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[Buku Baru] "Recalling the Memory": Cita-cita, Musik dan Cinta di SMA

[Buku Baru] “Recalling the Memory”: Cita-cita, Musik dan Cinta di SMA

Saya besar dengan membaca banyak buku remaja. Saya menjadi pembaca seperti sekarang karena buku-buku remaja yang saya baca. Buku-buku remaja itu memacu saya untuk lebih sering mengarang, berkhayal dan akhirnya menuliskan mimpi-mimpi saya. Di masa-masa itulah, Sofia dan Romi lahir. Mereka adalah dua tokoh dalam benak saya yang saya bayangkan sebagai dua teman SMA saya. Teman yang sama-sama keras…

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quiet afternoons. . . . . . . #rosecoloredseries

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a brief pause.

The fourth picture makes me a bit teary eyed when I looked at it closely. Then I saw the title of the work, and I felt this twinge of sorrow 🍃 (at Museum MACAN - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara)

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Pat in the head 💞 Love Steve and Dustin being bestbuds 💯

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“Zoe loves the movies. So I knew if I was going to propose, it had to involve the movies. But I can’t make a movie myself because I don’t work in film. So I had to get creative. I ordered a black-and-white Italian film from a vintage film dealer. It seemed vaguely romantic. I spent four months editing it on my computer. I changed all the subtitles. I cut out the harem scene. I completely changed the plot so that it resembled our lives. I wrote some dialogue about picture frames because Zoe’s family owns a frame shop. And I love trains. So I made the main character a train enthusiast. When I finished the editing, I rented out a small theater with sixty seats. I invited all of Zoe’s friends and family. I made sure everyone sat in the front and didn’t turn around. The weather was beautiful that day. Zoe didn’t want to go to a movie. We got in a big fight about it, but I finally convinced her. I was so nervous that I laughed during the whole film. I’d seen all the jokes 1000 times but I laughed at them anyway. Then during the final scene, the main characters started speaking to the audience, and one of them asked: ‘Does anyone here want to get married?’ So I stood up. The lights came on. All her friends and family turned around. And I gave a speech that I prepared. I was so nervous that I forgot to ask the actual question. But Zoe bailed me out and said ‘yes’ anyway.”

Nocturne: dim lights and loud thoughts over a children's book.

I just finished reading “Turtles All The Way Down” by @fishingboatproceeds . It’s 12.53 AM in Jakarta. My eyes were still teary. But I can’t help myself for being extremely grateful that this book consoles my wounds (we all are wounded, don’t we?)

I’m 25 years old this year, and I don’t have a tightening spiral of thoughts as brutal (can I say this) as Aza, our 16 years old heroine had, but the metaphors inside this well-written book makes me understand it clearer.

I could feel the pain, and also enjoy the reading process. Feels like “went out to the meadow” with Aza, Davis, Daisy… everyone.

I finished this book for one day. I even get this book at my office’s reception on Sunday, with a very bad flu. And my brain hurts a lot when I have to read it with runny nose, especially when the sad scenes came up.

But it’s worth the wait. Thank you, John.