The Muruku Murmurations

Here are the links for the past e-books that Makhluk Seni has compiled through the past three years. The e-books are compilations of songs, poetry and art inspired by prompts that the team came up with for collaborations. PACT: Poetry-Art Collaboration Time! (Ebook + Art Bundle) Ver2 PACT  is an ebook compilation by Makhluk Seni that blends Poetry and Art together. What started as a single tweet with a writing prompt, has led up to this project that melts two art forms together. This ebook comprises of over 100 written pieces, and over 40 illustrations from artists worldwide. Art can truly be made more beautiful with collaborations. PACT Volume 2: Poetry-Art Collaboration Time! This is the second volume of this project, comprising of over  200 written pieces, and over 40 illustrations from artists worldwide . This year, we showcased the artworks and poems in our IMPACT event on 4th and 5th May 2019 in Twenty20Two, Petaling Jaya. And now we’re releasing this ebook so tha...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This is how I love the people that I choose to love. When it is someone I value and cherish, it's all the cards on the table, no games, no regrets. Prompt 25: And that is how I say, ”I love you” And that is how we say "I love you". How do you express your love? Tell us. This Valentine's I would like to love Love you like there is no tomorrow Love you like tomorrow is today Love you like today will not end Love you like the ending is the beginning Love you like it's the beginning of every journey Love you like this journey never stops Love you like stopping is not an option Love you like options are relative Love you like relatives love their favourites Love you like my favourite daydream Love you like dreams are real Love you like real time is relative Love y...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This piece was inspired by Netuno's beats. We love the ocean and turtles. The water carries energy and being in the ocean creates this unexplainable sensation of change and breath. Prompt 16 : My Nights Are Filled With Night time is always filled with emotions, memories, thoughts. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. What are your nights filled with? #WELPPACT #PACT2 Dancing stars and flying amoebae Swift in its abysmal away Sitting through the Milky Way Prancing far into time, space and synth waves. Dreaming in Neptune's song A voice where spaceships belong Weaving its throttle behind strong willed hands that tap its fingers along with bobbleheads of astronauts. Discovering the mind field of debris Streamlines of interstellar realities Mixed into multiple parallel galaxies Lay...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. I wrote this song for a dear friend of mine, it is one of those connections that is one of a kind. Much like a Parabatai bond. 'A  parabatai  is a pair of Nephilim warriors who fight together as lifelong partners, bound together by oath, regardless of their gender. Their bond is not reflected only in their closeness and willingness to lay down their lives for one another, but also in oath—one sworn in front of the Council.' Update: I performed this song at Jack It!'s 3rd Anniversary show in 2019 with Julian Penissi. We worked composing the song when he visited KL last year. We recorded it in January but it still needs a lot of work before completion. Prompt 11: You Are So Once you love someone enough, you'll notice things about them which were not seen before. Some...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. Living in a world without borders and boundaries can be an interesting dynamic. Where there are no limits and the ability to be ourselves and do what we long to do. Prompt 15:  This City Outlines The city is both calming and chaotic, maddening and magical. The city is where you grow, learn, find yourself, find others. Tell us about your city.⠀ #WELPPACT #PACT2 Where would you venture if there were no boundaries between lands borders and brinks. Taking more than the allocated Slots and portions Rations and trickling pollutions Seep into the air tainting its purity. We retract and hold back Knowing limits aren’t respected Where is the restriction we place The walls need to be raised. Windows that allow us to peek out Seeing the outside beyond the wave Making the pressure ease ...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This piece was another story like poem, inspired by two of my favourite Disney movies, Treasure Planet and Atlantis. Going on a journey and adventures are something I seek for when I travel and when I meet people. Discovering who they are and their stories. Prompt 22 : Will be mine and yours Loving someone means sharing something with them. You share your ice cream, share your time, and perhaps one day - share your life with them. Tell us - what's yours, and what's theirs, and what's something that both of you hold together.⠀ #WELPPACT #PACT2 When I flip through the pages of my journals stories from people that phase in and out of my every day come alive in my memories and projects through my emotions Highlights dance on my walls like silhouettes of animated wayang kul...

I've been writing trying to incorporate nature in my pieces and this one was inspired by a beat created by Netuno . It had a very Mario vibe to it and reminded me of the tugs and toils of him and Princess Peach. I had just watched How to Train Your Dragon recently and imagined dragons in soaring and roaming in the lands of Sarawak. This piece was adapted for a HitRECord submission Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. Prompt 24: So Sit Down Do you have a story to tell?  So sit down.  Overwhelmed by ghosts from the past? Duduk kejap.  Sit. Down. Breathe. Write. Tell us Yours through the click clacks of your keyboard and the slow drying of ink on parchment as you recollect your stories of Love. #PACT2 #WELPPACT (A mashup of Sarawak, Mario and How To Train Your Dragon) Waking up to the clouds embracing t...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This piece is a challenge to incorporate more natural elements and marrying them with the different modes of functionality that I used to have before I crossed over to being challenged mentally and the feeling of being disabled. Prompt 6 : Would my younger self have We change. That's a fact. Remember when you hated veggies, or decided to change uni courses, or when your pet left this Earth Change is unavoidable, but sometimes you think about the what if's. So what are your what if's? Treat it like a love letter to yourself #WELPPACT   #PACT2 A fleet of storks glazed the night sky so smoothly Remember that state of flight Caramel sparrows murmuring in the clouds Remember that phase of life Majestic albatross flying like it owns the sky Remem...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This was written with another new sample from Blanketfren  playing in the background on loop. It is becoming a very interesting exercise because as I write, I heard different accents in the sound that influences either the choice of words or direction the phrase takes. I am so glad that there is inspiration to finished these pieces that have been stagnant for some time. Prompt 21: Like oceans... The ocean is a beautiful place, full of wonder and miracle.⠀ Or it could be a terrifying place, full of mysterious creatures. Perhaps it pulls and pushes you, like the waves by the beach.⠀ ⠀ We think that love can be like the ocean. What do you think? Write to us.⠀ ⠀ #WELPPACT   #PACT2 The skies are always perfect even during a storm A consistent reminder that nothing sta...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. Every time I recall what my days will look like if you were my world, I would always go back to this particular memory I had as a child. It would be the view I had sitting by the window pane of a room I imagine I would have if I had my own room, the sounds that ring in the porch as ambient background music and this safe space of a fortress created by sheets and pillows.  Prompt 3 : Our world We create our world through the narratives we write. Each is a story that is left untold. #WELPPACT   #PACT2 Sheer curtains and fairy lights Brings us to a world of ideals Bliss but never ignorance. A sunrise of delight Seeps its rays through each orifice and drifts its way on to the grains of our faces. The furl of windmills dance with the melodic ...

Prompts from Makhluk Seni for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This is a letter that I would sent to you when I know that the day has come when you have allowed yourself to love me but the time for it has passed and all good things will always come to an end. Prompt 1: I wrote back Sometimes love is an unsent letter waiting under your bed. #WELPPACT   #PACT2 I smiling Wallflower Printed sunflowers Sepia toned crinkles Peeling borders Warm filters I wilting. - Swit Marie 1421H 26th March 2019 TMM HQ

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. This was during the time a dear friend of mine physically left me and we had to part ways. Things have become very different now since that departure. I wished things didn't turn out the way it did in the past few month but people change. It isn't just them, I to have changed because of the collective circumstances. Prompt 17: How many steps for me... Love takes time, love takes effort, love is a long arduous journey that begins with the first step ⠀ ⠀ How many steps are you willing to take for the things that you love? ♥️ I have walked far along enough to be able to say goodbye We stopped, wandered into a tangent through each others irides journeyed into each others stories. Flakes of gold, aged jade and Oceania blue It carries, weight, anguish and wisdo...

Prompts from  Makhluk Seni  for WELP, a movement to 'weaponise' love in all forms of expression. Prompts were released throughout the month of February for writers to submit any short form of writing. Recently I have been really inspired by space references and wanted to incorporate it more with my pieces. Prompt 14: Our stars wrote for us... Look up and see the blinking lights sparkle back at you. Watching the night sky feels magical. Sometimes it feels like you're not alone, sometimes it feels like the stars are writing something for you.⠀ ⠀ Tell us: what did the stars write?⠀ ⠀ #WELPPACT   #PACT2 I have seen the way your eyes look at the tribulations of the Earth Seeing through the layers of falsified fronts that people put up The weeping of regrets and sinking of spirits. How your eyes fight so hard from blinking Because losing that moment will lose your true connection with them forever Once passed, the planets won't realign again for aeo...