Love is All You Need? - A Short Movie

Dearest readers,

I just want to share an interesting short movie which I found just today. It's entitled "Love is All You Need?". It's an Anti-Bullying themed movie which is produced by WingSpan Picture in 2011 and it has won many awards ever since. Here's the idea of the movie: 

If you are a heterosexual and you feel disgusted by gay people, let's put ourselves in their shoes. Imagine that you live in a world where homosexuality is normal while heterosexuality is considered as an act defying norms. Imagine that you're the queer that everybody else despises merely for your sexual orientation...

Well, this is what the movie tries to point out. Being straight myself, I find it incredibly moving. At first, I even felt somewhat upset, to think that I don't want to be judged the way that Ashley (the protagonist, the straight girl) is in the movie. Finally, I come up with the conclusion that it doesn't matter what your sexual orientation is. Every person matters. And how you treat people, it really matters to affect them.

Treat a person the way you want to be treated. I'm pretty sure nobody wants to be judged so harshly. So, let's stop judging someone merely for his/her sexual orientation.

Well, if you haven't got my point, please, watch the movie. I hope you'd have the idea and agree to take a stand and end bullying together :)

Rindu

Lelah jiwa diberangus kehampaan
Menggamit keramaian asing tak kenal makna sapaan
Ingin lekas diriku menghela hasrat
Merengkuh dirimu lagi dengan erat
Biarkan dalam dirimu saja aku dapat bernaung
melagukan cinta yang selamanya bergaung

-Vena Viveka, Agustus 2013-
Story behind:
Puisi lama. Tidak menggambarkan perasaan pribadi penulis saat ini. Sekadar coretan iseng yang ingin dibagikan :)

Paradoks/Permakluman

Apa gunanya kepatuhan
bila hanya jadi permakluman
atas kepalsuan diri dan pertentangan hasrat

Patuhilah permakluman sejatimu,
sekali pun jati dirimu ialah pertentangan

-Vena Viveka, 1 Desember 2012-



Story behind:
Puisi ini dibuat setelah menonton separuh bagian dari film Billy Elliot (seriously a brilliant movie with outstanding performance and important message!).  Kadang kita memilih membungkam jati diri dalam kepatuhan. Dan, dengan demikian kita melawan diri sendiri.

Puisi- Nestapa Jiwa Sangkal Raga (Ratapan Hati Aldo)

Tuhanku,
jiwaku terpasung dalam raga,
menggelodar tanpa daya...
Mimpiku dibungkam stigma,
membujur kaku dalam sukma...
Cintaku diretas kodrat,
mati seiring gugurnya hasrat...

Tuhanku,
relakan air mataku melimbur
karena tiada cara buat hati ini terhibur.
Apalah artinya jantan?
Sama saja... rentan...

16 Februari 2013
-Vena Viveka-

kisah di balik puisi:
Aldo? Kenapa harus ada nama Aldo dalam judul? Sebetulnya Aldo adalah tokoh yang kuperankan dalam ujian drama monolog Sastra Indonesia. Puisi ini merupakan buah 'yang jatuh tidak sengaja' dari upayaku meresapi karakter dari tokoh yang begitu kompleks. Seperti apa karakter Aldo? Sekilas terguris dalam puisi di atas.

Puisi- Mulut

Mulut tetaplah lubang pada raga
layaknya saudaranya yang mengekor di belakang
Padanya juga berlalu pembuangan
Dusta, dengki, kebusukanmu
Jangan melulu kau tancapkan stigma pada mereka!
Rekatkan itu pada mulutmu sendiri
biar kau terbungkam dan makianmu yang terpasung...
membunuh empunya sendiri
Banyak senandung terlampau indah 'tuk didengar
Bukan dari mulutmu...
Tak sebanding mulutmu...

-Vena Viveka, 24 Juni 2012-

Catatan singkat:
Ini adalah puisi pertama yang ditulis pada hari ulang tahun ketujuh belas saya (sedih amat menulis puisi beginian di hari bahagia~). Sebuah permenungan yang terbungkam selama setahun. Dan, setelah kata beserta emosi tertuang dalam suatu karya yang nyata, rasanya cukup melegakan untuk membentangkan halaman baru. Menulis ialah penyembuhan jiwa :)

Sang Seniman

Seorang pernah berucap padaku bahwa di balik sebuah karya besar tergolek kisah yang lebih besar lagi. Seni memang berarti keindahan tapi esensinya tak melulu indah. Ada rasa sakit atau amarah. Seniman memang tak pernah melompong. Nestapa bisa berubah wujud menjadi mahakarya yang apik menawan dengan sentuhan kepiawaiannya. Bungkus elok yang dicintai publik meskipun mereka tak  sepenuhnya tahu kebusukan isinya.

Aku selalu ingin jadi sosok itu. Seniman. Aku selalu mendambakan keajaiban yang mereka miliki. Ya, menjadi tuhan atas sebuah transformasi, dari duka menjadi berkat. Namun, kurasa semua tak jadi sekejap. Perlu waktu lama untuk menempa kemampuan tersebut dan aku masih terlampau belia...

(Behind the story: This is truly unfinished. Dua paragraf di atas sebenarnya adalah prolog dari sebuah cerita yang hendak kutulis, namun cukup menjelaskan gagasan yang hendak disampaikan. Masih berupa pemikiran, sih, sebenarnya, belum membentuk cerita dengan segala ''bumbu-bumbunya''. Banyak mahakrya justru dihasilkan di tengah masa-masa depresif dalam kehidupan si seniman. Seniman itu seakan menghidupkan peribahasa dalam bahasa Inggris: If live gives you lemon, make a lemonade. Jika kau merasakan asamnya kehidupan manfaatkan itu menjadi sesuatu yang lebih baik. The artists surely do it! )
 :)

Prelude from a Pickwickian

Everything always begins with a prelude depicting the way the thing would be in the future. I consciously realize how messy my prelude is, but we always hope that things would develop even better, so may this blog be :)

Nevertheless, this is not the beginning of my blogging history. In my junior high school years, I created one in which I have made about 60 posts or so. These posts tell so many things I've been through in my life. I'm also quite pleased that there are many people, many of whom I never meet, acknowledging this blog.
Nonetheless, I was young(er) back then. Although I shall always keep this odd little child inside of me, I realize that I'm changing, just like everyone else. I feel like I've found a new direction which I hope will lead me to the better part of myself. And when I saw my old blog, I don't think it still defines who I am anymore.
My quest now is aspire to inspire.  It doesn't mean that I, myself, is inspirational. I'm awfully flawed and I believe many people say so. However, I can still treasure so many precious things within these flaws that keep me on the track. I would like to make people more aware with the existence of these things within themselves. We may believe that everybody lives for a reason, so we shall not shatter it whether it belongs to ourselves or others. Justice is the result we may achieve through appreciation and tolerance of everybody's reason to live.
I believe that art is the best tool to achieve this quest, including literature. My fond and knowledge of literature has turned bolder than ever now (well, they should be since I'm student of Language Class -> ABah), so I think I could manage to write something more useful for the world. That's what would differ my new blog from the old one! It would not simply convey my blablabla experience, but I'll have my poems, stories in which I hope you might find enjoyment and inspiration.
Well, lastly, I think I should explain why now I name my blog Pickwick of Neverland and my website lapickwickfille.blogspot.com. Why all of them involve the term Pickwick? If you read Charles Dickens' creations, you might know his first novel The Pickwick Papers. Frankly, I haven't read it :PNevertheless, I discover this term in Louisa May Alcott's heart-warming classic, Little Women. This story is personally my favorite literature concerning on feminism in which I also find gaiety. In the story, the March sisters who are the main characters revel in many literary activities such as role play, writing newspaper, and reading poetry. They acknowledge themselves as members of the Pickwick Society. I guess I'd love to join the club!
:)

Love,
La Pickwick Fille


Vena Viveka

P.S: oh yeaah, supportive criticism and comments are highly appreciated for my creations.

Bienvenue sur mon site! :D