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“Realitas Meminjam lidah dari percakapan orang-orang di jalan; Betapa kulihat subur uban tumbuh di kepala nenekku. Kalong dan kampret beterbangan mencuri buah dari atas meja Di televisi bertebaran berita; orang di gelandang ke dalam bui karena korupsi. Ada yang sedang berubah dari dunia ini; Tak ada lagi kulihat orang mandi di kali Sudah lama kita kehilangan musala tempat mengaji. Orang-orang tenggelam di sawah Terpacak ke dalam lumpur kering Tegalan menjelma jadi hamparan batu. Kerbau dan kambing kehilangan kandang. Hutan dan padang rumput di babat habis. Aku duduk mencangkung di serambi dengan adikku, menunggu Bapak pulang membawa kenduri dari hajatan penganten tetangga kampung sebelah. Ia datang bersama heran. Sedang di jalan bersliweran kuda-kuda pacu yang tak satu pun peduli. Truk-truk mengangkut gunung dan perbukitan mengepulkan asap. Saat emas dan perak pelan-pelan menghilang, maka kerikil dan bebatuan jadi barang berharga. Aku sempat bertanya kepada Ibu, "Benarkah kita telah kehilangan suara adzan?" Bukan yang bertelur dari nyaring corong pengeras suara, Melainkan yang menetas langsung dari dalam hati para ibu. Dulu waktu kecil, aku senang sekali menyimak lagu tentang 'sajadah panjang' yang konon tercipta dari sebuah puisi. Tapi mengapa kini, tak ada lagi orang berdiskusi di atas gelaran tikar? Tak ada kulihat tenda terpasang yang sengaja didirikan untuk memberi makan pengemis yang kelaparan. Tak ada anak-anak berlarian di lapangan. Betapa banyak permainan seperti gasing dan gundu yang raib bersama berlalunya waktu? Lebih aneh lagi, mengapa lapak-lapak di pasar jadi sepi kehilangan pembeli? Mal-mal tumbuh seperti jamur di musim penghujan Tapi kemudian mendadak senyap seperti kota mati. Murid-murid di sekolah tumbuh menjadi dewasa tanpa pernah mengerti bagaimana sesungguhnya uang bekerja. Padahal seribu tahun mereka tenggelam dalam layar yang penuh informasi itu. Lahir 'ceprot' dengan hape dalam genggaman. Surga bukan lagi tempat di mana kita membayangkan bidadari. Orang banyak berdebat tentang agama Tanpa tahu di mana sesungguhnya Tuhan berada. Langit semburat jingga, mengapa kini terlihat biasa-biasa saja? Dan seterusnya Dan seterusnya... Sampai kutemukan ternyata ke mana perginya orang-orang itu Konon katanya mereka terbang di bawa UFO ke sebuah planet yang berwarna biru. Dan demikianlah, kebohongan hadir sebagai realitas sehari-hari. Bukan untuk dipertanyakan Bukan untuk dibantah. November 2025”

“Reality (i.e., the truth) is that there is a God in heaven. Reality is that He made us and we are accountable to Him. Reality is that this God has spoken and what He says matters--eternally. Reality is that without His salvation, we are doomed to eternal torment. Reality is that God's Son, Jesus Christ, has died for the sins of the world, that He has risen again, and that whoever believes on Him is given eternal life.”

“Reality - the way that is, exactly as it is, in every moment - is always kind. It's our story about reality that blurs our vision, obscures what's true, and leads us to believe that there is injustice in the world. I sometimes say that you move totally away from reality when you believe that there is a legitimate reason to suffer.”

“Reality and fantasy are not two separate spheres but one whole. They are like a world's atmosphere―reality behaving as a low front, fantasy a high front. Each remains somewhat distinguishable and yet they swirl and join, affecting and manipulating the other. One cannot perceive where reality ends and fantasy begins, but life would grow stagnant and die without the influence of both.”

“Reality became for me a problem after my experience with LSD. Before, I had believed there was only one reality, the reality of everyday life. Just one true reality and the rest was imagination and was not real. But under the influence of LSD, I entered into realities which were as real and even more real than the one of everyday. And I thought about the nature of reality and I got some deeper insights.”

“Reality bends not to force, but to frequency; when your inner state aligns with the pattern of what you seek, creation has no choice but to mirror it back to you.”

“Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out of a reality that most of us would rather ignore. How do you make art when the world is in such a state? My answer has been to make mistakes, but when I can, to choose them. We are all guilt victims choosing mistakes, and as Godard said, the very definition of the human condition is in the mise-en-scéne itself.”