Christian's Epic Blog

1. The messenger approached the young god with obvious uncertainty.  Krishna was unsure of this man's intentions.  He handed Krishna the letter saying, "Heed my warning." 2. His destiny awaiting, Krishna traveled on.  Bibliography:  Krishna by Epified TV (India) in 2015 Author's Note: This week for my readings I watched the Indian TV series Epified: Krishna.  The video playlists went over Krishna's life and adventures.  Though I had done some research on Krishna before, I learned many more details about this avatar of Vishnu.  In one of the stories, a character named Akrura delivers a message to Krishna from Kamsa inviting him to Mathura.  Akrura confided in Krishna that it was a trap--Kamsa sought to kill Krishna.  Krishna, taking this into account, still decides to travel to Mathura and confront his destiny.  I liked this idea of a hero approaching a deadly situation intentionally, confident in themselves and their abilities....

The chatty Mr. Turtle flew on a stick between two birds.  His inability to keep his mouth shut would be his downfall.   The turtle talked, fell, and perished.  Author's Note: The original story I drew inspiration from is called The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking. In this story, a turtle befriends two wild geese.  The geese offer to take the turtle with them to their home, however it would be a long journey and in order to accompany the geese the turtle would have to bite a stick that the geese were holding the whole way.  The turtle agrees, and bites the stick to fly with the geese.  In the middle of the journey, the turtle tries to talk to a group of village children and then falls to his demise.  I liked the blunt nature of this story.  I tried a story lab this week, and I wanted to write a version of this story that was much shorter.  I decided to write a two-sentence micro-fiction.  I enjoyed being able to condense a Jat...