Monday
LOCATION: Bukit Lawang, Indonesia
APPEARING: Is an ape a people?
APPEARING: Is an ape a people?
Bukit Lawang is an odd place, at once charming, and ominous. It is here that at least one flood, a decade ago, took many lives, and almost destroyed a livelihood. It's here that young, local men croon against a guitar, and woo foreign tourists with a mastered degree of skill. It's here that human and ape intersect in an uncomfortable way-- each dependent on the other, and not always in a healthy way.
It is here that one can look deeply into his ancestral past, see his reflection, and, in a start, see how we've gotten to where we are. Unquieting, if we are to be honest with ourselves.
It is here that one can look deeply into his ancestral past, see his reflection, and, in a start, see how we've gotten to where we are. Unquieting, if we are to be honest with ourselves.
