Epics of India

Figure 1:  Bad Dog  Pixabay I enjoyed the story of the guilty dogs. I'm surprised that I actually like the plot so much, I usually find the plots of most stories to be recycled, but this one actually felt original. Ironic, considering where it comes from. I already have the characters that I want to use ready, so I'll use them. I can also use this as an opportunity to describe something that I've always wanted to try writing, 4 dimensional geometry.  Twenty Jataka Tales  Inayat

Figure 1:   LQR Diagram  ReasearchGate This article generally confirms what I know about sleep. Sleep is necessary for proper function in all regards, and the statistics essentially confirm this. I don't really have much to add other than knowing that sleep is needed doesn't help me fall asleep. I still lay in bed thinking about LQR control algorithms, a particularly difficult engineering project that kept me awake constantly last semester. Moral of the story kids, making a quad-copter do sick stunts on its own is not worth perpetual insomnia.  An Underappreciated Key to College Success: Sleep

Figure 1:  Stress Element  Wikimedia I was quite surprised by how much I agreed with the idea that art is a useful way to deal with stress. I've done it a few times, one of my story images was written while waiting for epoxy to cure during an incredibly stressful. Another time was immediately at the start of spring break, I took up violin again and found it to be quite cathartic. I'm actually quite surprised how much I agreed with the article. Make Good Art

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Figure 1:  Duryodhana Fights Bhima Wikimedia The section of this reading that I found most interesting was the war. No surprise there, all of my stories have been about conflict and fighting. I particularly like how he starts by describing it with a battle that everyone is familiar with, the siege of Troy in the Illiad. Perhaps I will have an old warrior recounting his fight in this story. There is another story I want to tell. The reason that all of my stories are combat and humor based is because they are essentially practice pieces for a novel I want to write that is very humor and combat focused. However, there is another element to this novel; characters that I call the scarring ones, manifestations of evil and hatred in the world and in ourselves. Duryodhana would make a perfect subject for the template of a scarring one. I especially feel like he doesn't do enough fighting in the Mahabharata, so this would be my way of giving him something to do. Pandava Brothers

Figure 1:  Tamil Woman Wikimedia Less technologically advanced ancient Tamil may have been the basis for the monkeys in the Ramayana according to Gould. I want to start by focusing on the writing style. This book is written like a history account, and if there was anything that I would want to take away it would be that. Perhaps I'll try writing an "ancient history" for some present characters. That could certainly be interesting. Aside from this, the most interesting thing was the characterization of Bhima as destructive and cruel. This makes the general conflict much more understandable and realistic. However, I do wish some of the supernatural elements of the story were eliminated like in the Divine Archer, which was apologetically written from the perspective of a non Hindu individual, and had his own thoughts and perspective on the story. If anything, this story makes me miss that story. Pandava Brothers by Monro