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Ikaw ang pag-asa, ikaw, ang paglaya at ang buhay sa pakikibaka. Oil in Canvas. Ang Pilapil. 2020 |


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Color Study |
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Ikaw ang pag-asa, ikaw, ang paglaya at ang buhay sa pakikibaka. Oil in Canvas. Ang Pilapil. 2020 |
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Color Study |
In tagalog, halina means irresistible charm, but as a verb, it could also mean “come/ come on”. As industrialization continues to thrive, our society tend to be occupied, while becoming less and less concerned about the essence of our environment. The proposed mural evokes an idea for every Filipinos, from street vendors, usual cruisers, random passengers, walking students or workers, and so on, to appreciate the surroundings more, to take care of it, and to encourage them to create a beautiful society that embraces nature— where flora and fauna, like the stray grass, mosses, street flowers, dragonflies, marine life, coexists with us. The picture would show an adult sibling demonstrating to his younger sister how to garden in an ordinary boulevard. This generation must take responsibility upon implanting, to the young particularly, awareness and empathy for these natural abundance. We must not take it for granted.
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Halina. A Proposed Mural For Urban Art. Rough Study. Digital Illustration. 4 x 6 ft. 2017 |
Eight different people, all disposed to introversion, try to respond to the natural world— find themselves contained, yet conscious of things.
The country shall provide ample incentives to national or local health practitioners and institutions, so every woman can enjoy a free access to quality healthcare services, especially the marginalized sector. Yet abolish capitalized healthcare system, to support rights and awareness on sustainable wellness.
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Creativity as Catalyst for Change Cartoon Entry on Women Empowerment. 210 x 297 mm. Pen and Ink. 2017 |
The series is about spiritual sensitivity. The digital work are ought to deviate from natural perception of things. It represents a sanctuary—bounded inside and outside—where we most linger to contemplate. When we are receptive yet unconscious to the energies of things, the sensation becomes intimate, we transform our vision, and thus constantly transform our selves. There are things in our own solitary world that flourish upon our naked senses, that apparently reveal the most special and bizarre feeling amongst us. Vintage colours with lines overlaid in the hue of rose represent a psychedelic sensation or a nostalgia from what we merely see or feel.
“If this is all we find there, we have missed the thing most worth finding.” (R.G. Collingwood)
It is our essential duty to establish our freewill and our capacity to make a better and lovelier world, how? In a small step towards big change, we must cast our votes to a worthy leader. We have to decide and work for the sake of the whole— to choose responsibly. Henceforth we may ask again, "siya na ba talaga?"