Stories

FROM the corner of the mirror, I catch a glimpse of him — a tall figure with streaks of blond woven through his hair, moving in quiet, deliberate rhythm. Dressed in a vibrant sweat top and a bandana knotted tightly around his head, he seems untouched by the growing trickle of students filing into the room.

“THIS is just a chat, right? No recording?” Rafizah Shima Mohd Aris messages me on WhatsApp.

A FEW years before he passed, my father made a quiet journey north to his hometown of Teluk Intan, or Teluk Anson as he always called it. It was a kind of pilgrimage, a return to the town of his boyhood.

NATURE has always been an artist’s muse — from the fluid lines of landscapes to the fleeting beauty of flowers in bloom. At AweGallery, Petaling Jaya, that timeless inspiration takes on new life through Rhythm of Nature, a curated art exhibition that brings together four distinct voices, united by friendship, creativity, and a deep love for the natural world.

IN case you haven’t noticed, even without raising our respective lifestyles, we generally need more money each passing year to buy the same amount of “stuff”, which economists refer to as goods and services.