Bintulu Kite Festival 2012

Jalan ke Pantai Bungai,

Pantai Bungai Bekenu

Unexpected Beauty

It is only by the habit of representing faithfully all things, that we can truly learn what is beautifull, and what is not. The ugliest objects contain some elements of beauty; and in all it is an element peculiar to themselves, which cannot be separated from their ugliness, but must either be enjoyed together with it or not at all. The more a painter accept nature as he finds it, the more unexpected beauty he discovers in what he at first despised; but once let him arrogate the right of rejection, and he will gradually contract his circle of enjoyment, until what he supposed to be nobleness of selection ends in narrowness of perception. Dwelling perpetually upon one class of ideas, his art becomes at once

monstrous and morbid; until at last he cannot faithfully represent even what he chooses to retain; his discremination contracts into darkness, and his fastidiousness fades into fatuity.

John Ruskin

1819-1900.

Wild Flowers of Borneo

Kalau Aku Bohong Engkau

Kalau aku bohong engkau

jangan engkau bohong diri

kerana dunia penuh kebohongan

demi diri untuk diselamatkan.

Mengapa diri perlu diselamat

Tuhan kita menjaga kita

janganlah difikir perkara benda

ia akan hilang juga nanti

selamatlah diri dari kemurkaan

janganlah berlaku tidak adil

pada diri yang membangun jiwa

sejak kecil hingga dewasa.

Kalau aku bohong engkau

Tuhan tidak akan ketawa engkau

kerana engkau orang baik-baik

biarlah hujan diluar

janganlah hati engkau basah lagi.

Sememangnya harga barang telah naik

tetapi jangan engkau bohong aku.

15.6.08

Mukah

Kitalah Alam Yang Belum Mati

Kata anakku

Natasya

Kitalah alam!

Kataku

Kitalah Alam yang belum mati!

Bintulu 2001