Shima Trisna

Tag: philosophy

  • The Discipline of Quiet Work: Between Studio and Study

    “My real profession is medicine, but I sometimes write (music) in my spare time.” – Anton Chekhov An artist paints in a studio; an academic works at the desk. Both work in silence, slightly out of sync with the outside world. Isolation is not the enemy; more often, it becomes a quiet companion in the…

  • Lohengrin and the Grace of Disappearance

    De Animalibus, illustration by author, 2026 There are periods in history which later generations are fast to call dark or stagnated, not because nothing of significant occurred within them, but because what occurred resisted immediate visibility. ‘A foggy period’ one may call; something which is often mistaken for emptiness. Yet in nature, fog gathers only…