…and when life slaps you on the face every time you smile, that you’re afraid to smile… When smiling becomes a painful ordeal and there’s permanent a swelling on your face because you were brave enough to smile… Smile on. The hand that slaps will tire someday and you’ll have the last laugh. A loud resounding last laugh, that will ...
How did he make up his mind To throw you in the river? How did she make up her mind To give you up Even though His only wish for you was To drown? Was it poverty? Was it his word over hers? Did she think twice? Or a zillion times? How many tears did she shed for you ...
Dr. Milinda Salpitikorala, along with Skzin are anticipating to take you down an artistic whirlpool. A journey that would take you into an Artist’s dungeon and introduce your self to dragons and angels. Get ready to immerse yourself in mythology conveyed by brush strokes, and paint dipped in the fount of imagination on the 26th and 27th May at ...
where memories run deep and your forgotten childhood dreams sleep where every crack and every leak has a story worth selling a garden that saw you through bruises from that first bike ride and pre-sport meet selection, 50m races which you would always finish last or one before yes those were good times of the past and it all happened ...
There is only a thin line between the physical presence of one and the presence of one through another’s thought To have a look at more of Ruvin’s work, click here
What are we but crude mannequins made of clay – I will throw you to the ground and you will break and bleed until you die and then you are no more – but bits of broken shell like artillery uselessonce fired what are we but crude mannequins moving awkwardly – you raise a hand here raise a hand there ...
The first question that may arise in one’s mind after looking at this picture perhaps, would be ‘from which object has this picture been focussed upon?’, Tasha makes the answer to this question challenging to identify. This picture therefore, stands as a testimonial that questions the attention we pay to the intricacies invloved beyond the surface, and this does not stand ...
We can only stay awhile There are two ways people live their lives: Sometimes with passivity, Sometimes with perspective The question is… Do we have enough perspective to run away? To escape to another time, Another place, To build another life? Does it really matter how many things we acquire along the way, Or of how many walls we build, ...
Every balcony has drained eyes; eyes that see a shadow turning into love and love reducing to a shadow; passers-by becoming trespassers and trespassers becoming residents. Every balcony has railings made of sun, rain and wind, like April, made to be held with innocence in the daybreak freed with forgetfulness at night, they carry residue of secrets, remnants of tears ...
We aspire to learn, Yet we fear to unlearn, Thoughts that belittle, Our innate - Splendor. Cowardice creeps, In the form of social decorum, Wrapped in layers of prejudices, Disguised in the wounds of others, For whom, limitation is a veracity. Realities are perceptions, I believe, Truth that is subjective, To the essence of - You. So dare to create – A Universal truth
An array of stories in a single picture, captured to highlight the beauty in motion, check out Anisha Gooneratne’s works to give your own imagination a run for interpretations.
ART is solace, it is a space where contemplation is given life. It paves way to the development of thought to an extent that coincides with the understanding of one’s own perception of the subject matter.Therefore, ART is a medium that motivates one to explore the horizons of thoughts and subsequently leads to rebelling the ideologies that restrict the human potential.
ART is solace, it is a space where contemplation is given life to. It paves way to the development of thought to an extent that coincides with the understanding of one’s own perception of the subject matter. ART is a medium that motivates one to explore the horizons of thoughts and therefore, leads to rebelling the ideologies that restrict the human potential.
Hello Art-o-holics! There will be a column that highlights various definitions of ART on the first edition of ARTRA, so if you want to express your take, please feel free to to email it to editorial@artra.lk
This magazine is an Endowment to the lovers of ART, therefore in staying true to its spirit, it will not be sold. ARTRA WILL SEEK THOSE WHO HAVE A PASSION FOR ART
ARTRA is looking for emerging voices in Sri Lanka who display their thoughts, perceptions and aesthetic interests through forms of Art, be it poetry, painting, photography,creative verse,music,dance,design etc. So if you think you have something of artistic significance that you would like to share, please email it to editorial@artra.lk along with your name and telephone number. The magazine can ...
ARTRA is the People’s Art Magazine that functions as the platform for individuals interested in Art to share their work.It aims to provide opportunities for lovers of Art to witness works of Art from different genres in one space. Vison of ARTRA To create an Artistic comunitas that brings together different Artistic circles to share the aesthetic techniques used to highlight different ...
