Thoughts of a minibus traveller

  Painting  The Greenheart Movement held an Eco Fun-Fest two days after more the manifestation of the violence from the State in Guyana resulting in the deaths of 11 year old Adrianna Younge, and Maline LaCruz, SueAnn LaCruz and their mother Waveney LaCruz. Social media is full of the rage, shock, anger. People with children cannot imagine the horror. And all things being true where raging at protestors who blocking road while also raging with them at the bizarre hold which the police leadership seem to have on baba and papa prezzy.  One day I felt like I could not walk and had to keep moving. Another letter to the editor drafted, another appeal. I think I can do it, but I cannot really. Coping tools help. Eco Fun-Fest has face painting. And small canvas tiles , pick up and paint it .. looking for the blue which is calming for me. But artist Nigel Niix Butler had to get to some so I started with green, yellow, red on a dry leaf I had difficulty finding in the immaculate ...

Extract of NAILS by Stanley Greaves, 1984 available on Stabroek News   Listening to Stanley Greaves   On the morning after police killed Ronaldo Peters and on the morning when police killed Keon Fogenay called 'Dan' I was listening to Stanley Greaves respond to questions in his usual generous, warm way , explaining things in simple language that I could understand.   Moray House Trust had organised "Ask me anything … about the creative arts: Stanley Greaves, and that was the spirit of the discussion, that kind of open exchange which is nurturing. I liked Nails, which I saw for the first time , in the newspapers on the Sunday. Something about reusing bent nails, and using them not discarding. On the morning the police killed Ronaldo Peters and on the morning when citizens were enraged at the police explanation of why they killed Ronaldo Peters and when police then killed Keon Fogenay called 'Dan' I was in a nice online bubble, being in this other Guyana where peop...

  Knives Chaitra Navratra 2025 this week and people talking about how the man defend himself against the woman by killing the woman with nuff bullets who had to pick up a knife to defend herself after he slapped her .  Nothing new really as all the men who beat and abuse women are defending masculinity, their honour (she disrespect me'.. she mek me do it'.. ) , 'she look for it' - men who have raped children have said the 'children were seducing them' .   Durga is presented with weapons, all the weapons of all the Hindu male deities apparently and she and her other awatar Kali kill demons, male demons .  The weapons and demons are meant to be virtues and vices respectively.  First time in a TV show, woman is cutting up vegetables for Christmas Dinner. Quiet older white woman. Man knocks her down to the floor as he defends masculinity. Not the first time. She uses the knife and kills him. People are shocked that the man used to abuse her.  Fiction But ...