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.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
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.
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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