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.
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
This article is for educational use only.
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