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Caption: Tualen Merdah
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Caption: "God is in the process." Anto Suharjan
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Caption: Tualen is the Balinese version of Betara Ismaya, or in the Javanese culture known as Semar.
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Caption: What interesting about Semar, is that he/she doesn't stay within the gender binary.
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Caption: Semar is neither man nor woman. Some people even assumed that he/she is both.
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Caption: He/She's neither sad nor happy.
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Caption: Merdah, or Bagong, is Semar's son. He was born from Semar's own shadow when one day, he/she got too close to the sun.
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Caption: The parent and son are inseparable ever since.
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Caption: Hence, I created this artwork.
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Caption: It's about a God,
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Caption: who you'll find,
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Caption: within your own reflection.
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