The Wonderful Colors of Paradise in Education

By Andi Sulistiadi

It's a memoir of the journey of a school principal who conducted research in the endogenous hinterland of Baduy culture to find an accurate education system for non-formal schools based on local wisdom. This book is dedicated to Indonesian & worldwide education accompanied by an album containing songs with emotional nuances for every event within.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andi Sulistiadi
• Release date: Mar 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005406424

Andi Sulistiadi

Anthesianz is an eccentric singer, songwriter, author, and arts and culture researcher. He has spawned few digital albums. Hope's the first album contains eight catchy songs in the Pop-Etnic-EDM genre in early 2022. Then, he released his previous digital albums entitled "Laka Laka", "Mr. Christmas", "Sraddha", and "Saved" in 2023. Then he was realeasing his album "Sokasrana", and extended play tittled "Short" in 2024. This singer from West Java is often known as a researcher in art, society, and culture under the name Dr. Andi Sulistiadi, MM.​Anthesianz became the opening performer of the second day of Prambanan Jazz 2022 in Yogyakarta, previously Anthesianz was selected as the winner of the Jawara Goes To Prambanan Jazz Festival in Bandung in early June 2022. A month later, in early August 2022, he performed as a solo singer and musician at the International Tourism Wellness Conference Festival 2022 in Solo.Then, he attended several music festivals such as Edufun Music Festival, Mag Festival, Kalai Festival, Tangerang Volume 5 Gigs, Rumah Musik Indonesia, Musikawan De Javu Festival, Sarinah Wastra Dolanan Music Festival and December Care Festival 2022.In early 2023, Anthesianz actively educated the arts & culture preservation campaign #indonesianwaves in the Tip-tip Cultural 2023 and Tangerang Fashion Festival (Taffest) 2023, Tabe Spots Festival 2023, Indonesia Annual Concert 2023, Teras Sore Elshinta TV, Bincang Musik Radio Heartline FM, Chillax Culture & Culinary Festival 2023, Eco Living Fest 2023, Festival Indonesia 2023, Traditional Games TGR Detective series, and Festival Seba Baduy 2023.Amazingly, his songs were awarded in several events such as: "Kanekessian" won best Jawara Goes to Prambanan 2022, "Halimun" the best King Q Voice Fest 2023, "Adorn Our Souls" at Indonesia Annual Concert 2023, "Tak Jauh/Ain't That Far" got privilege award at Tren Got Talent 2023, and "Aku Bisa Hebat" got best oroginal song at The Darwin's Theory.The man who was born on November 29 in Purwakarta, West Java, Indonesia is known as an aesthetic pop singer with a distinctive voice and wide octave range. He is also known to be very fond of scientific research in the fields of art, culture, and education, especially in Indonesia. According to him, local wisdom is the nation's most remarkable heritage. The form can be anything, such as art, customs, heirlooms, philosophical values, and the like. Anthesianz himself has been named the official artist channel on YouTube. The name is interpreted imaginatively by him as someone who has the values of goodness and truth, a world full of honesty, peace, love, and good change.

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Andi Sulistiadi

The Wonderful Colors Of Paradise In Education

Anthesianz

First published by Artstage Global 2022

Copyright © 2022 by Andi Sulistiadi

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

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Contents

1. Educator Brings Hope

2. Like A Clay In The Hands of A Potter

3. Rejoice Even in Uncertain Conditions

4. Enlightenment at Night

5. Party In The Morning

6. The Leading Ladies in Education

7. Let’s Make It Better

8. Author Profile

Conclusion

1

Educator Brings Hope

(Theme song: Hope, lyrics & music by Anthesianz)

Right now, I’m sitting quietly in my bedroom. Unlike usual, when I woke up this morning, I was very diligent in tidying up my room and bedroom, like being hypnotized by the children’s song Wake up, my personal belongings were usually scattered in every corner like a broken ship, usually scattered around the room. my bedroom is not too wide. In this room, the idea arose to share my experiences in a book and a song.

This time the lighting in my room was deliberately dimmed, even though before I didn’t like darkness or dim atmosphere. But I don’t know, once again I feel that I want to get rid of the preference for rooms with bright lighting.

Yes, it can be said that this room was the beginning of my writing on paper to write the story of my journey as a school principal. Honestly, I’m not a person who is used to writing down my head. But this time it was a little different, either there was a very strong urge that asked me to write down what was in my head, heart and life experiences.

In fact, I felt a strong urge to convey a message from someone’s voice that I heard magically. The message directed my eyes to the people who work as school principals and educators around me, who in fact struggle a lot with their respective problems. I shudder to pay attention to every soul who is carrying out their wrong decisions. Yes, those I know how to do right but I don’t know how to tell them to do right.

All this time I realized the whispers were telling me to act to correct them, but because of my ignorance, during the forty-two years I lived, I neglected my concern to prioritize the needs and pleasures of my mind, soul and body first. In fact, I realized that what