No more jokes, but…

Jeya Sutha Vignesh K

So, yes. I met this girl during January. I remember the exact date of our first meeting. It was on 18^th January 2023. To your wonderment, I remember the time of our meeting too. Initially, when she introduced herself, I couldn’t understand her. I felt that she would be quite complex. I started doubting myself. I started questioning myself. But, once we started interacting regularly, I started liking her. I found her interesting. We used to meet only three days a week. We used to discuss a lot those three days. And, the other four days, I used to recollect those discussions. One day, I thought that I’ll write her something. She used to experiment with paintings. So, I thought, I’ll write about any of her paintings and present her. But, I changed my mind later and presented a few jokes on her. It turned out to be fruitful.

So, this time I thought I will write her a few pickup lines. It is basically to check my understanding of her.

Here we go,

• Are you Einstein’s concept of ‘Time dilation’?

Because, sometimes an hour for you felt like a decade for me.

• Are you Bergson’s notion of time ?

1. Because, I experienced not seconds, but moments with you.

2. Because, qualitative duration with you mattered more that quantitative time.

• Are you Deleuze’s idea of “clothed repetition” ?

1. Because, every discussion added a layer to my understanding of you.

2. Because, every interaction led me to a different understanding of you, but in the same plane. (A paradoxical girl, indeed)

• Are you an irony of Walter Benjamin’s concept of “Aura”?

Because, your aura remains unwithered even after countless discussions and conversations.

• Are you Beckett’s idea of ‘repetition’ ?

Because, your discussions kept on repeating the same point, but with different arrangements.

• Are you Freud’s concept of “Beyond Pleasure Principle” ?

Because, discussing you has become my compulsion to repeat.

• Are you Woolf’s theorization of ‘nothingness’?

Because, you made me understand what is ‘Nothing’, which is devoid of nothing.

(i.e. nothing in its own term; in its positive valence)

Thus ends my list of pickup lines for her. By the way, you got her name ?

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Yes, as you all guessed,

her name is,

HS602 – Modern Literature.

Tata !
(Jeya Sutha Vignesh K)