One
There was a small town. In this town there lived a man, with a very bad temper. He would get angry for no apparent reason.One beautiful morning man was walking through the town market. He heard a voice calling him. He looked in that direction. It was the town painter.
“Sir, would You like to buy my painting?” asked the painter politely.
As always the man was in bad mood
“Your paintings are so bad no one is going to buy them,why don't you beg instead ". Man shouted back. Man kept walking. After five minutes he totally forgot about the incident
But painter didn't. As it happened, the painter was going through a rough patch. It has been long time since he had sold his last painting. He was running out of money.
The painter went home, described whole incident to his wife. His wife and adolescent son heard it.
Wife tried to console the painter. All went to sleep hungry, as there was no food to eat, At midnight the painter got up, took out the rope, hanged himself. Painter’s wife couldn't cope with her husband death and passed away within six months. Painter’s adolescent son now orphaned and penniless didn't know how to survive. He ran to the jungle. Robber gang in the jungle found him, gave him the food and the shelter. He joined the robber gang.
Times passed by. Painters son became a hardcore robber. One day he stopped group of travelers which was passing through the jungle. He started snatching valuables from travelers one by one. While doing this he came across one man & stopped. It was the same short tempered man.
" Can I kill this man?" asked the painter's robber son to his gang leader.
"Do whatever you want to do?" answered Gang leader
"Why me? Why me?" shouted short tempered man
"Cause you murdered my father and made me a robber." Replied the painter's son while stabbing man through heart.
Two
There was a small town.There lived a man with a bad temper. He would get angry for no apparent reason.One morning the man was walking through town market. He heard a voice calling him. He looked in that direction. It was a town painter.
"Sir would You like to buy my painting?" asked the painter politely.
Man was in a bad mood.
“Your paintings are so bad no one is going to buy them, why don't you beg instead! ", he shouted back
Man kept walking. After five minutes he totally forgot about the incident.
The painter looked at his painting. He did find them really ordinary. He went home. Told his wife that he is not a good painter. After that he took a job and lived a life.
Three
There was a small town.There lived man with bad temper. He would get angry for no apparent reason.One morning man was walking through the town market. He heard a voice calling him. He looked in that direction. It was a town painter.
"Sir would You like to buy my painting? ",asked the painter politely.
The man was in a bad mood
“Your paintings are so bad no one is going to buy them, why don't you beg instead" he shouted back.
The man kept walking. After five minutes he totally forgot about the incident.
The painter heard the man but didn't take the man seriously. He believed in himself, he believed in his art.
At the end of day, a wealthy art patron was passing by. He saw Painter’s paintings, and admired them greatly, bought all of them. The Patron promised painter patronage.
Painter went on to create many famous paintings in the history.
What keeps us stuck isn’t always the hurdle—it’s our attachment to a single path.
Lexicon of Jivavarta
Belief of the Artist: Faith in one’s work even when nobody else believes in it.
Saying of Jivavarta
“The criticism that breaks one may deter another and forge grit in a third.”
Philosophical Concepts
- Cognitive Appraisal: How we interpret an event influences the emotional and behavioral response it produces. Application: The three painters interpret the same criticism differently, leading to radically different life paths.
- Self-Efficacy: The belief that one is capable of succeeding at a task. Application: The third painter maintains faith in his artistic ability despite harsh criticism, persisting until his work is recognized.
Philosophical Concepts Represented
- Unintended Consequences: Actions can produce outcomes that the actor neither intended nor anticipated. Application: In the first outcome, a single casual insult triggers a fatal chain reaction culminating in tragedy.
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