The Book of Imaginary Beliefs

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The Book of Imaginary Beliefs

Author: Lala Bohang

Category: Poetry

Earth is blue, fragile, light, and not a star. And we’re part of it,
not just living on it. Earth is a battle ground where all species
constantly face an invisible war. And we’re the main actor of
growth, destruction, and peace. Someone’s precious is someone else’s garbage. Someone’s interest is someone else’s boredom.
Someone’s principle is someone else’s violation.
Someone’s contentment is someone else’s pressure. Someone’s recipe for
immunity is someone else’s cause of death. Either you’re the
“someone” or the “someone else”, it doesn’t matter because
confusion will always bounce back to you, no matter how far
you’ve been running away from it. It’s about facing an empty page
each day, it’s about waking up in the morning deciding to be alive,
it’s about choosing which mistakes to avoid, it’s about considering
what and who to ignore, it’s about crafting a self that’s truly your
own, it’s about faking a smile to cure the pain of others, it’s about
continuously moving forward because going back is never a choice,
it’s about looking at the blue sky and having small talks with it,
it’s about everything that feels small and unworthy, it’s about
becoming buoyant, never being trapped between other people’s
cacophonic agendas, it’s about counting your breath.

No. GM :
619174001
ISBN :
9786020623122
Price :
Rp 108,000
Total Pages :
152 pages
Size :
13,5x20cm
Published :
18 February 2019
Format :
Softcover
Category :
Poetry
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Lala Bohang

Lala Bohang is an Indonesian author and visual artist whose work explores themes of identity, memory, and possibility. Trained in architecture at Parahyangan University, Bandung, she has exhibited in Indonesia and internationally since 2009. Her publications include The Book of Forbidden Feelings (2015), The Book of Invisible Questions (2017), and the Book of Imaginary Beliefs (2019). In 2020, she received the Ranald MacDonald Award for The Journey of Belonging, co-authored with Lara Nuberg. Her latest book, In The Middle of Everything (2023), was accompanied by a solo exhibition in Jakarta and Ubud. She has spoken at TEDxJakarta, Ideafest, Jakarta Biennale, Makassar International Writers Festival, and Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.