{"id":864,"date":"2007-05-22T00:42:56","date_gmt":"2007-05-21T19:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/golden-age-the-second-in-a-trilogy\/"},"modified":"2007-05-22T00:42:56","modified_gmt":"2007-05-21T19:12:56","slug":"golden-age-the-second-in-a-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/golden-age-the-second-in-a-trilogy\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Age, the second in a trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth was about Power. Survival in the context of Power. Love and Betrayal in the context of Power. And the trade off  between the ruthlessness that is essential to gaining Power, against innocence, love, trust and joyfulness.<br \/>\nGolden Age, on the other hand is about Immortality.  It is about absolute Power and the aspiring to Divinity. To go beyond the ordinairy and to be Divine. Almost immortal.  It is about Elizabeth becoming the Divine, the Immortal being she is percieved as today.<br \/>\nThe third, when everyone is ready to do it, will be about Mortality. How do you face Mortality when you have been Divine ? When you have been Immortal ?  Elizabeth, when she knew that her time was near, tried to impose her will upon Death itself. She stood for 12 hours (a tiny exaggeration I think !) refusing to lie down, knowing that if she did, the Gods would spirit her away.<br \/>\nMore later, Shekhar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth was about Power. Survival in the context of Power. Love and Betrayal in the context of Power. And the trade off between the ruthlessness that is essential to gaining Power, against innocence, love, trust and joyfulness. Golden Age, on the other hand is about Immortality. 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