Many thanks to Sonya for hosting the TLT every week!
On with the story
NO ENTRY, DANGER, DEEP WATER, the signboard seemed to warn. It didn’t really register in her mind anymore.
Her shoes sloshed, filled with water as she kept walking, trudging, then floating, and falling. Her vision turned red, and under water, she smiled. There was only one thing she had needed to get rid of.
Monochrome
©Sonali Mukherjee
I have probably read this somewhere and I’m not sure how correct I am, but generally, before we die from lack of air, our vision changes colour. It goes from the cooler green to blue to red.
Ironically, I think I read this when I was looking up which colour of aviators to buy. Nice way to make people buy green aviators.
The TLT is a simple take on depression, and how I believe it feels like. I do not even expect to come close to how excruciating it is for someone.
I believe that there is a small part of that person, flashing the warning sign, but maybe they are too numb to react. Too desperate to feel something else, anything else. Desperate enough to let go of anything and everything.
Extremely terrifying.
Howling With The Wolf 
Very nice(ly written–not in mood, of course). I have a feeling all the takes on this picture are going to be melancholy. I never heard about that color change thing before. Very interesting.
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Thanks, yeah, something about this picture screams melancholy, doesn’t it?
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Nice take, as usual. I would never ever think of taking my own life even if everything seems to go down the drain. It’s not only terrifying but a mortal sin.
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That it is. Truly, I have known a few people who have taken that option out. May their souls rest in peace. The family and friends they leave behind are shocked and blaming themselves for not noticing.
However, maybe they are so desperate to feel something other than the depression, this way out seems justified, even though it’s not.
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Am afraid they would surely face punishment in the end. It is only God who can take away the life that He lent us.
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I like the way you brought colour into the piece, a good contrast with the photo.
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Thanks! Yeah, the first thing I noticed about this picture was the lack of colour.
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Nicely done Sonali! I am intrigued about the colour facts you shared- I’ll have to look into that!
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Thank You so much! I came across that fact quite by chance, and I may not be 100% correct. It interested me at that time.
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You’re welcome. True or not, it us still interesting and worth reading up on. 😊
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A dark reflection on the end, Sonali and interesting fact about our colour vision. Like me, you chose a dark route with this one – that expanse of open water is too inviting …
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Thanks Lynn! Yeah, this picture simply calls for it. As you so eloquently stated – that expanse of open water is too inviting
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Very true 🙂
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probably someone with an NDE said that – near death experience – they may return colour blind or regain full sight I have been told – really enjoyed this piece of yours
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She seems so happy, and yet is so sad….lovely take on the details with the colors and vivid imagery 🙂
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Thank You so much for your comment!😊
Often, that’s how people appear when they are in depression, I think. They somehow become unable to see the good things in their lives.
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