What hides under such a trumpeting title? What is today's Bali? Is it so different from yesterday's? Perhaps, but perhaps not too... Bali today actually refers to a method, which has been that of the principal writer, Jean Couteau, and his friend Usadi Wiryatnaya while runnning a daily "English Corner" at the Bali Post, the island's main newspaper, between 1991 and 1994. Everyday an article had to be written on Bali or a Balinese topic. This volume is the first in the series. It deals with ...

Perjalanan Menuju Kearifan Ketika kita di depan sebuah lukisan Sidik, apa yang kita lihat, apa yang menarik perhatian kita? Suatu perpaduan warna abstrak di suatu lukisan, suatu pemandangan yang meredup diselimuti kabut di gambar yang lain, sebuah gedung kecil mungil menyendiri di tengah lembah dan gunung. Ya, begitulah. Tetapi jangan kita tertipu: Sidik bukan pelukis abstrak, bukan juga pelukis pemandangan. Titik mula dan titik akhir karyanya memanglah alam. Dia menggambarkan bagaimana unsur ...