Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Reflective Sage or a Shakespearean Hero?

It's going to be three weeks now since I came here and Denmark has come to mean more than just a country to me...

There's something very 'real' about this place.. real in the sense that..as if it is standing tall silently in its deep, meditative disposition with all its rich cultural heritage and history (yet keeping pace with state-of-the-art features of any modern, cosmopolitan society) without any pompousness...or any bragging. It doesn't have to
prove anything to anybody. It's just content within itself. Just standing there -monumental! ;  just looking laid-back...looking happy!

Or..  it's more like that folklore that always leaves a little mystique in you to keep you longing for more..a longing that you never really want to be fully satisfied and yet leave you never- just brew inside of you steadily and keep warming your heart.

Or it's come to mean more like that sentimental love affair that you develop with a Shakespearean hero who keeps you persuaded with his valorous persuasion and charm and never lets you fall out of love.. .. (Othello comes to mind...)

Or.. that sage king who has gone to many wars and come back home conqueror every single time.. He has nothing to prove to anyone. For his many conquests and his ancient wisdom speak for themselves with utmost pride.... and yet he looks at you with deep love..

It's inexpressible.. it's mystifying....

It's beautiful....it's mesmerizing !
It's Denmark...!!

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