Starting Small Series

June 3, 2016 by Prisanti Leave a comment

Kalau dipikir-pikir, sudah hampir 2 tahun lamanya saya dan Liza menjalankan Kawung Living. Kalau ditanya apakah sudah balik modal apa belum, sebenarnya jawabannya masih ragu-ragu. Kalau ditanya apakah keuntungannya sudah bisa menggantikan gaji apa tidak, jawabannya masih jauuuh :)) Seperti post yang pernah kami tulis tahun kemarin di journal Kawung Living, perkembangan brand kami kalah jauh dibanding brand sejenis yang mulai di waktu yang sama. Tapi buat saya pribadi, menjalankan bisnis ini masih suatu hal yang menyenangkan.

The Color of The Universe

June 2, 2016 by Prisanti Leave a comment

Many publications, pictures, and movies often use dark color to pictured outer space. In a contrary, a study in 2002 said that the average color of the universe is a slight beige-ish white. The Washington Post published an article about the discovery and asked people to help named the color. Peter Drum submitted a coffee-like names, because the color shown on the newspaper that he read resembles the color of latte he had that time. Thus the color Cosmic Latte was born.

Dalam Pelukan Waktu

June 1, 2016 by Prisanti Leave a comment

Dalam pelukan waktu.
Dalam dingin ombak.
Dalam hangat kegelapan.
Kami memberi nama kepada rasa takut dan semua gelisah di balik terang.

Tentang apa yang diceritakan malam dan kata yang disampaikan sinar matahari dari sela-sela jendela.
Ketika terang bertanya cerita apa yang hari ini berakhir.
Ketika gelap bertanya cerita apa yang hari ini dimulai.

Menemukan diri di dalam semua kehangatan yang diciptakan mentari.
Yang menari bersama angin dan udara.
Menemukan hati di tengah semua remahan dunia.
Yang kehilangan waktu dan asa.

The False Color

May 31, 2016 by Prisanti Leave a comment

When asked about the color of the sun, many people will describe the color by yellow or orange. Many movies or pictures also project the sun by tinted it slightly reddish or yellowish. It is not entirely wrong, since green, blue, and violet are dispersed in the atmosphere, making the sun appears like what we see right now. But, when viewed above the Earth’s atmosphere, the sun is actually white.

The Sound of Youth

May 29, 2016 by Prisanti Leave a comment

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t has been 3 years since Akdong Musician (known also as AKMU) won the K-Pop Star season 2, a global talent competition to find the next K-Pop star. The sibling has been living in Mongolia for some times and only came back to their birth country to audition for the show. While other contestant showed talents like rapping and dancing, Akdong Musician charmed the audiences by their innocent performances. Lee Chanhyuk, who is only 17 years old that time, has been composing music without even knowing guitar chord precisely and the 14 years old Lee Suhyun has been listening to her brother’s songs and remembered each song perfectly. The clear and tender voice of Suhyun adds depth to Chanhyuk’s witty lyrics. Despite their shyness and lack of confidences, the acoustic performance and the harmony of the two captured the audience’s heart by storm. The juries, which consists of the representatives of the three biggest entertainment companies in South Korea (SM Entertainment, JYP Entertainment & YG Entertainment), agreed that the siblings shined most when singing their original song instead of other singer’s songs (watch the juries stop their performances and asked them to sing their original song title Don’t Cross Your Legs during their first performance, minutes 3:44).

I only listen to their music earlier this year through my little sister’s recommendation. Turns out, I love their music so much. Akdong Musician signed with YG Entertainment after winning the competition and released their first album titled Play in Spring 2014. They kept their innocent image through their musical videos and the record company has been given freedom for the siblings to compose all music and writing all their lyrics despite their young age. The easy listening folk-pop expressed their view about youth and teenage love (check out 200% and Give Love).

Akdong Musician during the promotion of their debut album Play (2014)

After that, I started watching their performances in K-Pop Star. Akdong Musician performed several original songs, during the talent show which not only interesting in the ears but also in their lyrics and meaning. One time they performed a song titled Is It Ramyun?, which lyrically weird at first but actually has a deep view about wasting time and being lazy. Their song Crescendo (which also stands for musical dynamics to sound gradually louder) is a youth empowerment to gain confidence by talking louder.