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Cangkala Swara Amithya
Beberapa menit mencari mimpi, dengan secangkir kopi dan setakar embun pagi.
I will not walk with your progressive apes, erect and sapient...
if by God's mercy progress ever ends,
and does not ceaselessly revolve the same
unfruitful course with changing of a name.
...Then looking on the Blessed Land 'twill see,
that all is as it is, and yet made free...
~J.R.R. Tolkien~
As a fire when kindled
makes fuel into ash,
so the fire of wisdom
makes actions into ash.
~Bhagavad Gita 4:37~
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Catatan 7 kosong 3
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Catatan 10 kosong 2
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Have you ever feel like you could see the air?
I was having coffee with a very good friend of mine when I first asking this kind of question to someone other than myself. I asked her the question just because I've just experienced the sensation a morning before.
The city was Barcelona, the year was 2011; and we were sipping ou coffee, with delightfully sweets companion, and totally random conversation. Lina, my friend by then - looked me in the eyes and said, "Agnes! I think I could only having this mystical talks with you. I will miss our conversation!" That's all I can remember of her exact words that time. Mystical? Maybe. Maybe not. She's an Arab from Beirut, Lebanon. I am a Chinese, probably an eleventh Sundanese from Bandung, Indonesia. We're having coffee in Barcelona, Spain; and talking in English about seeing the air. THAT in a whole I would call mystical.
But then again, have you ever feel like you could see the air? Well I have. Not because the heat; you know- when you see the air moves on the account of that heat. Not because an aerosol sprays - or having sunrays slipping through the windows that you can see the dust in it. I didn't see the dust nor vaporizing liquid in the air. I think I see the air. Just the air. Room temperature, normal, transparent air. I wasn't drunk, I didn't even drink a night or an hour before. I usually in my normal condition, and alone. I mean - it happens usually when I'm alone. Sometimes I think I see it when my senses are totally relaxed - or perhaps it's so.
In totally relaxed condition; focus only in present time, place and condition - there I see it. Gleaming, floating, transparent, and real. When I realize it; a glimpse of distraction would make it dissappear. That is when I truly conscious about why they say the outerspace is dark, without the air.
From time to time, this has became my therapy habit. A habit I try to exercise when stressful routines bind me from seeing everyday's simple lovely things. I don't know if what I saw was really the air, and I don't care - to be honest. I just don't care. I will have that as my own way to find peace, an inner peace within me. Without knowing, I begin to have this 'new' routine often in my quality-alone-time:
Sit still, take no look, and breathe
Just be there, be here, and now
There you see: the floating air.
(Please excuse my haiku - as I'm totally a beginner)
And I remember having similar sensation in my writings couple years ago:
Ketika ini terjadi, kita akan mengenali ribuan rasa dari segelas air putih; mengecap sesendok nasi dan membedakan rasanya dengan lauk yang kita makan. Mengunyah sekerat roti gandum dan menikmati butiran halus seratnya menggesek tekstur lidah kita; atau merasakan nikmatnya gula merah yang sudah lebur jadi satu dalam sepotong kue jahe'
So, have you? Have you ever feel like you could see the air? Tell me when you do. I might not be your friend or anything, but I'll be listening if you let me. This is not meant to be an invitation or anything; this is just a thought.
Jakarta, August 2016
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Chronological Songs of My 3 Decades
- Your Heart Will Lead You Home - Kenny Loggins
- Words - Bee Gees
- Smile - n/a
- For the First Time - Kenny Loggins
- Fire - Des'ree/ Babyface
- She - Elvis Costello
- Mahadewi - PADI
- Jim Brickman - Valentine
- December - Kenny Loggins
- If You Don't Know Me by Now - Simply Red
- This Love - n/a
- If - Susan Wong
- Cold, Cold Heart - Norah Jones
- For the First Time - Rod Stewart
- Have I Told You Lately that I Love You - Rod Stewart
- Say - John Mayer
- The Heart of Life - John Mayer
- Brave - Josh Groban
- That's All - Rod Stewart
- Harmony - PADI
- P.E.S.A.N - discus
- Sunrise - Norah Jones
- Menari Bumi - 4 Peniti
- India Arie - Summer
- Sempurna - Jubing Kristianto
- Indonesia Pusaka - n/a
- You are Loved - Josh Groban
- Mirando tus Ojos - Nino Josele
- Hibari - Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Detik Hidup - Iwan Abdulrachman
- Energy Flow - Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Somos Novios - Andrea Bocelli/ Katherine McPhee
- Gitana - Shakira
- Your Body is a Wonderland - John Mayer
- Mizu no Naka no Bagtelle - Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Riverside - Agnes Obel
- Te Necesito - Hombres G/ Dani Martin
- Ramo Verde - Uxia
- Englishman in New York - Sting
- Bandung - Sundanese Healing
- Melati Suci - n/a
- Tu Gitana - Luar Na Lubre
- She - Il Divo
- I'll Stand by You - Rod Stewart
- Nada te Turbe - (St. Teresa de Avila)
- Home - John Steven
- A Jeanne d'Arc - Pierre Eliane
- La Venta del Alma - Nino Josele
- If You Don't Know Me by Now - Rod Stewart
- Gaia - Valensia
- Bumi Indonesia - Kahitna
- Morning Rain - Jubing Kristianto
- Make Love to Me Tonight - Rod Stewart
- Longer - n/a
- She's always a Woman - Jubing Kristianto
- Have I Told You Lately that I Love You - Rod Stewart
- December - Norah Jones
- Galileo - Josh Groban
- Little Sparrow - David Cook
- Si Volvieras a Mi - Josh Groban
- Pure Love - Rod Stewart
- Love Never Fails - Amy Sky/ Jim Brickman
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I gift all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophecy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect dissapears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is Love.."
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Catatan 24 kosong 9
Logika.
Kawan, apa itu agama?
Gnostic saja tidak cukupkan logikamu yang cenderung mencari lingkup dan bingkai yang sempurna.
Kawan, apa itu ambisi?
Mimpi saja tidak cukupkan logikamu yang cenderung mencari batas dan tingkap yang harus diterjang.
Kawan, apa itu cerita?
Kata dan narasi saja tidak cukupkan logikamu yang haus konteks dan pengakhiran.
Kawan, apa itu cita?
Harapan dan proses saja tidak cukupkan logikamu yang haus apresiasi dan tanda seru.
Kawan, apa itu pernyataan?
Mimpi dan realita saja tidak cukupkan logikamu yang cenderung mencari jawaban segala pertanyaan.
Kawan, apa itu ekspresi?
Gestur dan pertanda saja tidak cukupkan logikamu yang cenderung mencari kepastian dari lingkungan relatif.
Kawan, apa itu terapan?
Simbol dan laku saja tidak cukupkan logikamu yang kebingungan mencari makna.
Kawan,
...
Kawan,
Kala mencipta - apakah Tuhan merapal agama?
Kala mengimaji - apakah kita tidak mengumbar ambisi?
Kala hening - apakah kita minor cerita?
Kala berdoa - apakah kita melupakan cita?
Kala bernafas - apakah kita tidak menyatakan hidup?
Kala berdiam - apakah kita kekurangan ekspresi?
Kala berkreasi - apakah kita kehilangan makna?
Kawan,
Apa itu logika?
Mengapa ia sulit sekali dicukupkan?
Kawan,
Tolonglah sahabatmu ini yang juga melogika... dan bertanya tentang itu-itu juga.
...............dari balkon sejuk yang mengintip kota menuju lelap, bersama secangkir kafein dan magnum yang hampir habis.
Malang, 240914
Saturday, February 8, 2014
2013 dalam Semalam (1: karya, dan cerita)
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Malam, di kursi yang terlalu empuk dan lagi secangkir kopi yang terlalu cepat dingin. Di ruwetnya otak yang sering kali membingungkan, kota ini menantang seperti sasaran tembak yang diam tak bergerak. Jakarta itu laboratorium mimpi. Dengan masalahnya sendiri yang penuh konflik dan anomali, kota ini menarik untuk dikuliti. Mimpi-mimpi terkuliti; mulai mengeruh di bawah leburnya peluh, cangkir-cangkir kopi, dan sepinya embun pagi. Dan sementara sebuah mimpi tentang hari esok mulai mendekati masa tenggatnya, 5 bulan ini aku berkutat dengan realita yang membuka ladang tantangan. Dari sana, satu persatu peluruku tepat sasaran. Hari-hari panas berlalu dengan cepat; hari-hari basah berlalu dalam berita. Lalu petang, lalu pagi - dan lagi-lagi, hari berganti: 24 jam yang selalu terasa terlalu singkat. Lalu suatu ketika - tengah tahun bahkan entah di mana, dan otakku hangus oleh polusi. Tak ada lagi irama, atau dentang makna- semua tertekan rutinitas yang membius di atas waktu dan usaha. Satu-persatu warna berlalu: dalam bisu, dalam gaduh, dalam rangka dan cerita. Aaaaahhh.... mungkin terlalu banyak cangkir-cangkir kopi menumpuk di otak kiri.... Di latarnya, kota ini menatap sambil menelanku bulat-bulat.
Dini hari, di atas ranjang dingin yang sulit sekali dihangatkan dan lampu redup yang kubiarkan menyala. Tentang satu hal, Jakarta menutup mataku dengan apresiasi: walau entah itu murni - atau keberhasilan yang terlalu dilebih-lebihkan. Tahun ini ditengahi oleh prestasi, kesempatan yang terbuka, dan luapan tantangan yang menggiurkan. Mempertanyakan batas diri sendiri memang seperti candu berdosis tinggi; dan kota ini memfasilitasinya seperti bandar yang baik hati. Dari pertanyaan tentang kemampuan, hingga permainan pencapaian. Anomalinya tak lagi begitu berarti - ketika ia membuatku menagih yang bisa diraih, dan memberi lebih-lebih. Dari satu cerita, lalu tantangan, lalu impian - dan kemudian... ... mungkinkah pembuktian? Ada tangan-tangan yang menahan, dan tangan-tangan yang menawarkan bantuan. Ada tangan-tangan yang menopang, dan tangan-tangan yang bergelayutan. Dan di sana aku - dari kepayahan hingga kegirangan, lalu berulang dan kembali lagi; masih di jalanan Jakarta yang anomali ... ...
Garut, 281213 ... ... Lembang, 010114 ... ... sambil menikmati malam dan segarnya embun pagi.
