LOVE BLOWS FROM REUNION
Episode 93: THE PAINTING ON DISPLAY

    After Rini came home from the hospital, Hamdan, Rini's husband, knew that in his room there was a package in a cardboard containing paintings. Hamdan asked his wife.

    "Well, here's a cardboard box of paintings, right here?" ask Hamdan to his wife.

    "Eh, yes ..., Pah. It's a painting from Yudi that was delivered yesterday the day after tomorrow. I haven't had time to take even I was sick first." replied Rini who was still sleeping in bed.

    "What painting, Mah?" ask husband.

    "The most beautiful painting my husband has ever admired .... Your wife's painting .., when Mamah was in High School. Hehe ..." said Rini with a smile. Even so, of course Rini was also anxious to answer correctly so that her husband was not jealous.

    "Papah open yes, Mah ..." said Hamdan, who then opened the contents of the cardboard.

    There are three paintings. One by one, they were lifted up, then looked at carefully. Hamdan observed many times. Of course it feels strange and a bit strange to see the painting.

    "This is a face painting of Mamah ...?" ask husband.

    "Well, Papah was in love with that girl before, wasn't he?" tanya Rini teased her husband.

    "Cklaus .... This is exactly the same Mom when I picked up in front of the gate of High School. Wah ..., wah .., wah ..." said her husband who praised the painting.

    "Still beautiful yes, Pah ..." said Rini.

    "Who painted this, Mah?" ask Hamdan.

    "Is it believed that this was painted by Yudi while still in High School ...?!" rini said to her husband.

    "This is Yudi's painting from High School? That's right, Mah?" ask Hamdan who doesn't believe.

    "Oh, Papah .... At that time Yudi was the champion of painting. Some of his paintings were sent to Germany, Pah .... The Goethe-Institut. Yudi is the only high school student from Indonesia who can qualify." recalled Rini High School time, still close to Yudi.

    "Keep, Mamah's the model, is that it?" hamdan asked, her husband was a bit mocking.

    "No yes, Pah .... Yudi it, just a glance can already make the painting. In fact, when painting Silvy .... He only met Silvy one day. Ee ..., the painting is done. This is all, Mamah did not know that Yudi painted me. In the past when Yudi won, got an award from the German Government, friends immediately scrambled for painting." recalls Rini.

    "Great yes, Mah .... Surely at Yudi's house there are many good paintings" said Hamdan.

    "Eh, Papah does not know, yes ..., Yudi can build a house like a palace, can build Nirwana Village, can build various facilities, it is from the results of paintings. The price of the painting is expensive, Pah ..." explained Rini.

    "Well, Mah ...?" ask Hamdan who still lacks confidence.

    "Yes, Pah ..." Rini insisted.

    "But the painting is very good. I was really amazed by the painting Mamah High School time. Make Papah passionate again .... Hehehe ..." said Hamdan teasing his wife.

    "Belg ..., Papah .... It wants!" sahut Rini's.

    "Totally beautiful, ..." said Hamdan. Surely the old man's hand had started guerrilla everywhere.

    "Reprive ...! This is why ...! Amused, Pah ...!" Rini felt amused at being teased by her husband.

    "Eh, Mah .... What is this painting, Mah? I was confused to see it ...?!" hamdan said when showing a rather large painting in the form of an abstract painting.

    "That's called an abstract painting. I'm not going, Pah .... But Yudi said, it's our painting when we get married." explained Rini.

    "Oi .... How do you know this is our painting when we get married?" ask Hamdan.

    "Judi the story. Abstract painting is hard to translate. He said only a painter or a great art lover, who can explain the meaning of the abstract painting. Ah, Pah ..., I just do not go back. ..." said Rini.

    "Ha, if this will be part of Yayan, our daughter-in-law who can explain." said Hamdan who could not observe the abstract painting.

    "Yes, Pah ..." said Rini.

    "Eh, Mah ..., how about these Mamah paintings I put on display in the living room?" hamdan.

    "Yes, Pah .... Good where, Papah who understands." said Rini.

    "Ah, just later .... We'll wait for Silvy with her husband. They both understand." said Hamdan.

    Before long, the person being talked about, his son and daughter-in-law came. Of course, to visit his mother who is still recovering from the hospital.

    "Hi, Mah .... How about, Mah ...?" silvy said hello to his mother.

    "Yes, Honey .... Wash feet, wash hands, wash face .... Just met Mamah." said Rini who told her son to clean himself first.

    Silvy and her husband went straight to the room, to clean themselves and change clothes. Especially Yayan, Silvy's husband. Take a shower, let it be fresh.

    After they finished cleaning themselves, then Silvy and her husband approached her mother who was still asleep in the room.

    "Hi, Mah .... Already healthy?" ask Silvy again.

    "Yes .... Alhamdulillah ..." said the relaxed Rini.

    "Have you come home early?" silvy asked his father.

    "Yes yes, it is .... I have to take care of Mamah .... Uh, Silvy, Mas Yayan .... This is Mamah's got a painting. Where are we supposed to put it?" said Hamdan who immediately showed his paintings of mamah.

    "Wao ..., really cool, Pah .... Where's this from?" ask Silvy.

    "There is .... You know who that painting is?" ask Hamdan.

    "It's like a Mamah painting .... But it is still very important .... Aye, right?" answer Silvy.

    "Mommy, this is a painting at what age? How do you look so young?" ask Silvy.

    "That's when Mamah was still in the second grade of High School." said Rini.

    "Huh ...?! Which is real, Mah?" Silvy looked up at his mother's words.

    "Remain ..., Dear .... It was painted by Yudi time Mamah second grade High School. At that time we were very familiar first-class friends. The four of us, very friendly." said Rini, the Mamah.

    "Wao ..., means Papah Yudi has been able to paint this beautiful naturalist since High School ...?!This is truly an incredible talent. Take a look, the ink strokes are very smooth, and can reveal the perfect look. Not only the shape of the face, but very detailed to the strands of hair that is broken. Especially this painting .... The sand was perfectly painted. It's really amazing." said Yayan, Silvy's husband who participated in the lecture commenting on the beauty of the painting.

    "Yes .... Even at that time, Yudi had already received an award from the German Government, because of his paintings. If not wrong time it is a painting about the "Beauty of Friendship", which tells the friendship of people in Indonesia who are diverse tribes, cultures and customs. Very good .., and the painting was also exhibited during the anniversary of the reunification of West Germany and East Germany. Yes .., Mamah was proud at that time." recalled Rini while still with Yudi in High School.

    "Truly amazing. I am more impressed with Papah Yudi. Tomorrow if our Homestay in Jogja is ready, I want to study with Papah Yudi" said Yuna who was stunned by her mother's story.

    "Aah ..., can Silvy paint?" papah teasing.

    "Yes, learn it, Pah .... Hehe ..." - Silvy.

    "Well, if that's this painting ..., what do you think?" hamdan asked while showing me an abstract painting.

    "Wadm .... What's this painting, Pah?!" silvy asked who certainly could not translate the meaning of the painting.

    "Haha .... Surely Silvy would say that this painting is an ugly painting .... Yeah, right?!" papah teasing.

    "Yes, Pah .... I just don't understand the meaning of this painting. It may take a month to translate it, Hehe ..." said Silvy who did not want to lose the same papa.

    "Try, Mas Yayan ..., what do you think ...?" ask Hamdan to his son-in-law.

    "To understand abstract painting takes time. And the meaning contained in the painting, could only be explained by the painter. But the connoisseur of art, can understand what is implied in the scratches. Well, if it's this painting, it looks like the painter's photographing someone's wedding. Yes, if I may say, this painting is called a wedding." explains Yayan, Silvy's husband.

    "It's great, Mas Yayan .... Well, if observed carefully, guess what, whose wedding is this?" asked Hamdan again the morning of his son-in-law.

    "I don't know this guy yet. But if you look at the bride's scratches, it looks similar to the woman in the Mamah painting. Could it be, that the bridegroom was Papah? Try if we compare with the photo of the bride Papah with Mamah, maybe we can know the truth of this painting about the marriage of Papah there Mamah" Yayan explained.

    "Yes, let's look at the picture of his bride Papah with Mamah. It may be true this painting Papah same Mamah when she was a bride." said Silvy who went straight to the family room to look for a photo of the bride Mamah Papahnya.

    After a while searching in the album book stored in the closet, Silvy finally found a photo of the memory of the bride Papah and Mama.

    "Hore .... Be met. This is a photo of Papah and Mamah. Come on, let's see, Mas .." Silvy told her husband.

    "Well, this .... Try juxtaposing." said Yayan who pointed to one of the bridal photos.

    Silvy then juxtaposes the photo of the bride near the abstract painting. A few moments of observing, photos and paintings.

    "Yes, Mas Yayan .... Well, this is ..., very fitting. It's very similar" said Silvy who has observed and compared the photo with the painting.

    Meanwhile, on the bed, Rini also watched with a pounding heart. Watching her children observe photos of her wedding thirty years ago, comparing it to a painting Yudi made thirty years ago, shortly after high school graduation. And of course, Rini was very surprised when her children said that the painting was very similar to the photo that her son had found. Then Rini thought, if that means during her wedding with Hamdan, Yudi secretly came to see it. But why did Yudi not come to greet him at that time, like other school friends? Is Yudi scared? Or is Yudi sad?

    Ah, I don't know .... But certainly believed by Rini, the time of her wedding, surely Yudi came to see it. Then go home and pour Rini's day of happiness with Hamdan at the wedding, into a painted canvas. Be this abstract painting.

    Rini was still grateful, her daughter-in-law was unable to fully translate the abstract paintings. Although his children can see by comparing photos, but the scratches contained can not be revealed. As Yudi once explained, the scratches contained the emotional element of Yudi's anger. Thankfully they don't know. Yudi said, only smart artists can translate. Her son-in-law, Yayan, her husband Silvy, is a cultural worker. Not artists. Rini smiled, watching her children who had succeeded in translating the abstract painting.

    "Wuaah ..., really great this painter. That's great" said Hamdan, who joined the show as his children matched the painting with a picture of his bride.

    "Where will it be installed, Pah?" ask Silvy.

    "In the living room alone ..." said her husband.

    "Don't .... The painting of the bride, which is abstract, please install in Mamah's room only." said Rini asked for the painting of her bride in pairs in the room. Of course Rini wants to keep the scratches that no one else should read.

    "Yes, Mah .., I also want that." said Hamdan.

    "OK, Pah, Mah .." replied Yayan, his son-in-law.

    "If the two, put in the living room only. Not in the living room, it could be dangerous" Rini said again.

    "What's the matter, Mah?" silvy asked his mother.

    "Said Yudi, this Mamah painting is often offered by people. Even a collector who wants to buy at a price of tens of millions. Hence Yudi kept this painting, even hidden. He said it was for the memories of his best friend." explained Rini to her children.

    "Russia .... Cool, Mah .... Why hasn't it been given to Mamah?" ask the curious Silvy.

    "After marrying your Papah, I was immediately taken. Move to work. We lost contact. Never been in communication. Yudi did not have time to give this painting. But every exhibition, the two Mamah paintings, are always brought to the exhibition, and will always be purchased by collectors. Fortunately not sold by Yudi, even though it wants to be paid up to tens of millions. Yudi still did not want to take off the painting, because he assumed that the right to have this painting is Mamah ..." explained Rini to her children. Her husband also listened.

    "That's great, Papah Yudi .... I'm so impressed." said Silvy.

    "Yes, let's put up the painting ..." said his papa who immediately invited his children to put up the painting.

    "Call Mang Udel, ask for help ..." suggested Rini.

    "Yes, Mah ..." said his children.

    The three of them, and assisted by Mang Udel, finally put up the love paintings sent by Yudi from Jogja, specifically for his beloved woman who has married in Jakarta. Finally, the painting, the painting that used to be inside Yudi's room, the painting that had made Yuna jealous, was now on display. Two paintings are in the living room. And an abstract painting, displayed in his private room.

    Rini smiled in satisfaction, as she saw the painting smiling on the wall of the living room. So too is the abstract painting of the bride herself with Hamdan, may her husband remain in love, like his promises at the time of the wedding.

    Beautiful painting on display. Painting full of love.