CULTURAL CULTIVATION: Filipinos Blend Colors of Japan Into Their Own

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Countries adapting to different cultures have become an accustomed practice since the start of colonization, and the Philippines has been part of those adhering to the trend from its history until today.

BEYOND SERENITY: Undertakings of a Tranquil Lady

Different people of different class define the true joy of life subjectively—some find it in material things, some find it in another person, some in the wonders of nature, and some in just, well, the little things.

The writer has discovered this simple observation in the face of a very gentle individual—Janelle Dimain.

THE WONDEROUS SPLENDOR OF BEER

When you see a glass bottle’s crown cap lying on the ground, what comes to your mind first? Milk? Soft drink? Paint remover bottle? As for me, well, it’s simple: beer.

SMOKING: LIFE IN A STICK

Human life can be magnificent–can make us do things we wanted, go to places that we wished to go, and make us choose things for ourselves. However, this freedom can be a little addictive, especially when we humans abuse it too much.

DOES PHILIPPINE LITERATURE STILL STAND STRONG AMIDST THE SURGE OF FOREIGN TRENDS?

A tree is a strong structure. It can grow real tall, and can stand through anything for years, even centuries. But trees also, eventually, lose its beauty. It becomes dull, and its bright green leaves can soon turn into crisp, dry, dead ones.

The Filipino youth has long been fascinated by the wonders of fictional creatures in foreign bestselling novels–purchasing volumes, admiring authors, and eventually adoring the amazingly written pieces. But are they still fascinated by our own nation’s pieces of work?

THE DEADLY TRUTH ABOUT SELF-HARM

The world has been the sole witness of all of the excursions of man on its land ever since. It has seen amazing things, and has been exposed to innovations. But, just like humans that roam about, it has also seen the budding of a new born creature–and the death of another.

FILIPINOS UNITE FOR ANOTHER COLORFUL REVOLUTION

Can paint change the world?

The Philippines has been one of the many countries in the world that stands as an edifice of freedom and democracy through the faces of its people. Filipinos take into serious account revolutionary acts for the betterment of the country, and for the betterment of the people living in the country. They take time in creating artistic representation of their passion–be it raging or the opposite–only to show and express their dear hearts.

Funny, because these symbols of courage, though we don’t take notice that much, have one thing in common–the use of paint.

Protests against the martial law, banners used as message boards of support for the departed Ninoy Aquino, mascots displayed in a goofy fashion in the streets for infamous politicians, and only recently, the different creative faces of pigs graced the One Million People’s March in Luneta Park against the infamous Pork Barrel scam, etc.–all of these are illustrations used by protestants to express the emotion they can no longer contain towards the anomalies in the country.

All throughout my exposure to the realities of life, I have not fully observed the importance of color to national democracy, nor did I even pay attention to the wonders it gave the revolutionary symbols we saw before, and we see today. People could have just collected old newspapers and put them together to create a face, right, since they were to burn them afterwards anyway? Apparently, it does not work that way. Paint should be applied; and people have been doing so for more than a century.

Color and paint has been in the fight with us. It has been with people who died, who lived for a better tomorrow, who continues the revolution in the present, and with those who will continue the revolution in the future.

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Object: paint canister

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