Artists are the gatekeepers of truth

Definitely so. Long after all the technology gadgets have outlived their usefulness, it is the artists that remain.

The songwriters, the great singers, the dancers, the musicians, the authors -- it is they alone who preserve and protect the cultural memory of the people.

Someday our own government(s) will pay tribute to our artists - not waiting until they win Nobel Prizes , or after they are dead. We are fortunate to have a group of unforgetable songwriters such as Boo, Harpy, Seon -- writers most of us remember only around carnival. We can do better.

Here are a couple of lines penned by Rowan Seon - from the kaiso "Aliens":

--- "Alien" by the Mighty Pep