#15to50 Challenge: Live the Lie

Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan
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“This cheery persona, these colorful masks... they are all a lie. I feel so empty inside.”
“Then live the lie.” he told me. "Be one with the cheery false appearances until gradually the lie becomes your reality and the darkness is no longer visible, even to you."


Authors note:
Word Count - 47.
This post is written for the 'From 15 to 50‘ challenge hosted by The Moving Quill
The Prompts are:
Word prompt: Perspective
Phrase Prompt: ‘Three in a row’
Picture Prompt: As seen above

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  1. A very different take on the prompt. Well written.

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  2. What a fun take on the prompt, taking on the personas of the pots. Very creative!

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  3. Liked your take on the prompt Roshan :) It really gets tough to convey a lot in so few but this is amazing :)

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    1. I really enjoy these challenges... I personally love how Shilpa Garg and Shailaja do wonders with it every time

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  4. A message in the post woven over the prompt..gr8 job Roshan

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  5. Nice take on the prompt, and the message in it is wonderful. Liked it Doc.. :)

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    1. Was looking for something different.. tough with that pic :)

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  6. This is grt.. I have done one too...in a pot's perspective :P

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    1. :) Awesome... time to start bribing Shailaja to make me defeat you ! :p

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  7. Different perspective and a sound advice too. Like they say... Smile until it becomes a habit. :)

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    1. true... that has become quite a necessity in today's world, don't you think?

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  8. This one is Creative!! and that too with a message!! :) beautiful!

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  9. it can be a pot's perspective or a fictional person too.. nice take of the prompt!

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    1. i wanted to see it from a persons point of view alone but then decided to try and get both angles working

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  10. A world of truth in these lines. Beautiful take, Roshan!

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    1. Thank you, Uma... yes, there is a lot of truth in there...

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  11. "...until gradually the lie becomes your reality and the darkness is no longer visible, even to you."
    Beautiful take on the prompt.. Loved it.. :)

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  12. And that makes me wonder if that's one way to tackle all the darkness in life.
    The last few lines are brilliant.

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    1. Sometimes, it is a stop gap... to get you through the immediate moment of pain... till real happiness finds its way to u

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  13. Loved that beautiful perspective :-)

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  14. I really like the layered meaning in this piece, Roshan. Is that what we want, the fact that the sadness gets hidden beneath the layers of happiness? Or that we become so happy that the sadness disappears? Thank you for such a thought-provoking post!

    Shailaja

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