While San Zaw Htway was in Insein prison, serving a 36-year sentence, he would gather the inedible, raw grains that were mixed in with his daily bowl of rice and throw them a few yards in order to feed the sparrows that gathered along a prison fence. At first, he had to throw the grains down three flights of stairs, but he disliked having the little birds so far away. He threw the grains closer and closer. By the end of the third week, the sparrows learned to hop inside the area directly in front of his cell. The following day, he was forced to part with his new friends when he was transferred to another prison. “It was such a pity! I felt so sad to leave them behind,” he recounted to me last August at his home in Taung Dagon, a suburb of Yangon.
Further Reading
“Recently Departed” by Htein Lin
Myanmar Artist’s exhibition is showing at the Concept, Context, Contestation contemporary art show at the secretariat building. Please go and enjoy!
Nyein Chan Su (NCS) Tells His Nation’s Tale Through Art
Artist NCS (Nyein Chan Su) details the history of Myanmar through his latest series. In particular, he connects his use of red and gold to the democratic uprising in 1988. …
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