“The night is darkening round me,The wild winds coldly blow;But a tyrant spell has bound meAnd I cannot, cannot go.The giant trees are bendingTheir bare boughs weighed with snow,And the storm is fast descending,And yet I cannot go.Clouds beyond clouds above me,Wastes beyond wastes below;But nothing drear can move me—I will not, cannot go.” Emily Brontë (1818–1848) English novelist and poet Spellbound (November 1837) Tree , Night
“Beyond these wild winds and gloomy skies, beyond death’s cloudy portal, there is a land where beauty never dies and love becomes immortal, a land whose light is never dimmed by shadow,where nothing beautiful can ever fade, but blooms for aye eternal.” Alexis Karpouzos (1967) Source: https://twitter.com/AKarpouzos/status/1609906977001406466 Light , Beauty , Love , Death
“Love needs no explanation, of course. There's nothing to explain. About love or longing. The thoughts that accompany our feelings. It's been there for a long time. Ever since it first came to say hello and then declared itself. It's not something strange, not easily understood. It's like the togetherness we share today. Sit and chat with friends. Enjoying time and joking. Playing old songs, from The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Matt Monro and Elvis Presley.We're not too old to go back to those days. Revisiting the stories of the past. Talking about paintings from Sudjojono or Affandi to Dede Eri Supria and Lucia Hartini. Arguing who is greater; Chairil, Sapardi or Sutardji?We put aside the issues of political depravity and the news of leadership succession that is not what the public expects. Let time resolve everything. Better to talk about climate change, which is sometimes cloudy and sometimes sunny. Or the heat that does not hesitate to burn your head until it reaches 37° while in other places heavy rains cause floods everywhere. We will never know, until the wind takes us back from the past.” Titon Rahmawan Painting , Love , Feeling , Change
“How naive man is when he thinks he can measure the depth of the sea, the flow of a river, the speed of the wind, the distance between stars and galaxies. Is he still able to weigh his own foolishness and arrogance? That he can uncover the secrets behind all truths?” Titon Rahmawan Star , Speed , Truth , Secret
“Let go of all that holds you back; the memories, events, people, whatever makes you feel worse, let it float with the wind - let go of whatever is no longer serving you.” Ralph Smart People , Memory , Feeling
