There is a significant difference between the travel experiences written by a creative writer and those written by an ordinary person. The experiences penned by a creative writer will possess literary flavor and an expression of emotions. This makes them of high literary quality.
For example, one can mention the travel experiences written by author Nadesan. In his series on Indian travels, currently published in the online journal "Pathivukal," he has this time written about the Bhimbetka Rock Shelters (Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka) in Madhya Pradesh. These are caves containing paintings drawn by early humans across various periods.
While mentioning these paintings, he notes that he didn't have much interest or desire to see the cave paintings of early humans. However, since his wife wished to see them, he followed her wherever she went. His state of mind during this journey reminded him of lines from a Sangam poem.
That poem is the 256th song in the Purananuru collection. Its title is - "Make it wide!" It is one of the poems compiled without the name of its author. The poem is as follows:
O Potter who makes vessels! O Potter who makes vessels!
Like the small white lizard clinging to the axle-spoke
Of a wheeled cart, having traveled many paths with him,
Have mercy on me too;
In this wide, fragrant grove, for the funerary urn,
Make it wide,
O Potter who makes vessels in this ancient town!
[Purananuru 256 'Make it wide!']
The woman follows her husband, attached to him. Her husband dies. She is left alone. Then she sees the potter who makes funerary urns. She looks at the potter and says, 'O Potter! Just as a small white lizard standing on the spoke of the wheel you use to make vessels revolves wherever the wheel turns, so too did I follow my husband wherever he went. He has passed away. Make a funerary urn to inter his body. Let it be wide enough to include me as well.' These are lines that express the woman's unbearable grief. Words that stir the hearts of readers.
Nadesan, describing this, further states: 'The sorrow within this is a profound sorrow that shakes the heart. The poet has confined a sorrow greater than the ocean itself within these few lines.'
Nadesan's descriptions of his travel experiences, summarized briefly, touched the heart. The enduring sorrow and emotional torment of that Sangam-era woman also afflict us. It is true. Only a creative writer can provide such a high-quality, emotionally profound description.
[Digital Painting Technology (Google Nano Banada) assistance: VNG]
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