Rumblefish (honeychild)
recorded in bedroom 1995 with zia under house arrest /on tascam portable 4 track tape machine bounced to the limit. zia/allo/dhonmu/ishan
review - unveiling visions
'unveiling visions', the exhibition currently being held at the national art gallery is a triumph of the will. it is truly remarkable, firstly, that people have come together to hold an event of such scale in this troubled year. it adds value to the...
I follow him
I follow him,
once I knew why.
At least, I recall a reason or two.
Now it’s just habit.
simultaneous dreams
i want to be on a highway.. rob banks. enter a town… watch the neon lights… smoky bars sleep in a motel watch latenight show in bed half empty bottles of whisky smell of the carpet stains on the white sheet from the last...
Alibe
There are three things you must know about Alibe. One: he is overly ‘protective’ of his daughter. Two: he is superstitious. Not uncommon traits in men on the island of Maduvvari or maybe even out there in Male. In Alibe’s case, however, they have...
The experiments of writing about reading & about life, death & and all things in-between
“Annihilation” a beautiful word, with a meaning totally opposite to its pure oral aesthetic. There are other beautiful words, I am sure. Taste is subjective, obviously, but I am sure no one will disagree with the word Annihilation, taken purely as spoken, is beautiful....
Excerpt from 1994 interview with the late Maizan Hassan Manik
Mr. Maizan Hassan Maniku is the Director of the Marine Research Unit, a department of the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture. Trained as a Marine biologist he is acknowledged as an expert on the local environment. In this he is involved in research into...
In Between.
Your travels haven't been kind or comfortable. I can tell. You are tired, wherever you go you are left stranded, stuck with so much love inside you and noone to give it to. I wouldn't know what to do with it either. I still...
Whole, Whole, Half.
It is continuous and flowing, he said. a constant, this state. A highway stretching out as far as the eye can see Earlier he had sat lost in reverie at the beauty of the spaces decorating the landscape rather than the landmarks. "Look" he...
