June 2012
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Working Diary Day 11 & 12
Never was anything great achieved without danger. Niccolo Machiavelli
Finally come the hardest time in every new habit in the making, every new commitment to make. March onward, strike forward. I’m going to finish all these things and survive these 29 days challenge.
What have I done in the last 2 days? Not much. Managed to analyze Jobim’s Chega de Saudade and Desafinado and sight read...
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Working Diary Day 9 & 10: Preparation for.. .Life?
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself
-John Dewey
Another exhausting days. Spend the nights only to practice for upcoming exam. I just realized that I’m used to making preparation in my life. For a 2 hours long performance, I’d make 6 months of preparation. It’s the same whether when I was in my father’s Karawitan Group, at Cakrawala Theater, as a guitarist, even in...
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Working Diary Day 6-8: ...by the end of a week and...
These last three days is memorable and inspiring. I’ve seen, felt, and experienced new things; everything that made me feel grateful and motivated to do everything even better. I’d like to make it in chronological order so I still feel that I’m still holding on my commitment to this diary project.
Day 6: The Beginning of ‘Dongeng untuk Regina’
I’ve spent almost three hours in rewriting Jinantra,...
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Working Diary #5 Notes from the Old Road
The Wedding of my Grandparents, Wenas & Regina Wangania, November 5th 1958.
Source: here
Today I decided to take a little rest with my composition Amongraga. The reason? I’m basically a little tired and to compose i need more time and focus. Today I’m planning to go back to Bandung so I’m going to be on the road for some time. The second reason? I need to gather more material for finishing...
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Working Diary #4 A Pause
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.
Douglas MacArthur
In the fourth day i finally reached my limit and passed out for 10 hours long. I guess my body couldn’t handle the load any more. Thank God, that the new body...
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Working Diary #3 Voices in the Middle of the Night
No, no, i assure you that this has nothing to do with anything supernatural. It’s just a new biological cycle that I’ve been having for the last 3 weeks or so. Recently i always go to bed as early as 7 at night and wake up around 2 or 3 (very) early in the morning. That’s the time for me to do all creative works, away from every disturbance and noises. Well, last night I was up at 12, right in the...
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Working Diary #2: Sing Amongraga
I’ve managed to write around 20 bars for the second theme despite all these feelings of exhaustion. At the same time I’m working on Mertz’s Elegie, learning Jobim’s bossa nova to add in my repertoires, and having fun with the 5-hours-a-day ‘Deutsch lernen’. Add another bit of Jakarta’s famous traffics et voila: I have every motivation to be more healthy and strong. But the diary must go on, I’ve...
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Working Diary #1: New Composition to Write
After a week full of new situations to handle, studio class performance, and challenging materials to learn for my upcoming exam, i am finally able to catch my breath and make my legs steady. A new direction is already set, the winds and the currents are on my side. I guess, another adventure should really take place.
I’m starting this Working Diary and will continue writing it for the next 29...
Catatan Kecil
Terima kasih karena telah menjadi teman dalam perjalanan ini, pengingat bahwa pemandangan yang indah serta cuaca yang cerah rupanya tidak bermakna tanpa teman untuk berbagi semua itu. Jalan yang bercabang dan kemudian pilihan-pilihan yang kita ambil, lalu hasil yang kita ikhlas menerimanya, dalam tawa dan rasa bersyukur. Jadilah tetap teman dalam perjalanan ini, ceritakan padaku apa yang...
KBBI →
“Kata adalah senjata,” saya kutip dari kumpulan tulisan Subcomandante Marcos, seorang “juru bicara” dari gerakan Zapatista. Karena -mungkin- kata bisa membuat pergerakan dan perjuangan jadi aksi yang nyata: sebuah usaha dalam pencapaian, cita-cita yang diperjuangkan.
Tapi untuk saya, kata adalah bunyi dengan makna. Semata kita sematkan ia arti yang disepakati. Namun...
Makam di Desa Bambu
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Ada sebuah desa, terbentuk dari benteng-benteng bambu. Tersembunyi dari banyak mata, kabut-kabut menjadi tabirnya. Aku senang berjalan di jalan setapaknya, di antara daun-daun yang berguguran. Membiarkan angin mengantarku menuju jalan yang menuju ke lokasi-lokasi keramat di tengah kesunyiannya.
Diujung benteng bambu ada hamparan sawah: yang hijau, yang kuning, dan musik yang mengalun bersama...
Astral
Malam ini langit berhenti berputar. Hanya taburan bintang menghampar di sana, berusaha menghambur di atas lubang besar menganga tanpa kedalaman yang sanggup kutaksir. Di teras ini, tempat kenangan-kenangan berlabuh, kubiarkan mata menikmati setiap detik yang berlalu, yang mengubah imaji-imaji bintang di atas sana itu. Di langit, tempat kita semua akan kembali.
Mama muncul dari balik awan. Betapa...
