The Nature Boy

 

There was a boy,
a very strange, enchanted boy.
They say he wandered very far, very far,
over land and sea.
A little shy and sad of eye,
but very wise was he.

And then one day.
One magic day he came my way.
And as we spoke of many things,
fools and kings,
this he said to me.
The greatest thing you'll ever learn
is just to love and be loved in return.

I once heard on Youtube Eden Ahbez left a phone message to his friend, it was around 8 mins he talked. He talked about what life is, the relation between human and the universe and love. The messages were calming and remind me how beautiful life actually is....well, I hope he was my father, telling me such thing. I heard that Ahbez with his wife and son live under the first L of HOLLYWOOD sign above Los Angeles. I think he is a true freegan...

The song 'The Nature Boy' was originally written circa 1947 by Ahbez. I love love love the song covered by Lisa Ekdahl. I knew this song firstly from Lisa :)

Life Within

 

Pregnancy. This piece is all about what I feel about pregnancy. I had a mix feeling towards my body, it changes, it grows to be something which never been experienced, it makes me anxious, it makes me feel happy...well I wasn't sure, but there is this hormone that could make me feel so good with myself. I like my body when it tells me to eat, I like my body when it makes me tired, it sends some signals I can't never imagine how before. I feel empowered by this body, though I feel terrible with all the pressure that comes like it would prey, like it haunts me all the way.

My thoughts go to you, who know what to chose over your own body and live it consciously, with such courage....to be pregnant, or to abort pregnancy. The power is ours.

Sister, Be Strong

Segera 12-13 Maret 2011...

Sebuah Kampanye Otonomi Tubuh & Solidaritas Atas Pilihan Berani Perempuan

Hi kamu…

Kenapa kami mengadakan acara ini?

Acara ini kami hadirkan sebagai bentuk solidaritas, penghargaan dan mengingat ibu kami yang membesarkan anak-anaknya sendiri, teman kami yang dikucilkan dan dicemooh karena membesarkan anaknya 'tanpa suami', saudari kami yang menjadi pelacur untuk membiayai sekolah anaknya, teman kami yang telah meninggalkan kami karena aborsi tak aman & bunuh diri akibat penghakiman moral masyarakat, sahabat kami yang transgender dan dengan berani menghadapi segala beban & resiko hidup, teman kami yang mendapat penyakit HIV/AIDS dari pasangannya & terus berjuang sampai hari ini, sahabat kami yang menikah dengan terpaksa dan menjalani hidup penuh dengan tekanan & kekerasan, teman2 kami yang memilih menjadi lesbian dan gay, juga untuk diri kita sendiri...

Kepada kamu semua dan kita yang selalu memberikan dukungan dan tangan untuk merangkul teman2 kita yang menghadapi situasi ini...

Masyarakat kita saat ini juga tengah menghadapi permasalahan dengan ‘perbedaan’ atau lebih positifnya mari kita gunakan istilah ‘keberagaman’. Begitu banyak konflik yang terjadi belakangan ini dipicu oleh keberagaman yang ada diantara kita, sikap-sikap diskriminatif, rasis, fasis, seksis, homophobia bisa kita rasakan dimana-mana, sementara kita semua memahami bahwa keberagaman tersebut adalah hak asasi tiap individu atas pilihan hidupnya, baik itu pilihan yang bersifat keyakinan, pilihan politik, orientasi seksual, dan lainnya.

Pilihan-pilihan ini sesunggungnya merupakan pilihan individu yang bersifat sangat pribadi dan tidak bisa diganggu gugat oleh apapun atau siapapun. Tak lupa acara ini diadakan pada bulan Maret, bertepatan dengan peringatan Hari Perempuan Internasional yang jatuh setiap tanggal 8 Maret, maka semangat acara ini terasa semakin pas.

Acara ini adalah acara yang dikelola dengan semangat kolektivisme dan solidaritas, yang artinya kegiatan ini dikelola bersama, semua orang diharapkan terlibat langsung dan mengurus apa yang menjadi kebutuhannya masing-masing. Acara ini juga sama sekali tidak didukung oleh sumber finansial tunggal dari manapun, karena kami percaya dengan solidaritas, kolektivisme dan mutualisme, segala kebutuhan dapat saling dipenuhi secara mutualis dan bersama.

Seluruh pemasukan dari acara ini juga akan digunakan untuk membantu biaya persalinan kawan kita…

Beberapa rencana kegiatan:

1. Pameran dan lelang karya (foto, lukisan, artwork, sketsa, dll)
2. Penggalangan dana melalui penjualan merchandise & karya
3. Musik Akustik & Art Perform
4. Workshop + diskusi tematik
5. Pemutaran Film (Juno & Pertaruhan)*
6. Sablon & Cukil on the Spot
7. Testimoni
8. Storytelling boneka jari
9 Tabling merchandise & literatur

Apa yang bisa kamu dukung?

Kamu yang mendukung pilihan-pilihan merdeka, kamu yang percaya kekuatan solidaritas sesama, kamu semua DIUNDANG untuk berpartisipasi…Masukan karya kamu, daftarkan band atau kelompok seni kamu, bantu workshop kami, sumbangkan segala materi dan info untuk kampanye, bagi kisah kamu daam bentuk tulisan, berikan usulan kamu, atau APAPUN yang kamu bisa terlibat dan dukung.

"...Tubuh adalah kendaraan. Kita mengendarainya, tapi manusia didalamnya adalah sang pemilik dan pengemudi. Kepala dan hati adalah tempat dimana identitas seksual dan pilihan politik atas tubuh timbul. Tubuh kita hanyalah segumpal daging…"


Info partisipasi, donasi, pendaftaran, dan sukarelawan
Uchie               : 0882-10378118 (lapak & donasi)
Rangga         : 0812-88894752 (pameran)
Tim Amsyong : 0818-08112418 (workshop & testimoni zine)
Tata                 : 021-93062218 (pameran foto)
Metal         : 021-94021317 (musik & art perform)

Email : needleandbitch@riseup.net

Untuk melihat event di Facebook mereka please do visit their event page.
Atau copy paste link berikut ini: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193736923979468

Electrical Kisses

 

I'm sorry, this is not about kissing just because I post it on Feb 14th, ok?

Sometimes I don't have a clue on how I can really escape the routines, or something that easily makes me numb. I wish I got some kind of formula that I could just follow and voila! Instantly everything were just turned out great. Yes, I'm kidding. No, I don't think we could JUST do that. *sigh*

But hey!

Some mini magazine, business card and post-it-note could really make their way to be this --surprisingly- cute mini artwork...is there any term like 'mini artwork'? Ugh, anyway, I put this on my desk at my 'new' office, yaay!! I finally made it!! Got a new job I've been looking forward to, and yeah, I planned to put another framed print-art, but I didn't decide yet which one.

This I called, "Electrical Kisses". Just googling about lightning bolt, you'll find what I mean ;)

The Whole Piece

I am here, was born a zero, seeking pieces of me, my own true-self.

I grew like nothing ever stop me, though a falling leave seems pulling me back to all the sorrow.

I see them as a piece of me, the happier me, the bizzare stories, the past left behind.

I wish to see tomorrow, as I see my shattered heart has broken like a vulnerable thin glass.

I wish to know every burden I have to carry for tomorrow.

.....

But it can't be, it's not the way it should be

So I collect every piece of me, everyday

And somehow transform everything I see into a whole piece of

collage

wawbaw, a local hero

Look at how cute this avatar is.... I am so lucky to get a chance having this cutie.

I don't know how I supposedly explain what wawbaw is. A local artist named Age made some simple illustration with magenta dots -as blushing cheeks, all over his artwork. He produces some merchandises such as tote bag, a geeky baseball cap called Cool Caps X 1.0 (cmiiw), some backpack, a minibag, print-arts, and oh more of 'em, just check out the webstore. I couldn't hardly get enough of wawbaw immediately and I was sort of like....forgetting any plans I made for my expenses and really really seek for a chance to get wawbaw's minibag1.0, it sounds sophisticated how those merchs been named, with 1.0 or 2.0, it gets me noticed how wawbaw is spreading in this two-point-o era. The Internet, that is. And I'm sure you will fall for wawbaw very easily.

Lucky me, I had a rare chance of seeing wawbaw's tweet that he opened to receive photos via email and thus, he would transform our photos into wawbaw's signature avatar, those magenta dots, you see? And within less than a week, wawbaw emails me that my avatar is done. How cool is that?

I've promised to review my minibag1.0, but didn't get so much chance to take a proper photograph. I will do it someday, I will :p