Dear Friends...

In the month of September, the theme of my wonderful partner, "SOCA" children magazine, was "Indonesian Oceans- Heaven on Earth." Personally, I have been creating so many artworks and books about the richness of Indonesian oceans, and how everyone should preserve it before they all were destroyed by greed.

But, for "SOCA" I created a one of a kind piece where my friends and I embarked on an ocean adventure aboard Indonesian famous Bugis' traditional boats, called the Phinisi boats. The Bugis and the Mandar of South Celebes have been famous sailors for many centuries. Using only traditional knowledge, they traveled around the world, as far as Madagaskar and Cape Town, South Africa!

Indonesian oceans are also home to world's biggest biodiversity. Mangrove forests, coral reefs and sea grass beds as well as thousands species of sea animals are found in these rich oceans. However, the destruction of these largest ocean biodiversity already reaches an alarming stage. Together we have to protect and preserve them.

If you like to see more of my ocean "adventures", please visit my Facebook page: Didgit Cobbleheart, or follow my Twitter/ Twitpic page @cobbleheart. Stay tune for my up coming beautiful book called "Mencintai Laut Indonesia" or "Loving Indonesian Oceans."

Truly Yours,
Didgit