So far I have really enjoyed the Ramayana. I love how it is embellished with details, the imagery is beautiful and the action elements of the book really grab my attention.
As I have stated before, I am a sucker for love so I am sure you all know what story caught my eye (and tugged on my heartstrings) the most. Sita and Rama, so cute. I love how they were infatuated with each other from the very first sight. I would love to do a story based off of their love story. The way that Sita described Rama after seeing him, and in turn the way Rama described Sita was beautifully poetic. (I love Rama's description of Sita on page 25, ah- my heart...) They were caught up just on one another's features and Sita was practically love sick that she may never see him again.
Have you ever walked past a stranger and made eye contact for just a fraction of a second and maybe shared a smile? Well I feel like those moments can be the sweetest and the most bitter because you may never see that person again. I, being the hopeless romantic that I am, hate it when I have an encounter like that with a stranger and realize I just let them walk into and out of my life in like ten seconds. And then of course I'm left wondering "if I would have said something would that person have ended up as a significant part of my life?" DID I JUST MISS OUT ON LOVE?! Cupid, where you at when I need ya? Shoot them arrows boy. Rama and Sita's love story could have ended up this way, with them just missing their chance. But luckily for them- fate was on their side.
I really haven't had much time to brainstorm how I could alter this story to make it my own but I feel like the possibilities could be endless. Since animals are also such a big passion of mine, I could change Rama and Sita into animals and tell it from a different perspective? Though I feel like I would really like to take time and think out of the box for what direction I would like to take my story.
As the week goes on I will for sure be thinking about Sita and Rama's story and I hope I can come up with a unique way to make it my own.
Narayan's Ramayana, link to Reading Guide A.
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