LOVE BLOWS FROM REUNION
Episode 242: CONCURRENCE EN SELECTION

    Eight o'clock in the morning. The Ecole des Beaux-Arts campus is full of people. Near the hall room, there were already many teenagers who were around seventeen years old, but also many elderly people. They are of course the participants of the scholarship selection to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and of course the parents who took their children to join the selection of scholarships at the most famous art college in France. Seeing the faces of those who were there, was not from France alone. But most are foreigners. The faces of the children from Asia are quite numerous. There are also people from Africa. But most of them come from Europe. This is the talented student networking model that is usually done by world-renowned universities.

    There are many teenage boys. The women are less. Everything looks big. The smallest yuni. Perhaps because it originated in Asia, its body is not like European children. The proof is also that there are other Asian children who also look not so big. But Yuni looks like a child. Understandably, she is only nine years old. Maybe the other selection participants have passed High School.

    On average, female participants who participated in the selection, they wore jean pants and T-shirt. Some even wear t-shirts. Looks relaxed. But Yuni, she herself was a selection participant who wore a dress, like going to a party. Of course, many selection participants looked strangely at Yuni. But that was, Yuni was convinced and trusted his father's words, that appearance would be a matter of judgment. So Yuni was very concerned with the light blue dress she wore.

    At eight o'clock, the door of the hall was opened by officers. A very large hall with a high roof. But the glass windows and the existing roof of ornamental glass fentilation, still provide a very good ban in the hall. In the hall room was already arranged chairs with a fairly loose distance. Of course, so that one participant with the other selection participants is not disturbed. In front of the chair there is an easel or pole where to put the canvas. But still empty.

    On the edge of the inner entrance, there are piles of canvas in various sizes. There are piles that are small, medium and large. The most are small, while the larger ones are just a few. This canvas is reserved for the participants.

    In addition to canvas, there is also a table on which there are boxes of plastic. The boxes contained paint and brushes. Everything is new. These paints and brushes are also provided for the selection participants.

    The children who will participate in the selection will be called in. Sort by registration number. Start with number one. Participants may not bring canvas from outside, but are allowed to bring their own paint. Each called participant enters, directly picks up the canvas, and can also take the paint, as desired. Participants were then asked to sit in a chair according to their registration number. Participants who enter first, then look for a chair that is on the back of the seat backrest that has a number. Yes, seat number must match the registration number. Of course, those who enter early are more flexible to choose the size of the canvas, or choose paint and brushes. While the final numbers, the choice is still a little. The small canvas is gone. That is the risk of the registrant arriving more slowly.

    Yuni turned out to be the last registrant. Number one hundred, the seats are in no order behind him. As soon as Yuni entered, the canvas on the side of the door stayed a large one. Inevitably, Yuni picked up the large canvas. The average small canvas has been selected by a small selection number. What can be done, Yuni raised a canvas measuring one meter by eighty inches. Yuni did not take the paint or brushes provided. He had brought his own painting equipment. He walked to the number one hundred seat. As indicated by the committee. The only seat that is still empty, has not been occupied by other participants, which is certainly located farthest from the door.

    After all sat down, the selection committee delivered a few announcements. Some were delivered in French, but also later repeated in English. Of course it is given so that participants who do not understand French yet, they can understand by using international languages.

    "Il est encore temps de commencer, veuillez d'abord chercher l'inspiration. Montrez vos compedences" said the committee, which asked participants to seek inspiration first, while waiting for time.

    Of course, all participants began to imagine what painting he would display in the canvas he had faced. Likewise with Yuni, who happened to acquire a canvas with a large size, must definitely choose the most appropriate object for her to paint. Of course in the hall room it's not like it's outside. If it is outside the room, surely Yuni will easily find objects. But inside the hall, he began to look to the right.to the left, to the front, to the back, even to the top. He still has not found the painting. Yuni has trouble finding ideas.

    "Sole Monsieur ..., puis-je displacer un peu ma chaise?" Yuni showed her hand, please permission to shift the seat slightly.

    "S'il vous plait." answered the committee that allowed Yuni to shift her seat.

    Of course Yuni directly shifted the direction of the chair and its easel. Actually he just wanted to find a brighter light, which is closer to the glass window. Although in the hall room the lights are quite bright, but it will be different from the light from the sun. Of course with natural and brighter lighting, the color of the painting will be better.

    But as she stood to shift the chair, Yuni actually saw her reflection on the mirror glass that decorated the walls of the hall. She saw that she was wearing a light blue dress that was very beautiful. Yuni actually started styling herself in front of the glass. Then sit down, arrange her position, looking for a point of view so that she can see herself in a position that looks beautiful and beautiful. Yes .... Yuni found the object of the painting. He would paint himself, as he saw in the mirrored glass on the walls of the hall.

    "Il est temps de commencer and peindre. Une fois terminal, le tableau est laisse a sa place" said the committee, who said painting time had begun. Then also explained, if it is finished, it can be immediately abandoned.

    Of course, the participants immediately began to incise paints on their respective canvases. Everyone started painting. Everyone is getting busy. All began to devote their ability to compete with other participants. Some sit, some stand up. Of course competing to produce the best paintings, so they can qualify for a scholarship to study at the famous art college.

    Then Yuni started to scratch the brush on her canvas. Scratches by scratch. Color by color. Until it looks like a shape.

    Time has gone by an hour. There was a selection participant who had already left his painting. He was sure his painting was the best. Of course with the exit of one of the participants it will make groggy the other participants. And it turns out to be true, someone came out. Until finally, in the hall there were only a few selection participants.

    At twelve o'clock, five lecturers from the famous college, entered the hall room. Surely they will see and assess the results of the paintings of the selection participants. Although the committee did not limit the time in painting, but in fact, after three hours facing the canvas, the average participants could not bear to show their best performance. In the hall room there were only two participants who were still focused on painting. One woman and still a boy, and another boy who according to the size of the body is also still seen children.

    The five art lecturers did not go around to assess the works that had been abandoned. But they are actually interested in a little girl who is engrossed in painting in a corner close to the window. Yes, the five lecturers immediately observed Yuni who remained engrossed in painting when visited by people.

    "Belle peinture .." said one of the lecturers who looked young. He said a beautiful painting when watching the work of Yuni.

    "Cette fille se peint ..." The old man said she could paint herself.

    "A-t-il pu se peindre?" others did not believe that this girl could paint herself.

    "Regardez, il utilise le miroir pour se voir comme l'objet de la peinture." others knew that Yuni saw herself in the mirror to be the object of painting.

    "Wow, c'est vraiment genial." of course after knowing that Yuni used the mirror on the wall, others said it was really genius.

    Yes, Yuni's painting is really like a photo of herself. Very rarely is a painter able to draw himself. And at the age of nine, Yuni was able to create his extraordinary paintings. The painting of the girl in the light blue dress, with her beautiful smile, looks very beautiful, like a painting of Monalisa. Of course, the lecturers wanted to immediately have students like Yuni.

    "What's your name?" the oldest lecturer of the group asked for Yuni's name, in English. They must have thought Yuni didn't speak French.

    "apartments .... Yuni Kartika, from Indonesia." replied Yuni.

    "Yuni ...? Are you the one who painted the Rare Black Orchid Flower?" ask the lecturer again, who would naturally want to know if he painted the Rare Black Orchid Flower painting.

    "Yes, right. That's my painting." Yuni replied confirming.

    "Wow.... What a stroke of luck. We will accept you to study here. We are gladed to have you here on campus" said the lecturers who of course immediately greeted Yuni. The lecturer was really happy to meet Yuni. Of course because of the Yuni paintings that have been displayed in the Louvre Museum. Even the lecturers immediately invited selfie photos with Yuni, which of course with the results of his paintings. Then the lecturers asked the committee to take pictures of them with Yuni.

    It was incredible.