A
portrait by Soleha Hanafi, my sister's creative daughter. "Cu" stands
for Pak Su, the youngest uncle. "Dogek", well,....there is a story
behind it. Dogek is actually a name of my mother's legendary pet
chicken, long, long, time ago before the age of fb.
It had a peculiar head with some feathers missing. One day (I was a
little kid then), my hair was cut and trimmed, coincidentally looking
like the head of this chicken named 'Dogek". When my family bullies (big
braders) saw my new hair, they said "hey, tengok, macam kepala
Dogek!!". Until now, the whole family call me Dogek, even my nieces and
nephews, and now my 'cucu-cucu' sedara ....Tok Cu Dogek. Initially I
felt embarrassed, but now, I think its cool. Recently, I was pondering to
send this work for the show "Wajah-wajah" curated by U-Wei (plus my own
portrait), but then U-Wei might think that I'm trying to pull his legs.
Yet, this drawing really whacked my artist's ego and pretentiousness
with its raw honesty, perception and talent.
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