February 25, 2021

Kapal Keberuntungan Karam (Ship Out of Luck - Neal Shusterman)

 "...The thing is, if you go through life with just your own point of view, you're like that kid with glass eye. If there's something that's right up in your face, it looks really big - overwhelming even. But if you've got that parallax - if you've got that other point of view - you realize that there are bigger, much more important things that are far off toward the horizon. Once you focus on those things rather than the way up close, that close-up stuff becomes nothing more than a nuisance blocking the view..."

- Anthony Bonano -


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Awal 2021 bukanlah awal yang hingar bingar. Bergelut dengan mental declining yang cukup signifikan, saya sampai kehilangan hasrat untuk membabat beraneka timbunan yang sudah memanggil-manggil di ujung benak. Belum lagi keparahan penurunan tingkat produktivitas yang lumayan signifikan menyebabkan diri stagnan dalam mode berguling pasrah kesana kemari. Persis seperti bola bundar yang manut diseret gravitasi.

Oke cukuplah soal diri sendiri. Mari beranjak kepada kapal karam yang menjadi highlight dalam tulisan kali ini. Saya akan mencurhatkan buku pamungkas dari trilogi ANTSY BONANO bikinan Neal Shusterman berjudul SHIP OUT OF LUCK.

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