Vilia Ciputra

Bear in mind that not everyone plays the game to have some fun or friends, and that everyone has a different definition of fun.

Everything has its' own time, including the stories that we told ourselves, the feelings that we once had, the people who were once in our lives, and the seconds that we took as forever.

To understand contemporary art means to understand the essence of time and the way we communicate, reflect, and understand life through it.

Contemporary art is the art of today, it is a media of how the artists that living today, create

Life doesn't have to happen the way I planned it to be, and I don't have to own every emotions that I feel as a result of every unplanned situations I have.

It is true that owning my mistakes and fail attemps will make me move from the position of power, but I found it done differently with emotions.

Familiarity is the best way to facilitate progress, eliminate fear, and silence doubt, at the very same time.

Each familiarity that we make time and give efforts to,

No memory should ever be the baggage that weighed me down, or the box of definition that hold me back from the improving and evolving version of me now.

Nothing should define me better than anything that I choose to believe and to act about, this very day.

Nothing will stop me from

A good artwork will not only capture one's soul, but will also reflects her/his values, thoughts, and the way she/he projects oneself and the world. It should enhance the whole existence and experience of the owner at that very moment, so that it could be a memento of the journey till the very end of time.

It's like, when you have a piece of jewelry, and you see it again after few years,

Love, undoubtedly, is one of the easiest feeling to describe or show. It is celebrated anywhere, anyhow, and anyway we could. Everything pink, red, heart will instantly be described as love. Almost similar to happiness that is described oftenly with pop bright and colorful colors.

But, how about the feeling of longingness? Should it has a color, what color would it be? Is it the color of the dark evening, right after the sunset? With the purple and blueish color? Or was it a deeper green than an emerald, but lighter than a moss?

There is a Japanese channel that I followed and love to watch. They often showed many stories of family businesses that have been running for generations and hold their traditions or cultures.

One of the shows that I watched was about an old roasted mochi shop at an old temple. It has been running for generations by the female members of the family.

There are three things that I learnt a lot from Balinese people.

The first was, no matter how difficult their situations are,