Seno Gumira Ajidarma, translated by Andy Fuller
Published Jul 19, 2018
Originally published in Jawa Pos, Apr 15, 2018 as Danarto yang Saya Kenal.
He was smiling over there: Danarto. It was 1978. He greeted me first. I had been watching him since I came out of a class in the Cinematography Department at the Lembaga Pendidikan Kesenian Jakarta (Jakarta Arts Institute) at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM). Danarto was a lecturer in the Fine Arts Department.
‘What kind of drawing do you want?’ He said.
I had asked him for a drawing for my book of poems.
‘Some of those black, geometric drawings, please.’