HeyJaredCole's Field Notes
Documenting the world as I move quietly through it | Currently living in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra, Indonesia
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In Wax and Dye: An Interview with a Batik Painter (opens the original)
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“Pucuk rebung is a bamboo baby. Bamboo, from small to big, is used in everything we do, like making a house, a place to eat, a hat to protect the head. If it’s still young, it can still be eaten. So all parts of bamboo can be used. That’s why I like bamboo motifs.”~Naldi, a Sumatran batik painterSubscribe now<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!g6TB!,f_auto,q_auto:goo
The Tsunami and the Coconut Grove (opens the original)
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On 26 December 2004, the city of Banda Aceh experienced a devastating tsunami. Following a magnitude 9.2 earthquake off the west coast of Aceh, a wave 30 meters tall flattened the city and killed tens of thousands. Most of the city’s buildings can be dated back to the reconstruction efforts and the aid efforts that brought global attention to the small city on the northernmost tip of Sumatra. The alabaster mosque of Masjid Raya Baiturrahman was one of the few structures left standing.
Aesthetic Mushroom Therapy for the Office Blues (opens the original)
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Office spaces, AI-integrated software, gyms, any third space lit by high-bay LED panels, and Spotify advertisements for the latest and greatest blockbuster medication are aesthetically and therefore perhaps ethically abhorrent. I’ve found some respite in searching the jungle floor and riverbanks for mushrooms, though I dare not make an ill-advised dash towards ego death using the mysterious jungle shroomies. Aesthetic appreciation will have to do, for now!Mushrooms stand allegorically against ev
Kelulut: Stingless Honeybees (opens the original)
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In Search of Wild Elephants (opens the original)
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