a remote island beyond Pungudutivu
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Jon and Shaun in Nainativu, looking unmistakably like TOURISTS
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exterior of the new Jaffna Public Library
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A very nice computer lab in the newly-constructed (but still unopened) Jaffna Public Library. The old library was burned by an anti-Tamil mob in 1981.
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Jaffna railway station wall detail: pink and blue
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L-R: Head of the Jaffna University English Departmant, a Catholic priest who teaches in the department, Shaun, Jon, Manju
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setting up to film the poem reading
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entrance to the Worldview building in Colombo, where Mandate the Fulture's office is, and where MOJU was designed
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open windows and pillars in the Worldview compound
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cameramen filming a reading of my poem "Page Turn" (about the burning of the Jaffna Library) for the Sri Lankan television show NO WAR ZONE
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I'm not sure who this is, but he must be important in Vavuniya
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This bus is in the process of turning around near the end of a Jetty on the island of Pungudutivu (off the coast near Jaffna). This is where you catch the ferry to Nainativu.
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radial ceiling with bats
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interior of the Ganesh temple in Vavuniya
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boat and cart in Nainativu
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fluorescent geckos
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12th centure (or thereabouts) Buddha in Polonnaruwa carved from a sparkly stone
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rush hour = buffalo ass hour
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A view from the bus that took Jon and I through the LTTE-controlled northern secition of Sri Lanka
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Near Elephant Pass, heading into the Jaffna Peninsula
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the beach at Nilaveli, near Trincomalee on the East Coast
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Shaun is clearly aware of his position in relation to the aftermath of great destruction
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Yoga class at the Kandy YMCA
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have you seen that Rauschenberg sculpture that features a goat with rubber tires around its midsection?
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a building off of Galle road in Colombo
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unBridled
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looking over the shoulder of a trishaw driver in Kandy
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Is Jonny attaining enlightenment and leaving this mortal realm, or is he on a train from Colombo to Kandy? You decide.
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LTTE checkpoint
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A public painting in praise of female Tiger soldiers. I'm not sure how accurately the message was translated into English...
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