Nell -Lynn Perera, Painter, Poet, Rock Artist - Malaysia

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Nell - Lynn Perera: "My purpose is to be of service"


BPP: Identity: Who you are? And who you really are?

Nell lynn Perera: I simply am.nd

I am not my name. Where I come from is irrelevant. Nothing about me says anything about me.

I wasn’t even who I was yesterday,

My purpose is to be of service.

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BPP: If you could say something important you've learned all these years of your life, to the other people and they were able to listen to you, what would you like to tell them?

Nell Lynn Perera: The only thing that matters is Love.

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BPP: What is your real dream, the one that keeps you awake at nights and if one day it will come true, you will feel your heart calm and peacefull?

Nell Lynn Perera: I have many dreams but they don’t keep me up at nights.

They keep me going when I am awake.

Reality is what keeps me up at nights.

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BPP: How is life for the people in your country today? What do you wish to happen to them and to the people of this planet at large?

Nell Lynn Perera:  Inner Peace for each and every living being here on earth.

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BPP: If you had the chance to be a child again, will you choose to do the same life you do?

Nell Lynn Perera:  No.

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BPP: Which exactly was the moment you understood what you want to do in your life? How did you feel at this very moment?

Nell Lynn Perera: I felt awaken. These insights have come to me not at one single moment, but they appear from time to time.

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BPP: Something yours: Do you want to tell us something we didn't ask you until now?

 Nell Lynn Perera: 

The  Rugged  Sea

you have a home.

it's your safe haven.

it lies on the shore.

everyday, you stand at the beach.

you imagine what lives over there.

you swim

but you never go far.

there seems to be nothing other than the vast sea.

you're happy just swimming, nowhere.

one day, you see someone on a boat out at sea heading further beyond.

a small nothing to look at boat.

she sees you too.

now, you know something lives across that sea.

there must be.

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you start noticing her everyday.

you can't help it.

she sees you too.

everyday, you see others on the beach.

some you wish you had the guts to walk up to

but you never do.

one morning, as you walk to the beach,

she's already there.

she smiles at you.

you know you're in trouble.

your heart is about to run off with her.

she's breathtaking.

you can feel the fear rise in you.

she tells you she lives on an island.

across

from you.

you say you never knew for sure there was an island,

you sort of guessed but didnt think there was.

until you saw her on her boat, that first time.

she smiles, remembering.

she says; yes, no one ever goes there. that's why i love it there.

the sea is rugged.

it keeps people from coming.

you're just looking at her.

you see words flying out of her mouth.

you're lip reading.

you're in a daze.

she's got you.

she sort of knows you're looking at her too hard.

she figures it must be cos she looks so different from anyone around you.

she has dark piercing eyes and black hair.

she tells you she's got to get going.

and invites you over.

whenever you'd like to go over.

you ask her how do you get there.

she tells you where there's a boatman who would take you to the island.

you say ok.

her goodbye was her smile.

you watch every step that she takes

until you no longer see her.

she never looks back.

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each morning,

you wake up earlier hoping to catch a glimpse of her

but you don't see her.

in the evenings, you've started looking out for her too.

you stand by your window at nites

and try and look out as far as you can.

you can't see this island she claims to be on.

but you see it on maps.

so you know she is real.

you can't get her out of yr mind.

it feels like she's living beneath your skin.

you now try talking to others.

but they bore you.

it now has started living in you.

she lives in you.

the rugged sea.

' why don't I have the guts to get on a boat to go to her? '

you can't answer it.

the rugged sea.

you can't see whats beyond it.

this is why you are apprehensive.

you fear what you cant see.

but let not fear drown you.

cos it wont be the sea.

no other risks in life pose a greater fear than love.

the rugged sea, looks that way

from where you're standing.

it's view is of peace and calm,

over the other side on that island.

x

Nin

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