What is it that makes my writings exciting and enthralling to me one day and boring and lacking as I read it on another day. The positive days increase my enthusiasm to continue with my writings while the negative phase undermines my self confidence and makes me shun away from my works. On a balanced note, I admit that my works have the potential to turn me into an internationally renowned artist, however this state of mind cannot be sustained for too long. Now I am back on the positive mood and I hope this time around I will manage to get some work done and thus motivate me to change my mind's focus to become geared towards my writing career. If I can keep this momentum for at least a few months then I can climb back into the saddle and continue my ride for a much longer if not permanently.

the wiping out of the majestic Malayan tiger

I am working on a follow-up article on tiger conservation in the country. Yesterday an article appeared on the seizure of tiger carcasses seized the previous day from a lorry in Thailand believed to have come from Malaysia. The article carried a picture showing the Thai wildlife authorities holding up two severed tiger heads while the carcasses of two adult tigers lay in front of them. There also appeared to be a carcass of a young tiger cub. It was a shocking picture seeing the majestic beasts that rule the thick equatorial forests of Malaysia lying dead. The seizure of the tiger carcasses was just one of the many cases of wild animal smuggling in Malaysia that had been reported in the media over the past few weeks. Even today there was an article on the seizure of snake skins from smugglers in Malaysia. The growing trade in wild animal parts in the country is indicative of the Government's lack lustre commitment towards the conservation of its rich environment and biodiversity. The general attitude of the Government including the State Governments is that the country is blessed with plentiful jungle areas and biodiversity, that there will be enough to go around despite poaching and any amount of environmental abuse. Also the lust of present day political leaders to enrich themselves, their families and cronies at whatever cost has caused them to be party to the unscrupulous syndicate of poachers and animal part traders. The Government is even sitting on a much needed revision of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 which allows poachers to get away with a mere RM5,000 fine if caught by the authorities and charged. The move to revise this act began about five years ago and nothing has come of it todate. Fed-up with the Government's attitude, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, an international NGO set up by animal conservationists to stop the trade in wild animal parts has started a signature petition calling on the Government to act fast in revising the said Act. My article today is to get to the bottom of this disgraceful stand of the Government in not showing a commitment towards wildlife conservation. Hope this article turns out well and delivers the intended impact.

talkative one instance

I find myself extremely chatty today. wish I could translate all that chattiness into writing as generally I suffer from writer's block. But once I start the writing, the flow if uninterrupted by reasoning is incessant and gems spill out. How I wish I can write the same way I talk.
I'm amazed that some writers actually can complete writing a short story or even a mini novel at one sitting. I think they must have learnt the art of spontaneously capturing their flowing thoughts without letting it spill into chatter or empty reminiscence.
I guess these writers have mastered the art of stilling the physical body just like a yogi, into total inaction (except for the fingers that is) to unleash and spontaneously record their flow of thoughts.
If I were able to do that I would already have been the author of numerous books by now. As it is I am the to-be author of numerous just-begun and in-progress manuscripts lying in my files and batched within my `to-do' paperbag.

artistic soul

Can art reach the spirit soul? It certainly would, good art that is. What is art after all if not a spiritual expression especially considering that the essence of the spirit is absolute truth. Is not art concerned solely with absolute truth. Besides the fact that the expression of art is the language of the subtle mind or subconscious which is the vehicle of the soul.

Thus we can say that artists are pure spirit souls, unattached to the material world. We can go one step further and categorise them as transcendentalists who according to the 18th CenturyTamil poet, Subramani Bharathiar (Bharathiar or persona of Mother India) observed that while Subramani was a poor man, Bharatiar was beyond the human condition being seated on a pedestal and watching over the world. It was also Bharatiar who referred to himself as being an immortal.