{"id":14,"date":"2005-08-06T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2005-08-06T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2005-08-06T20:00:20","modified_gmt":"2005-08-06T20:00:20","slug":"buddha-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2005\/08\/buddha-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha, hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to friend and co- writer, Deepak Chopra,<br \/>\nthe hope for Buddha as a film has been re-ignited<br \/>\na raging fire in my bieng was dowsed,<br \/>\nbut a lamp still burns<br \/>\nreaching out to inflame my passions once again<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\na director in the middle of a film<br \/>\nis like a pregnant mother<br \/>\nvulnerable, emotional and willing to do anything<br \/>\nto protect the little child in her womb,<br \/>\neven die of hunger herself, as the child feeds on her body<br \/>\nand fight like a tigress if she has to<br \/>\nbut also like a protective mother,<br \/>\nI make sure that everything is safe<br \/>\nsolid<br \/>\nin anticipation of pregnancy<br \/>\nand when people treat me<br \/>\nwith callousness<br \/>\nthey dont see that it is not a personal ego that cries out<br \/>\nbut the ego of creativity<br \/>\nthe fear of a terrible pregnancy<br \/>\nthe fear of loosing the baby<br \/>\nand perhaps the decision not to get pregnant<br \/>\nperhaps the only way out for me<br \/>\nis not be so vulnerable<br \/>\nbut then,<br \/>\nhow can I be the conduit of creativity<br \/>\nand not completely surrender to it ?<br \/>\nHow can not be completely vulnerable ?<br \/>\nSo in which hands do I put myself<br \/>\nwhen I am so vulnerable ?<br \/>\ndestiny and fate perhaps,<br \/>\nI am not sure<br \/>\nshekhar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to friend and co- writer, Deepak Chopra, the hope for Buddha as a film has been re-ignited a raging fire in my bieng was dowsed, but a lamp still burns reaching out to inflame my passions once again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddha"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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