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Her Sky is Pink

 

Can a statement, “you kill at least ten thousand insects in your lifetime.” evoke any emotion? Is it the same emotion, or no emotion that you experience when you hear it while you are actually killing an insect? While searching for a definition of emotion, I found the one below, which closely aligns with what I assumed it to be, although it is still a vague one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion
Emotions are mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is currently no scientific consensus on a definition. Emotions are often intertwined with mood, temperament, personality, disposition, or creativity.

I was looking for the definition because I went through the below sequence about Aisha Chaudhary and felt none of them in the sequence, taken individually, would have raised any emotion.

My friend told me about Aisha, who tragically passed away due to Pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. I watched her talk, Singing in the life boat. I was just watching, watching with no real emotional attachment. It didn’t even inspire me as expected. I then got a chance to watch the movie The Sky is Pink. I was watching this movie, yet again, with no real mood change. I was watching it as if I was merely trying to understand some medical condition. Recently, I got a chance to read My Little Epiphanies. This petite book is like her diary entries, each entry ranging from one to a few sentences, mostly expressing her feelings at random times. The raw expressions of her feelings offer glimpses into her world. There is no sound, there is no video and only some 50+ pages of textual content. But I was surprised it had evoked emotions, fostering a sudden connectedness to her hardships, to her emotional turmoils.

Could it truly be the power of her poignant words that evoked such emotions? Before answering this question, I found myself pondering why Ranga Maarthaanda triggered more emotions in me than Natsamrat. :)

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