ಕೊಳಲಿನ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಗಳು!
ಶ್ರೀ ಗುರುರಾಜ ಮಾರ್ಪಳ್ಳಿ ಬಹುಮುಖ ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಕಲಾವಿದ. ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬ ಸಂಗೀತಗಾರ. ಒಬ್ಬ ಕಲಾವಿದ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ. ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯವಿದೆ. ಒಬ್ಬ ಕವಿ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ. ನಟ-ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇದಲ್ಲದೇ ಎಲ್ಲ ಕಲಾ ಪ್ರಕಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ತನ್ನ ಭಾವನೆಗಳನ್ನು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸುವ ಮತ್ತು ತನ್ನನ್ನು ತಾನು ಪರಿಣಾಮಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸುವ ಸೃಜನಾತ್ಮಕ ಸಾಮಥ್ರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದರೂ, ಎಲ್ಲಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಭಿನ್ನವಾದುದನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುವ ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿತ್ವವೂ ಇವರದು. ಈ ‘ಕೊಳಲಿನ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಗಳು’ ಮಾರ್ಪಳ್ಳಿಯವರ ಮಹಾನ್ ಕಲಾವಿದರ ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಾಗಿದೆ

The notes of the flute!
Sri Gururaja Marpalli is an artist with versatile expressive abilities. Among them is a musician. There is an artist. There is literature. There is a poet. There is an actor-director. Apart from this, he has the creative ability to express his feelings and express himself effectively in all forms of art, but he also has the unique personality to search for something different from everything else. These ‘notes of the flute’ are Marpalli’s expression of the great artists who came to him in his search for a guru who would give him the right form for his artistry. It is also a search for the inner strength of an artist, and an unveiling of the personality of the great men who came to associate with him in art. Although it is in the form of an autobiography, here Marpalli has not given many private details about himself. But he has painted as he has experienced the gurus who have reached the tones of his art. There is no excessive praise here, no attempt to deify anyone. But there is an intimacy in the writing here, a feeling of being blessed to be in the company of great artists. There is a description of their art. It takes the reader to the end of the work. It is a work that can be a great contribution to the field of art and literature.