Introduction to Sengkalan Project

Sengkalan is a sentence or word order that has a number character (watak) to express a number of years. The word order in the constraint is arranged sequentially from left to right.

Sengkalan is mostly found in the writings of Javanese literature, historical objects, buildings, works of art, and emblems/symbols of a city, as a sign to commemorating the time or time of year of the occurrence of important events related. Sengkalan was also used in letters in ancient times to indicate the time or year of its writing.

Standard guidelines in the form of mathematical formulas to determine the character of numbers in the decline of words as an element of constraint does not yet exist. The character of a number is generally determined by its suitability to the number of elements of nature, the elements of forming materials, or the sum of everything attached to objects, humans, animals, or other natural phenomena.

With the Sengkalan Project, I would like to introduce a little about sengkalan through illustrations and a little animation with an illustration style that I can present with all limitations, which will later be collected as NFT.

Sengkalan No.1 Asta Kalih Janma Luhur (0122)

Asta Kalih Janma Luhur is taken from Javanese words which can be translated into English as follows; Asta means hand, Kalih means two, Janma means a human that is wise and has a high position, and Luhur means great/noble. Asta Kalih Janma Luhur is also a Sengkalan of the numbers; 2 (asta), 2 (kalih), 1 (janma), and 0 (luhur). So by following the Javanese sengkalan reading method, Asta Kalih Janma Luhur can be read as 0122.

The illustration of Asta Kalih Janma Luhur depicts a human figure sitting in a majestic place and is weighing two things and trying to balance them. The activity of balancing two things is to illustrate the existence of wisdom mediated by two human hands as a means of manifestation.

Asta Kalih Janma Luhur will soon be available on Opensea as NFT for collectibles.