Magic - email from Susiri Weerasekara

Fantastic show.

Click on web-link below:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=sKns1uatyNg&vq=medium

Painting, Green Path, Colombo, Sri Lanka - email from Susiri Weerasekara.

Green Path, the road running by the side of Victoria Park, Colombo has a
row of displayed local paintings on canvas as a semi permanent feature.
They do give colour to the city.
Most are of acrylic paint, a few in oil. Most have local content, though a
few are western in appearance.
Cost around Rs 3000-5000.

I bought this 2 1/2 ft x 3 1/2ft item for around Rs 2000/ a few years ago.
Painted by a teen girl.

Look no ornate frame. Frames cost far more than a picture!
It hangs on one nail on the wall at home.
jksw

email from Susiri Weerasekara

Dear P….,
Thanks.
I sent those photos and comments pertaining to the period soon after the war ended, not for my glory, but as just a wee tiny part of a huge collection services given by all, Sri Lankans and foreigners, foreign governments included.

The young generation  in this country, of all communities have a  mind set, with  little ethnic base that would bother us. This has not yet been quite realized.
Do the ‘diaspora’ of all communities  believe that about us locals?

Now we are a new country as I observe in my travels.

We may not outdo tiny Singapore ever in terms of money, but within a few years we will be better off than them in quality of life.

P.S.
Been to Ampara last week fitting 68 limbs. Took the opportunity to visit ancient( 3rd C,  B.C)  Buddhist site at Deegavapi, 20 Km away, sparsely populated,.

The first civilian village massacre  of 30 people occurred in 1987. One woman escaped. That village with 17 families on that day  is called Colony 36 but I did not visit that place. Since 1987 villagers gathered at the nearest temple by 4pm, guarded by the army all the years. Now there is total peace.

 Oh I nearly forgot, Ampara Arantalawa temple too faced a massacre of priests.

In contrast, The present state of peace is not just around there, but all over the country.
That is why the poor people give solid support to those responsible for this result. The north is burgeoning.

Actually, we, my family, too were close to annihilation on the Colombo roads on three occasions in the last 25 years. We are yet around with luck.
Those who got caught are forgotten.
I shall not forget that, just as much as the violence created by a very few people in the 1980s that led to nearly 90,000 dying, possibly three times that number maimed.    Never again!

Susiri