...therefore I am

So far I was not able to stick on to any single medium in literature.My concept of literature and my ideas regarding it’s function also change quite often.On some occasions I took the stand that social and political content of a work of art is more important than anything else.This feeling or thought does not remain for long to grow into a conviction.I change.I will begin to think that form is far more important.Form itself is the meaning and message of work of art.The novelty of form and rhythm that one is able to realize in a work of art should be the criterion to judge it since it is the soul of the aesthetic experience that the work conveys to a reader.But I won’t stick to this stand for a considerably long time.Content,plot and the unpredictable possibilities that unfold in a story are the real thing,I will begin to think.And I may go a step further and declare:
What is there in a work of art if history does'nt make a reader feel it’s presence in it.

...therefore I am

I am interested in politics,literature and many other areas where people make their intellectual ,ideological and emotional investments.But after decades of my association with literature and other discourses nowadays I feel that my inner self is more attached to folklore and local history .I am engrossed by a strange awakening when I come across a new information regarding a folk custom or one related to the history of a remote village.During those moments I experience a serene pleasure which is incomparable and undefinable.Often I feel that my creative activities will take a turn to the better if I attain the integrity to be totally truthful to this emotion and attachment.

Random notes

A few days back I went to Neeliyar Kottam,a village temple near the Kannur University Office at Mangattuparmbu.It was to speak a few words facing the camera for a Documentary film being directed by V.K.Anil Kumar,camera man being Ameerali Olavara.The Documentary is a historical and realistic visual narration and analysis of the story of Kadinur Veeran a folk God of North Malabar whose performance is the most enthralling among the Theyyam performances.The emotional content of Kadinur Veeran’s story also is really great.The Documentary is expected to be ready for a public show by the first week of October 2011.I hope that it will be a commendable work since I had the feeling that the approach of Anil Kumar and Ameer Ali was of utmost sincerity and involvement.