The Story of the Yellow Bicycle

Hi Yellow monkey cycle illustration. (Author,2023)

Once upon a time, there lived some yellow cycles.

Riding together, passing the lake, 

saying Hi to each other's race.

Following the trial, the roads to each learning space

Live the day, as the sunny sun ray 

Like a wind, the turbo cycle went through the road.

As it feels fun, let it flow, chasing the wind together.

feeling the race vibes with the others,

suddenly, the yellow bicycle meets a motorcycle.

It began to slip, to its wrong trial,

heading to face the road, meeting and hugging the trail again.

while it hurts, but the kindness around cures the pain

The wound day by day creates memories near the train

But all the goodness still lives in the veins

As it till, even it seems scare, 

but hope someday, when the chill calm dare

to overcome and let it flow,

say Hi again to the yellow Bicycle,

as it has taught the riders to be grateful

For in till now, with a wide smile everyday

has create the other smile to ride a cycle again someday.

Alhamdulillah for all the stories,

and all the memories

for very day teaching many wonderful sceneries

with many part of grateful histories

18th of November 2023

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To the strip and the Promised Land

Ilustrasi Sketsa Kubah Shakhrakh (Dome of the Rock), Al-Aqsha. (Penulis 2023)

In the day when the world realized.

In the time where it happened.

The streets full of blood,

and the ground full of mud

A small launcher along the tiny missiles

talking to each other and starting to kill one another.

The prayers flow along the deserts

while on the other side the parties enjoyed by the leaders

Some people ignore and some people care.

no matter how the screams flee forever there.

While the outburst, explosion, fireworks happen ever.

every time, no matter where even in a small mosque near the hospital there

cause they don't feel and care, or even have they ever felt of dying.

Once in a lifetime, never wake up, for the afterlife waiting.

or even how it felt the pain may cause the regret.

of the nightmare for what they've done

Who stands up and even doing a thing?

or doing nothing,

a big or a single thing 

at the end will mean something

even when we are just listening and thinking.

for what's happening

12th of November 2023

 For Gaza, Palestine and the Surroundings.

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Sememori Kota Ini

Livesketching Jam Gadang, Bukit Tinggi

Penuh dengan atap khas meruncing.

Mengingatkan akan segala kaya budaya penting.

Ada makanan khas, berwarna, juga baju dan sunting.

Kita bahas soal ruang, waktu, dan memori.

Ialah tempatmu disini, namun tanpa cahaya sepi.

Sepanjang jalan menuju bukit tinggi.

Pernah sepiring lontong dibeli,

di dekat jam gadang sekitar lokasi.

Nostalgia terjadi, meski tak ada disini.

Pun tetap indah meski hujan germis menghiasi hari.

Mengulas kisah sanak famili, pun berkata sesekali

Nanti kita cerita tentang hari ini.

Sewaktu kecil rindu ingin kembali.

Insya Allah akan ada waktu suatu kali nanti.

Padang, 30 Oktober 2023

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Cerita dalam Nostalgia

Nostalgia dalam Waktu

Dalam kisah itu,

penuh lembah bukit lika liku. 

Pagi begitu ceria, langit juga terkadang salah, 

cahaya barangkali salah menangkap makna 

hingga kecewa menyerang tawa. 

Maaf dan cerita menjadi kisah, 

hingga mungkin waktu menjawabnya 

dan sang maha kuasa lah yang dapat menenangkan segalanya. 

Alhamdulillah dalam senyum, 

berlanjut dalam nostalgia.

Menemani dan jadi nostalgia. 

Ini menjadi kisah 

juga memori dalam cerita. 

Seru dalam detik angkasa. 

Mengenang masa kecil lewat cerita 

dalam ruang yang sama

Namun waktu yang berbeda 

Sungguh sederhana tapi penuh cerita.

Segelas mangga manis sambil bercerita. 

kekeritingan suatu waktu. 

Sebongkah terimakasih. 

nostalgia yang telah membantu.

Sampai bermain di lain ruang dan waktu.

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Ekspektasi dan Realita

Ekspektasi Vs Realita Manusia dalam Angan

Dalam ekspektasi, nyatanya kenyataan tidak selamanya seiringan

tidak selalu harapan menjadi ironi dalam ratap kejadian

Bisa saja dalam cerita, ialah hanya menjadi angan

suatu kali bintang pun tak selamanya gemerlapan

Dalam khayal tak selamanya maya menjadi kenyataan

Ada pula kisah mimpi yang hanya jadi dongeng kilasan

Lamunan tak jadi keharusan dalam sebuah dunia permainan

apa yang nampak buruk bisa jadi kejutan

pun yang terbelisat baik bisa jadi menjelma cobaan

Dalam kuasa manusia hanyalah sebuah atom cerita

tak sedikit lebih dahaga daripada haus yang mengundang tawa

tak banyak lebih dari lapar yang justru berbuah rahasia

tanpa sang anala yang justru membakar derita

ia menjadi air yang menenangkan manusia

Mungkin dari ekspektasi yang tak menjadi realita

bisalah menjadi nabastala dalam cahaya ceria

Itulah yang dalam halnya dunia yang sementara

Mungkin bisa jadi pengingat dalam lembaran yang semakin tua

menjadi peninggalan bak prasasti diantara semua realita

Dalam senja, 13 Agustus 2023

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Beyond Space and TIme

The analogy of different Point of View to the space and Time

Wonder how the universe has moved since millions of years. Discovering the enormous things surrounding different part of space. How you can define the different cosmic which relies in the same vision. Discovering the same verse, non of unseen things, only rely on the data and imaginations, between the infinity constellations.

Its all over beyond our thoughts. But the imagination has passed space and time. Creating delusional and illusional image of life. Dunked in the last projection, back again, its all about perception. Relativity as one of the connections to the unthoughtful thoughts.

As the space were engraved with a thousand of millions of stars. Has made us forgotten on how small we are in the earth.  As we are too big for an atom, but small below the universe. A different view within different space of time has created is simple scheme of different perception.

As seen form a different point, the person will face the different space and time. As imagination will bring their thoughts think with different mind mapping. As perception has synthesize different look for each position within space and time. While the space can be bigger within what we think it is smaller. And this happens vice versa.

Along the time also, relativity has fused within the perception of different position of angle and perspective. Whether we sat its fast or getting slower than it used to be. The speed of light has transformed into what we are expecting to be slower than ever.

The beyond thoughts on how we can't imagine on only relies on our imagination, that within space and time, the perception of space, time and life is no wonder beyond than any usual information that ever comes. As the light beam shoot straight up, and speeds on different time within different space. As that will happen on and on again till beyond the space and time.

28th of June 2023

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Garis Imajiner dalam Urbanitas Ruang

Ilustrasi Garis Imajiner dan Abstraksinya. Oleh: Penulis 2023

Axe Historique (Garis imajiner) menjadikan suatu ruang membentuk garis tak nyata yang bisa menghubungkan sejarah replika dari suatu tempat dan lokasi yang ada. Bayangkan, dalam imaji ruang, meski ia tak nampak tapi nyatanya dapat memberikan suatu sejarah dan makna dalam suatu wilayah sebagai gambaran untuk memberikan cerita pada setiap landmark atau titik simbol kota dan daerah.

Dari mana suatu garis imajiner terbentuk? Setiap wilayah, kota dan jalan menjadi cerita bagi masayarakatnya dalam membentuk suatu citra dan imaji. Ketika suatu persimpangan menjadi bagian daripada suatu garis imajiner, ia akan membentuk garis itu sendiri dalam menggambarkan alur dan garis yang tak nampak, namun jika dilihat dari tampak atas melalui peta, maka akan terbentuk suatu garis menuju pusat/landmark kota tersebut.

Pada contohnya, Kota Jogjakarta, disana bermula dari Merapi, tugu, hingga ketika kita berjalan terus menemukan alun-alun lor, kemudian di pusat kota menemukan Keraton, alun-alun kidul, panggung krapyak, sampai pada ujung jalan di sisi selatan yang mana kita menemukan pantai dan laut selatan. Disanalah garis imajiner bekerja, ia menceritakan sejarah sang kota Jogjakarta dari melihat sisi alam, menuju ke peradaban manusia, hingga bercerita soal monumen letak peradaban, menuju lokasi spiritual hingga menuju ke alam kembali.

Kembali kepada Axe Historique dimana garis tersebut menjadi jawaban dari cerita masing-masing ruang yang dilewati oleh garis tersebut secara abstrak. Sementara, di Eropa kita bisa ambil contoh lebih luas lagi, garis lurus dari Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel ke Champ Elysees Place de la Concor, monumen Obelisk Luxor, the Louvre Museum, Point des routes de France kemudian ke luar kota Paris searah timur-tenggara maka garis itu akan melewati negara Swiss Italia, Yunani, lalu melintasi Laut Mediterania, Mesir, dan garis tepat akan berakhir menuju  Makkah. 

Dari sini, manusia belajar untuk bisa membentuk abstraksi dari pemikiran imajinernya tanpa harus ada yang nampak nyata terpampang dari peta atau tampak asli dari urban imajiner sisi kota yang seolah nampak tak seperti apa-apa. Dalam hal ini sejarah dan Axe Historique imajiner dapat menjadikan kota lebih bersejarah dan memiliki makna. Itulah garis imajiner yang tak nampak tapi menjadi cerita yang berdampak.

Jakarta, 31 Mei 2023

*Ditulis ketika Ayaove juga sedang menulis Thesis

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The Unseen Stars

The Fade out Constellation. Source: Author, 2023

Once upon a night, as the light comes out, it is hard to see the stars, within the lights surrounded by the space and time. Modernism and urbanism has beaten all up the natural light, disconnecting the starlight, fading the aurora of the night within the unseen stars. Even urbanism has created a new version of brightness by the city of light. As the matter of time, the sky of light has decrease within its meaning, not like what it has used to be seen.

The constellation has disappeared within bare eyes. The stars have created its own life within outer space for a way from the life of light. Humankind probably forget about how the constellation has given a direction within the destination of what they usually depend on. The sailor has its own Global Positioning System (GPS) with completed high tech of 5G network, with many other supporting tools and kits to gadgets and Information Technology.

Now, it is hard to see what you used to see in the darkness. where you in sometimes have seen people talking about how the lights guides you in the night. How you define what it comes when you need the limits within nothing you don't have, including the stars and lights they used to be. The shining star where mankind usually counts within the other blinking stars.

Its now more the city of light, within our eyes, among the sky, deep high, and only with the unseen stars, we probably forget that those small stars, are the biggest that can shine inside the galaxy, constellation with the space and time.

Even the matter of speed of light only comes to do within the Sci-Fi Mode, or in some of a scientifical consideration. Not Knowing wether they disapear, but now its hard to see with bare eyes. The beauty of the shining star, the unseen stars, and even the stars within space and time.

23rd of April 2023

West Java, Beneath the Unseen Stars

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Value: The biggest Why

Original Cover of Viktor Frankls Book. Source: AbeBooks

Have you ever thought of why we can survive in some condition. Even people in jail may survive from what they think as the biggest disaster in their life without no hope anymore. There is a Book that explains about this anomaly, "The man searching for Value." A book from Victor Frankl, one of a psychology from the tragedy of Camp Auschwitz has shown his journey in surviving in the hard time those days when NAZI invades.

It could be very challenging for us to re over think and imagine in those condition, as we have never been in those chaotic situations and condition. But in this phase, Frankl has shown the condition as he survive as an observer for that kind of situation. In that condition where he learns that the most human that can survive, and lives longer are the ones that still have inner motivations and values to survive and not to lose hope.

But in some of a case, there we see a person that is stressed out cause being asked by one of a soldier from the camp about his most precious thing. And there he answered his Degree Certificate, and in that time the soldier just ripped his document and the person feel weak and stands with no hope.

Therefore, Victor Frankl has pointed out that the most important grand why that happens may be the source of the motivation for a person to survive in every kind of situation. This also will happen to everyone in the world, in which they will find their biggest motivation in doing every single thing in our journey. Everyone is capable in facing their challenge as long as they know the value of what they are doing. 

Then, logotherapy has been shown by Viktor Frankl to give people perspective ways in creating they're purpose and object value of their life to make them fearing challenges for what they can do. Overall, the book will bring you to open your eyes in searching for meaning of life to encounter problems of life which is the biggest why of our life, as known as Value and Meaning.

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Peoples Golden Hour

Golden Hour, Author 2022

Golden Hour might mean different for eachdifferent people. As a state of science, it's a period of time just after sunrise or before sunset, which when the light infused to the red, yellow, and blue tone, creating a new specific tone of color.  A unique moment and phase where people can imagine they're different position of life. It has its own meaning for its own time.

Overall, this reflects different feelings and memories of people which they experience different kind of situation, position, condition, and even point of view. In some stories, they imagine they're golden hours as a time sequence where they are enjoying their time with their parents. The time where they are told some stories of the past or even their struggle. Even some of bad or good things that may occur.

A time where we can wonder different transition between the two days of hour. A time which defines the great scenery and view which represents the mixed space and time to wonder. A moment to give the best place of life between the stories of humans.

Once upon a time, the red, purple, and orange are discovered to merge between the different time. Creating a super precision of life. Wondering the best season of time, which has given the best time for each experience between night and day.

In an adventure of lifetime, giving the scenario of a wonderful storyline between the city line, and the panoramic day of life. Adventure of a lifetime might give the best scene between the golden hours of every person in life. Between the day and time.

Here on, the night may become one with the day, as like the golden hour, the people day by day along the dark and light. Just like the memories created between the people on their memories in the golden hour.

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