Wild thoughts !! - spreading wings !!!

When sitting idle in the morning, thoughts keep running in the mind, some ‘wild thoughts’ – connected with life, perhaps seen or experienced at some point of time, yet they have no connection – simply wild thoughts !! 

A series of murders occurred on the outskirts of Mumbai in August 1968. Pavement and slum dwellers were bludgeoned to death while they slept. All the murders took place at night and were committed using a hard, blunt object.  A similar series of murders had taken place a few years earlier (1965–66) in the Eastern suburbs of Mumbai with as many as 19 people being attacked, with 9 dying.

 

நினைவோ ஒரு பறவை .. ..   விரிக்கும் அதன் சிறகை (பா..)

பறக்கும் அது கலக்கும்   .. ..   தன் உறவை

 

Dileep,  an industrialist runs a company named Minerva Exports & Imports. He exhibits  humble exterior, but has a dark side; preying on nubile girls, has sex with them, and kills them. These proceedings are filmed and watched by his adoptive father and mentor, another deranged woman-hater who, as with Dileep, had a disillusioning experience with women in his past. The man stays holed up in a far corner of Dileep's mansion watching his adopted son carry out what he is too infirm to do. The victims are buried in Dileep's garden and a red rose bush grows above each of them.  

That was the theme of - Sigappu Rojakkal ( psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Bharathirajaa, released before Deepavali 1978. The film starred Kamal Hassan and Sridevi, with Goundamani, Bhagyaraj and Vadivukkarasi in supporting roles.  Some said that a  psychopathic killer, should not be singing and dancing but Bharathiraja said that the song "Ninaivo Oru Paravai" was a dream sequence, shot from the heroine's point of view.  Maestro Illayaraja shot to prominence with lot of good songs at that time and his legacy continues.  

"Wild Thoughts" kicks off with a bang and that instantly-recognizable Santana guitar melody, before segueing into Rihanna's low, compelling vocals and Tiller's verses.  "Wild Thoughts" is a song by American musician DJ Khaled featuring Barbadian singer Rihanna and American singer Bryson Tiller. It was released in 2017, by We the Best and Epic Records as the third single from Khaled's tenth studio album, Grateful (2017).  A mid-tempo pop song, "Wild Thoughts" consists of Latin percussion, acoustic guitar lines and riffs that interpolate the 1999 hit single "Maria Maria" by Santana. Lyrically, the song praises a lover who inspires sexual thoughts. Commercially, the song reached number one in the United Kingdom, marking Khaled's second and Rihanna's ninth number one.  

 

Wild, wild, wild thoughts

Wild, wild, wild

When I'm with you, all I get is wild thoughts   

 

Diamonds ain't nothin' when I'm shinin' with ya

Just keep it white and black as if I'm your sister

I'm too hip to hop around town out here with ya

 

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.”  Said  Sigmund Freud   

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.  In Freud's theory dreams are instigated by the daily occurrences and thoughts of everyday life. In what Freud called the "dream-work", these "secondary process" thoughts ("word presentations"), governed by the rules of language and the reality principle, become subject to the "primary process" of unconscious thought ("thing presentations") governed by the pleasure principle, wish gratification and the repressed sexual scenarios of childhood. Because of the disturbing nature of the latter and other repressed thoughts and desires which may have become linked to them, the dream-work operates a censorship function, disguising by distortion, displacement, and condensation the repressed thoughts to preserve sleep.  

One of Freud's greatest contributions to psychology was talk therapy, the notion that simply talking about problems can help alleviate them. It was through his association with his close friend and colleague Josef Breuer that Freud became aware of a woman known in the case history as Anna O. The young woman's real name was Bertha Pappenheim. She became a patient of Breuer's after suffering a bout of what was then known as hysteria. Symptoms included blurred vision, hallucinations, and partial paralysis. Breuer observed that discussing her experiences provided some relief from her symptoms. It was Pappenheim herself who began referring to the treatment as the "talking cure." 

In simple terms, Freud's theory suggests that human behavior is influenced by unconscious memories, thoughts, and urges. This theory also proposes that the psyche comprises three aspects: the id, ego, and superego. The id is entirely unconscious, while the ego operates in the conscious mind. The superego operates both unconsciously and consciously. 

Raman Raghav, also known as Sindhi Talwai, Anna, Thambi, and Veluswami, is a serial killer active during the mid-1960s, labelled by many as Jack the Ripper of India.  Raghav went on a killing spree for over three years, with the first round of murders taking place in 1965 and 1966 when 19 people were attacked, and a second round of killings taking place in 1968. He was caught by Maharashtra Police but was spared a death sentence due to mental illness, and was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment; he died in hospital while in prison custody in 1995.  It is stated that this real life incident inspired movie ‘Sigappu Rojakkal’

 

One need not have seen Sigappu Rojakkal, heard Rihanna, nor read Sigmund Freud – life is simple, there are thoughts running all over, never allow them to weigh too much on your mind.  Life is too beautiful to be spent worrying.  Good morning thoughts with a picture of Pelican spreading its wing at Vandalur zoo.

With regards – S Sampathkumar
6.9.2024