sining, kape, pilosopiya’t iba pa
On routines and deadlines, maybe
My usual work routine starts like this: with enough caffeine to inspire the day, I complete at least one art piece (ideally a painting, but contributing to almost complete half-done mini sketching notebooks is also acceptable), then I write, on the computer, at least a thousand words as warm up, and if my hands are…
In Attention
What goes on in one’s mind when one is engaged in a task? Lately, I have been playing with the idea of “focus” as a similar phenomenon to hunger. Sometimes a lack of appetite is not a concern—one may simply not be hungry; likewise, a lack of singular attention may be an indication of a…
‘Something (해방)’ (2023)
Watercolour and inkSometime 2023
Tanawin (Salin ng “풍경화” ng Red Velvet)
I. Bawat saglit, buong araw Nais alalahanin ‘Tong mga kung saan-saang Punô ng tanawing iginuhit Mga tanawing pang-araw-araw Sa’ki’y bukod-tangi *‘Ting munting awitin Narito nang lahat Tila laging maaliwalas na tag-araw Dito sa ating kwentong mala-sining **Sa bagong pahinang ‘to Araw-araw iguhit Mga ulap na dumaraan Mga púnong magbabago rin ***‘Tong ating tanawin Isang kabanatang…
Vita contemplativa, sketches
What does it mean for [a] life to be “worth living”?
I have been reading about Socrates and have finally come to the texts Crito and Apology. In the latter, Socrates utters the line “The unexamined life is not worth living,” which has always made me wonder. It is a popular line, so much so that it seems as though its meaning should be straightforward, yet…
Anino
‘Di mawaring pangamba—ito ba’y kape o paalala ng bukas na magbastà?Nais ko lamang na makahinga nang maluwag, na malugod sa kaluluwa—Ngunit ako’y may aninong ramdam kahit ‘di makita—Saan kaya ang kapayapaan ng umaga ngayo’y hapon na at ang búkas tuluyang nagbabadya—Ano bang gantimpala ang makukuha sa ganitong pagkalagay?
Financial advisor
Financial advisor describes reality: With almost every decision we make in life there is uncertainty… about the outcome.No matter what happens, we know not a wasted effort. Urged to be discouraged or feel that of no value, assured them that a day is coming and will be swallowed up, Remaining true to difficult, discouraging, and…
Coffee
Hot water is showered over granules formed—this is a geometrical genius: triangle. From this heat touching inert potentialities, out comes wisps of sleep leaving and down is its liquid—mad men’s necessity to keep going. Yet here, I make it through the slowest form to watch it bloom and fall and fall, drip by drip particle…
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