Iridescent Alvrose

Bayangkan kalian berpelesir ke suatu lanskap terbuka, seperti padang rumput, perbukitan, atau pantai. Saat itu masih sangat pagi, warna langit lazuardi dengan sesirat-dua sirat garis lembayung. Udara cukup dingin, matahari masih mengintip malu-malu, walaupun cahayanya cukup untuk dapat menikmati alam sekitar. Nun jauh di atas sana, kalian melihat seekor elang terbang berputar-putar. Kemudian, pandangan kalian menyapu sisi lain dari pemandangan itu. Di ujung sebelah sana, seekor penunggang kuda memacu kudanya untuk berlari kencang. Duduk termangu di antara pemandangan yang indah itu, apa yang kalian pikirkan? Apa yang kalian lakukan? Jika kalian adalah John Denver, kalian akan menulis lagu. Paling tidak, itulah yang kubayangkan tentang proses bagaimana John Denver memperoleh ilham untuk penulisan lagu  Eagles and Horses  ini. Lagu-lagu John Denver sangat dekat dengan nuansa-nuansa alam dan pedesaan. Itulah mengapa mendengarkan lagu-lagu semacam The Flower That Shattered the Sto...

I always have some kind of energy jolts whenever I rewatch the compilation of videos I recorded through years of us being together. That, is exactly why I filmed, arranged, and edited those big piles of footages in the first place. Whenever I feel drowsy and let down by life, my phone gallery with that specific folder called "Edited" is always been my go to haven. Never posting those pain relief candies containing our smiles, laughter, and silly jokes in public somehow helps me acknowledging that there is at least one thing in this world that is completely mine and only mine. In this social world, he might be his parents', his students', or his colleagues', but these memories we carved together and I recorded, are legitimately mine and only mine. Just thinking about it makes my soul delighted.  Since 365 days ago, I have a lot more footages filmed, of us exploring the world, both the world of marriage and the wide world outside our balcony. Looking in retrospect, ...