My Myelin, another way to find your passion.

Tulisan ini terinspirasi buku Rhenald Kasali yang berjudul Myelin. Buku itu pertama kali menyentak saya dengan warna covernya yang merah menyala. Warna itu berhasil membuat saya mendekat dan membaca intisari tulisan di back cover. Tiba-tiba keputusan untuk membeli buku itu terjadi saat itu juga. ^_^

Myelin on red ^ _^

Renald menyebutkan bahwa dengan myelin, seseorang atau perusahaan dapat melakukan perubahan. Bahwa tidak hanya brain memory saja yang perlu dilatih tapi juga muscle memory diperlukan untuk mewujudkan keinginan.

Apa itu muscle memory atau myelin?
Sepintas saya mengartikannya sebagai memori otot. meski tak salah namun dalam buku ini artinya jauh lebih luas. Myelin adalah jaringan otot yang terdapat dalam sistem syaraf manusia. Myelin terbentuk dari latihan secara terus menerus, disiplin dan tekad yang kuat. Hasilnya, semua hal yang terekam dalam myelin itu dapat di-recall dan bertindak seperti yang kita mau. Serupa dengan brain memory yang akan lebih maksimal digunakan bila sebelumnya telah dilatih dengan belajar.

Secara sederhana kita dapat melihat myelin terbentuk pada setiap atlet. Melalui latihan setiap hari dan disiplin tinggi, seorang atlet telah membentuk myelin-nya. Akibatnya, dengan mudah dia dapat bergerak sesuai keinginannya. Sepakbola, atletik, basket, senam, tenis, semua dapat dilakukan, sesuai disiplin memory yang dilatihnya.

Tidak hanya terihat secara fisik, myelin juga terbentuk pada tokoh-tokoh besar dunia ini. Mozart misalnya. Sejak usia 6 tahun, dia telah berlatih memainkan musik dengan dilatih ayahnya sendiri. Selain memperoleh ingatan dalam brain memory, Mozart kecil juga telah melatih keterampilan otomatis dari muscle memory-nya.

Istimewanya, myelin tidak dapat dilepas begitu saja karena terbentuk secara berulang. Menurut Rhenald, myelin dapat terus terbentuk hingga usia 50 tahun.

Saya melihat teman-teman, rekan kerja dan atasan-atasan saya sebelumnya telah mewujudkan mimpi mereka. Saya percaya, mereka telah menemukan passion hidup dan melatih myelin mereka sejak dulu. Seperti ibu Santi Siera, pemimpin redaksi majalah Fitness Indonesia ini pernah bercerita kalau dulu sering merasa kesulitan mempelajari pelajaran eksakta. Namun Santi Siera kecil suka sekali pelajaran mengarang. Sejak saat itu ia terus mengasah keterampilan menulisnya hingga sekarang dan telah menemukan passion hidupnya. ^_^

Jadi sebenarnya apa myelin saya? Bukannya saya belum merasa nemukan passion saya. Mungkin saya hanya merasa kurang percaya diri. I've tried so many things, done so many adventures, but most of all, I love to paint, write, read, and make something. I realize they can't be separated each other, but a collaboration of those is really something I am dreamed of.

Untuk teman-teman yang mungkin masih belum menumukan kecintaannya, coba rewind lagi apa yang selama ini terbentuk dalam myelin anda sejak kecil. Mungkin disitulah letak kecintaan anda dan dapat dijalankan dengan penuh cinta. Salam.. ^@^

cheeseeee.... ^_^

gimana cara rotate foto ini dsini siii.. :-p

Bags with Beauty

It is afternoon and cloudy with sound of thunder indicates its gonna rain. I love it. My son is sleeping and all the jobs done. Perfect time for writing. No music here. I can't work or thinking with the music on. For me, music is full of imaginations. Just hear its sound, I can imagine almost everything. If paying more attention to the lyrics, it will be much more imaginations coming up. Jumping on my mind. Someday, I hope I can make some songs. ^_^

So..we are suppose to talk about beauty, or bags? It seem different themes to talk to. But now my life is inside bags-atmosphere. Its a complicated story.

One day I took a walk with my husband on one of traditional market in Jakarta. On the search of nothing, we find one fabric store. At glance, we can see they selling jeans fabrics. Interesting on how much they cost, we ask and looked around. Surprisingly they also sell canvas. This kind of fabrics is the most fabric I've always looking for, since I love to paint. All this time, I only paint my imaginations on paper.

Oh, yes..I saw bookstores also provide this canvas plus-frame. But for me, its too expensive. Well, with the same rupiah to buy canvas at bookstore, I can have meters of canvas at this store. ^_^ Moreover, I've got colored-canvas too...  ^_^ And then the adventure begun... 

Since then, I learn how to paint on canvas. And then making things like punch, wallet and bags. Off course with painting on them. Alhamdulillah, few of my friends love it and that's the other new beginning. ^_^

Really wants to thanks to friends who entrust me to make bags or wallet for them. Especially Johana Hutabarat. Even though sometime we have different opinion (because we're totally different!), she gave me a confidence to move forward. She is a beauty editor and she is in love with pop art. Dare to try many different thing, especially at fashion. Without words she support me, even though she knew I don't have any fashion-background or living on that environment. She is adorable. :-)

We called her Baby.. ^_^

My favorite one is the latest one; painted wallet. Excited making it because I could play with colors by painted on it. Moreover, it is small, useful and beautiful.. ^_^

March 2010

Now, I really want to continue whats I've start in crafting. But maybe not for this moment. Maybe after I've found my beauty.  ^_^

Books First

Pertama, kali ini saya akan mulai berkomitment untuk menulis tanpa mengedit. Karena tiap kali menulis dan membacanya lagi, perasaan tak percaya diri selalu muncul. Pikiran-pikiran negatif dan pesimistif menggoda untuk batal mendokumentasikan tulisan-tulisan itu. Bagaimana kalau temanya aneh, bahasanya tidak runtut, terlalu kaku, terlalu ke-barat-baratan, tidak sesuai EYD, tanda baca tak sesuai, membosankan, konyol, picisan, cengeng, sombong, kampungan, kurang panjang, kepanjangan...haduhhh... Sometime I just realize that I have problems with words..

Pagi ini, setelah semua pekerjaan rumah tuntas, saya ingin bercerita... Tetapi ijinkan saya bercerita dengan campuran bahasa Inggris. Dalam beberapa makna kalimat, kata-kata dalam bahasa Inggris lebih dekat mempresentasikan pikiran saya. Everybody speaks English nowadays, right?

Why I love books.
You are what you think, what you say, what you wear, what you see and what you read..
Don't you realize that books are very interesting? Interesting because it can consist of everything the world could bring. Science, story, adventures, pictures, ideas, dreams.. Sometime if Im carrying a book, I feel like I am carrying one part of the world in my hand. :-)

Books become my closest friend since my father bought me a books of wonderful stories around the world. The stories amazed me and fall in love to books since then. Unfortunately, I cant make any story to tell! It hard to write down the imaginations I always carry on my mind. Can anybody tell me, why I cant make any story?? Lately, I realize that my imaginations are hard to write down on words. But on colors and paintings, it reveal all.. ^_^

My favorite books are those which give me new perspective of life. Since I hard to understand my own circle of life, I begun to read about life and people. My favorite author is Paulo Coelho, since he always make a write about life in any shape, culture and gender. His whole story are amazing, but also his every single word is very meaningful for me. One of his book I've kept on my mine is The Winner Stand Alone. From the title you can guess the whole story. Its about a man who stands alone after all that he want is accomplish. For me, the point is, what all those achievements are for if you don't have anyone to share with...

But, my very..very..favorite book is Chocolat. Its already filmed with the same title and played by my very..very..favorite actor too...Jonny Deep. What a book..what a story..what an act...  ^_^