helpers to encourage the "evil" and also to encourage the "good".
Now my answer to you has been longer than intended. But I suspect that you have an open ear for it:)
I do indeed! Thank you! :) I haven't read or studied much philosophy, but the concept of collective memory sounds intriguing. Given how so many people, despite their many cultural differences, share certain gestures, attitudes, behaviors, and taboos in common, that sounds very plausible.
This is an excellent insight, and worth bearing in mind both when writing fiction and trying to make sense of real world conflicts! Thank you for sharing it, and also your thoughts on the significance of ceremonies, both in fiction and in your own life.
Finally, I wanted to express my sincere condolences for the loss of your mother. I'm happy the funeral gave everyone a chance to commemorate and celebrate her!
I'll come back to you tomorrow. Your answers deserve more than just superficiality. But I am tired and will now do more stupid things:)
Good night from here.
I dig it! Looking forward to doing more stupid things is how I make it through the day. :) Enjoy!
:) Smile.
Yes, it's good to bear it in mind as it gives inspiration and your fiction much space to expand and build multi dimensional characters. I am looking forward to fiction and art of yours.
Thank you for your kind words about my mothers death. That you put some words to me mentioning it lets me feel connected to you.