“One man says only those who commit sins live longer, because they won’t be reincarnated at the right time. But another says only those who have done good in their past life get a long life. Which is right? I don’t know.” 105-year-old tobacco farmer from Jaffna ruminates on why he may have been allowed to live so long. Having ...
“One man says only those who commit sins live longer, because they won’t be reincarnated at the right time. But another says only those who have done good in their past life get a long life. Which is right? I don’t know.” 105-year-old tobacco farmer from Jaffna ruminates on why he may have been allowed to live so long. Having ...
Rafeef Ziadah, renowned poet/activist against what she and her compatriots term “Zionism”, performs what is arguably her best, most resonant poem. Yet. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKucPh9xHtM]
Rafeef Ziadah, renowned poet/activist against what she and her compatriots term “Zionism”, performs what is arguably her best, most resonant poem. Yet.
ARTRA is in the process of creating an Artistic comunitas that brings together different Artistic circles in one platform. ARTRA is creating a culture that encourages critical analysis on works of Art to ensure that Art is used as a medium to voice out thoughts and perceptions. Provides comprehensive information/event updates on the artistic initiatives that take place in Sri Lanka. Provides a ...
ARTRA is in the process of creating an Artistic comunitas that brings together different Artistic circles in one platform. ARTRA is creating a culture that encourages critical analysis on works of Art to ensure that Art is used as a medium to voice out thoughts and perceptions. Provides comprehensive information/event updates on the artistic initiatives that take place in Sri Lanka. Provides a ...
During the past 30 years artistic and literary merits of individuals and embodiments were eclipsed by the civil war and eventually driven to wilderness. Politics pervaded the landscape and enjoyed publicity over and above literary and the inherent artistic culture of Sri Lanka. However, now we live in a favorable post war context. A fortunate situation that provides us with ...
First half of the logo spells out the focus of ARTRA, which is ART. Second half of the logo is in grey for a reason. It is to resemble reflections. Reflections of the perceptions of Artists. Visually mirroring ARTRA as a space that reflects the thoughts and perceptions of Artists through mediums of ART. It is also an ambigram, visually appealing due to its symetrical nature. The triangular effect of ...
The Only Right Place A normal-like Sunday, in a smallish, square place. With songs, with whispers of offtune, scarednesses, and a lot of things to be written down: fray-edged memories, on the silent white hospital bed, and imagined-dreamfutures. And flowers, softly beautiful, because beautiful isn’t always softly, sitting, splayed, pride-of-placed, in a big-bellied jug: the only right place for them, ...
This brief encounter is another sunset where lesser known words drizzle through ruddy clouds, and you, the girl of green and blue, turn into the far-off horizon for a moment. and it is the very moment you call me a firefly, the creator of light and night, and the creature that never treads on the sod of earth, then you ...
“Heard of The Highwaymen? In the Jim Crow era, a loosely associated collective of African-American artists arose in Florida, supplementing their incomes with the sale of speedy and skilled paintings of the state’s unique landscapes. This multimedia gallery [on NPR.org] tells their history, and explores the complications in their legacy. http://www.npr.org/news/specials/2012/highwaymen/?utm_source=fp&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20120705 ...
McDonald’s largest outlet in the world is set to open in London, in view of the upcoming Olympics. Seen here is an image of part of the outlet. What do you have to say about the feel of the design? Is it a coincidence that it gives off an aura of sporty-ness?
Titled as ‘Deliverance Dialogues’, Anoma Wijewardene’s Art Installations incorporate an interactive form of Art that is multidisciplinary and trilingual. Visit the Dutch Hospital, Paradise Road Galleries and the Saskia Fernando Gallery to have a look at more of Anoma’s mixed media, until the 18th of July, to interpret her take and you own on the environment!
I saw you, on a yawning Thursday morning in early July, when I was walking on a mist-clad road in Kotmale. you flew to me, randomly, like a little bird, with the same smile, with the same soft-spokenness, that ‘she’ kept for me, for years, and I, oblivious of the world, lent you my palm, little girl, for a lovely morning dance.
You have soft fingers, like the moonlight sonnet of a poya night, that can pinch the flower buds of my heart, for hours, gently, and squeeze out tiny drops of love and dew, little by little, I will stay silent though like a drowsy midnight dream, listening- listening to the wind’s embargoed whispers, and counting my slipped footsteps of the brick coloured road, which takes you home.
