Buku Public Feelings 2023

IN HIS DEBUT, RAY SHABIR SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON THE REALM OF HIS ADOLESCENCE, BEFORE FACING THE INEVITABLE TRUTH OF GROWING UP. IN PUBLIC FEELINGS & OTHER ACTS, A COLLECTION THE OF THEATRICAL RANGE OF WORKS, RAY RAISES HIS GLASS IN HIS OWN TRIBUTE OF YOUTH,

PUBLIC FEELINGS & OTHER ACTS MATURES INTO A KALEIDOSCOPIC MEMOIR. IT OPENS UP TO THE READER THROUGH A SERIES OF ESSAYS, POEMS, PROSE, AND OTHER FORMS OF WRITING. COMPLETED WITH STRIKING VISUALS THAT AID HIS STORYTELLING, THE AUTHOR TAKES ON HIS OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF GROWING UP, FROM CREATIVITY TO PARTYING TO LONELINESS TO HEARTACHE. THE BOOK IS A DOCUMENTATION OF THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL PERIOD OF TIME, IN ORDER TO REFLECT AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIS OWN COMING-OF-AGE BEFORE MOVING FORWARD. WRITTEN IN A VOICE THAT IS UNAPOLOGETICALLY PERSONAL YET CRITICALLY DISTANT AT THE SAME TIME, HE MAKES HIS ODYSSEY TOWARD ADULTHOOD-UNQUESTIONABLY HIS OWN.

Dalam buku ini, Shabir membahas berbagai perasaan publik yang dialami oleh masyarakat Indonesia pada tahun 2023. Perasaan-perasaan ini antara lain:
Kegelisahan dan ketakutan, yang disebabkan oleh pandemi COVID-19, perang di Ukraina, dan ketidakstabilan politik di Indonesia.
Kemarahan dan frustrasi, yang disebabkan oleh ketimpangan sosial, korupsi, dan diskriminasi.
Harapan dan optimisme, yang disebabkan oleh kemajuan teknologi, gerakan sosial, dan kesadaran akan perubahan iklim.

Shabir berpendapat bahwa perasaan publik dapat memiliki dampak yang signifikan terhadap masyarakat. Perasaan-perasaan ini dapat mendorong orang untuk bertindak, baik itu untuk melakukan perubahan positif maupun negatif.