I am really shocked that someone would slash the paintings on the walls of the Oval. I have in fact taken note that we have begun to take back our environment and our artists have begun to record various aspects of Trinidad and Tobago. As such, the artwork on the walls of the Oval are a national billboard of all the things which define us: our flora, fauna, festivals, personalities, seasons and habits.
So whether, it's a doubles man or a J'Ouvert or the Queen's Park Savannah, the fact remains that this is us. This a whitebord to the world as to who we are. The individual who did this really hates Trinidad and Tobago. He dislikes unity, he dislkes diversity, he dislikes the air we breathe and the soil we walk on; when he looks in the mirror of the Oval wall, he hates himself.
He is a pitiful person. No, maybe I am watching too much CSI, but I hope he is not heading for T&TEC wall of paintings on Wrightson Road, where our nation's school children have so professionally and wonderfully captured their views as young citizens. So the individual who did this needs help. He is no different to the people who are killing the animals-the turtles, the agouti and the Scarlet Ibis.
He is no different to the people who stole all the material from the $30 million church at the Heights of Guanapo and the industrialists who pollute the Beetham. Indeed, he is no different to the people who are letting their effluent flow into the bay of Chaguaramas. God bless this nation.
Lystra Marajh
Glencoe
