Poetry Time : George Keyt

George Keyt
Source :Dailynews.lk

George Keyt ? A poet ?? Well yes people have been knowing him as a Painter (or Artist in Archaic English), but every person whose Right brain is stronger than the Left Brain, ie: Artist, suffer with memory blocks.This is where George Keyt the Poet awoke, diverting his artistic skills in the form of Rhymes.
It is interesting to note that his poems were not as popular as his paintings, but during the recently concluded bookfair I came across a collection of poems by George Keyt. I browsed through the book and the usage of language was interesting. I wish I could have bought the book, but for some odd reason I couldn't make it, perhaps the next time I should try to get a copy.



Source: Nation.lk

P.S: There is a Hidden agenda behind writing this post, I have written several poems in old exercise books and other peculiar places (I can remember writing poems in papers that came inside shirts that were pressed by the laundry), the collection was immense that I had to throw away some of them, facing the similar fate to William Blake's Copper Plates, next time I will be using the same title to publish my poems and proses (Poetry Time: See me Rhyme).

Computers and Music

Source:  Musée des Instruments de Musique

Having Professed (and still professing) in both these fields I thought of jotting down the similarities of both these fields

• Revolutionary - Both created revolutions, In the Beginning, Middle and End
• Enjoyed, Not Valued - Just like classics which are quoted and scarcely read, people talk of them and boast exaggeratingly about them but are not brave enough to experiment with them.
•  Power - Both these field have the power to create and those creations in turn have the power to change the thought process of the human (to some extent the world)
• Reachable to everyone - Year 5 Scholarship cut off marks, 8 distinctions for O Levels, 3A's for A Levels - As long as you have the equipment you are master (By the way BSc in IT and Trinity College exams for music is a different story).
• Prone to be expensive - This I would say is the only downside of both, as the brand name earns success or features become complex, they value of the product increases.
• Mysterious - This could be the only two non living objects in the world, that can influence the human by its mere appearance.

Finally Long Live Computers and Long Live Music!!!! 

Colombo Book Fair 2013

After attending the Colombo Book Fair this year, I realised that it is more profitable to sell food than books, because people buy the former and browse the latter, however to be fair by the domain I did buy some books (A CD and a Gum Bottle)
Brought the following books from the following stalls

• Stories the Buddha told (S.Dhammika and Susan Harmer) - Buddhist Publication Society
• Stories from Buddhist Lands (S.Dhammika and Susan Harmer) - Buddhist Publication Society
• Seven Years in Tibet(Heinrish Harrer) - Dean the Bookman
• On the Streets and Other Revelations(Sakuntala Sachitanandan) - Godage Book Store
• CD containing songs of the lyrics penned by Chaminda Rathnasooriya - A CD Shop (Didn't notice the name)
• A Gum bottle - A stationary shop (Didn't notice the name)

Lets hope I could come up with a better collection in the next years book fair (if they have one), until then I will start reading these books, listen to the songs in the CD and use the Gum bottle.