tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124148852012-02-02T10:15:45.030+08:00An artist's musings on what it means to live creatively. Also features Philippine art news, links, exhibitions, and articles. By Jojo BalloJojo Ballohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07956696380371707314noreply@blogger.comBlogger491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12414885.post-4591904524389686962012-02-02T08:29:00.005+08:002012-02-02T10:15:45.038+08:00

I came across a quote from a book recently. The book is called "The Tao of Success: The Five Ancient Rings of Destiny" and it is written by Derek Lin."Everything is meaningless because that is exactly how it should be. It has to be that way because its void is what frees you to create your own meaning. The emptiness of a vessel is what gives it usefulness. Existence is a blank slate that invites

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Great Waves(A Zen Story)In the early days of the Meiji era there lived a well-known wrestler called O-nami, Great Waves.O-nami was immensely strong and knew the art of wrestling. In his private bouts he defeated even his teacher, but in public he was so bashful that even his own pupils threw him.O-nami felt that he should go to a Zen master for help. Hakuju, a wandering teacher, was stopping in a

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The following is an article written by Eric Maisel, Ph.D, writer, author and creativity coach. Eric writes a regular newsletter through his yahoogroup (click here for more info). He also has a website, ericmaisel.com, where he offers resources for the creative individual.**HOW SHOULD ARTISTS PRESENT THEMSELVES?By Eric Maisel, Ph.D.The question how should I present myself is really two questions

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Don't ask so much what the world needs.Go out and do what makes you come alive,because what the world needs mostare people who have come alive.-- Howard Thurman** If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Wherever you are -- if you are following your bliss,

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You are an artist on the brink. You’ve carefully nurtured and protected your ideas, keeping them secret, waiting for the right moment to release them into the world. Silently, you’ve prepared a significant body of work, one that you feel describes your identity, your values, your passions, your spirit.Deep inside, you know it’s time.You must make the leap into unknown territory.There are a

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In his essay "Art and Craft", RG Collingwood distinguishes between what is “craft” and that which is “art proper”. He shows this by enumerating some general features of craft, the central characteristic being its distinction between means and end. He then asks if this characteristic may be applied to art proper, if art may be divisible into means and an end. He then states that art cannot be so

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You're cordially invited to:Landscapes on PaperCathy Lasam's 3rd Solo Exhibition “Landscapes on Paper” runs until November 24, 2007 at OWG Creative Centre, Ground Floor 2241 La Fuerza Plaza II, Don Chino Roces Ave. corner Sabio St., Makati City. Gallery hours are from 10am-7pm daily except Sundays. For inquiries, call or fax 8192074, e-mail inquiry@owg.cc, or visit http://www.owg.cc/. Please

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Breathing new life into my blogger homepage. Updates coming very soon!

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Pinto Art Gallery invites you to the opening of WATAWAT: RECENT WORKS BY JEFF DIZON, this Sunday, January 28 @ 3pm. Curated by Benjie Cabangis, this exhibit marks the artist's 30th year in the art scene. Featured are acrylic paintings on paper and on canvas, with musical performances by the UP Himig Kultura string quartet.Pinto is located at 1 Sierra Madre St., Grandheights Subd, Antipolo City.

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Words For Itby Julia CameronI wish I could take languageAnd fold it like cool, moist rags.I would lay words on your forehead.I would wrap words on your wrists."There, there," my words would say–Or something better.I would ask them to murmur,"Hush" and "Shh, shhh, it's all right."I would ask them to hold you all night.I wish I could take languageAnd daub and soothe and coolWhere fever blisters and

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~It is difficult to write about poetryHow it must be grandto be worth somethingIt is poetry if it is about your lifeAnd if it is about life,then it is worth something***It does not matter if it is not perfectWhat matters is I loved it enough to see it written***Fear defines our lives,Defines all lifeThere must be something beautiful about fear --It exists, after allJojo2006~

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End-of-November bloom

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Our Deepest Fearby Marianne WilliamsonOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.Our deepest fearis that we are powerful beyond measure.It is our light, not our darkness,that most frightens us.We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,talented and fabulous?Actually who are we not to be?You are a child of God.Your playing small doesn't serve the world.There is nothing enlightened

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Pinto Art Gallery invites you to its fourth quarter exhibitions for 2006:Joy Mallari"Ulinig" @ Gallery Shop & Gallery 2"Manibalang" @ Gallery 1LA-based visual artist and painter Joy Mallari returns to the Philippines after a series of successful international exhibitions the last 10 years. For her homecoming solo show, the artist will feature two simultaneous painting exhibitions highlighting her

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Anna Varona mounts “Color, Light and Shadow,” which opens on November 14, 6:30 p.m. at the MuseumSpace, second floor of the Glass Wing of Ayala Museum, Makati Ave. corner Dela Rosa St., Makati City.In her 2nd solo exhibition, the artist features new figure paintings as well as still life of familiar objects – fruits, glass, flowers and pottery – done in oil on linen or Ampersand Gessoboard

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Last Sunday, two unexpected visitors showed up at Pinto - Mark Justiniani and Joy Mallari (to the great surprise of Dr. Cuanang and Andy Estella). Mark and Joy are both visual artists living in L.A. Both came back, after a long hiatus, to the Philippines, for a brief visit. (Joy will be having an exhibition of paintings @ Pinto this November 26. Mark will be part of a group exhibition at the Art

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This is the place where I work, around sunset. You can see the small chapel where antiques are stored. Love that bed (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz).

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Please come to my exhibition of paintings entitled "Poems and Mandalas" at Boston Gallery, 2nd flr, this Saturday August 12. Opening cocktails at 6pm. Hope to see you there!Boston Gallery is at 72-A Lantana St, Boston cor Lantana St. Cubao, QC. (near Blue Bacon restaurant and Immaculate Concepcion church). #7229205To get there:(cars) from makati on edsa:go to cubao overpass (ibabaw), and turn

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i will stay. if i had a choice to go anywhere i wanted, i'd stay.here.yesterday, going home, the jeepney i was in was stuck in traffic. knowing how my mind works, it was another one of those moments when i would throw my arms up in the air in disgust and say, to hell with it, i'm leaving this country. but after a while my frustration would subside, and i would stay put.yesterday, following the

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(This show recently opened last May 7. If you wish to visit the gallery, please call us up at 6971015 or email us at pinto_art_gallery@yahoo.com. Thanks!)Antipolo Arts Festival 2006 (AAFO6)Pinto Art GalleryMay 7 - June 23Curated by Riel Hilario and Jojo BalloThe Antipolo Arts Festival 06 (AAF06) is a cultural and contemporary art event organized by the Pinto Art Gallery and takes place in the

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"BOXED"Still showing at Big Sky Minduntil June 3Some 70+ artists of different persuasions came together to show their works in a 10" x 10" format. Gelo Suarez opened the show with his dada food throwing performance (it's weird how some people will not fight back even if food is already being thrown at their faces hehe. As for myself, i was standing behind the performer so nakaligtas.) Hope you

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LeonardoThe name of Leonardo Da Vinci is on everyone’s lips these days. And it makes me wonder how deep and how wide his thinking must have been to continue to impact our world today, 500 years after the Renaissance.Notwithstanding the success of Dan Brown’s book, Leonardo has influenced every major field, from artistic production to aviation, to education to business consultancy (see Michael

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Went with Cathy to the "Taiko!Tambol!" concert last Jan12 in the new PETA theter in QC. What an amazing experience to say the least!check them outMy words definitely will not do justice to their performance. But it was like being transported to feudal Japan. The costumes of the Yamato group were also very... Japanese? Haha they were very well designed beautiful eye candy. Astig astig astig sila.

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Art on Violin ExhibitOpens December 23, Friday at 6PM@ The Art Center, Level 4 Bldg ASM Megamall, Mandaluyong City(until January 5, 2006)

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I missed blogging. I missed a lot of things. I need to update this!!! lolWent to Penguin last tuesday with my dear Cathy and had a great time seeing old Pinoypoets friends. Sruvaleh was also there playing their music, with now-regular sessionist Kramer hehe. Nandun din sila Rain, Ani, Steph (thanks for sharing with Cathy your knowledge on ehem, massage :D), Jeff, Makoy, Claire, Jonar, Gretch, Van

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I love September 25, 2005. 9:00 am to be exact. :) A leap of faith, with someone very dear to me.happy happy happy happy happy***Just had lunch earlier with my sister's future in-laws at Dad's. The food was great. On the way to Makati, i found that the streets looked great, and I loved the way the sun hit the roofs of the cars. I felt light. There is a lightness in everything I do. Does it matter

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Press ReleaseArt Workshops at Art InformalTHE POWER TO CREATE(A Creativity Workshop)All of us have a strong desire to follow our creative impulses, and at the same time, find personal meaning and fulfillment through our creative work. However, real life concerns often make us postpone our creative efforts and lead us to bouts of frustration, uncertainty and apathy. A creativity workshop empowers

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"Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace." (Karl Kraus, 1874-1936)"Time has been transformed and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhiliration." (Kahlil Gibran)I just realized I didn't know anything. Absolutely nothing at all. I could read all the books in the world

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Major anxiety attack.It should be easy. I can do it in my sleep. I've done three of them. But who am I fooling? This show is the hardest ever and (heaven forbid that you read this Mr. Hilario hehehe) I have yet to finish a coherent piece for an exhibit in October.Major downpour. Ayos lang, it's only water. Needing some space, I had to leave my studio (if you can call it that - four walls and a

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"Obsession" - Cathy's hands and artworkSeeing Stars (a song-in-progress)for CathyI didn't know if it was the alcoholor the feeling of rushing headlongdown a ravine I haven't seenin a long long whileIt could have been your eyesthe way you bring them to a starewith one eyebrow raised, you say:"Monsieur,and why do you look at me that way?"Mademoiselle,I want to dance with youThis sunday morning,I'm

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Moomoo.Takot talaga ako sa mga multo. Kaya kapag may nagsimula ng ghost stories, I become a scaredy cat. HahahahaA friend of mine told me that there's an org in UP that can open one's third eye. An intriguing precept. Since (1) it presumes that there is such a thing as a 'third eye', and that apparently, (2) everybody has it (in varying degrees of 'openness').Personally, I think that everything

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"Bayan ko, nahan ka, ako ngayoy' nag-iisa..."- AsinHindi ko piniling maging Pilipino. Pero hinding hindi ko ata kayang ipagpapalit ito. Kahit pa man meron na tayong global na pag-iisip at diwa. Iba pa rin ang hatak ng inang bayan. Kaya't nakakalungkot ang mga dinaranas natin ngayon.Sana matuto na tayo. Sana.Ngunit paano nga ba ima-manage ang pagbabago? At paano tayo magpaplano kung ang mga

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got this from a site:The Meaning of "Namaste"What does "Namaste" mean? My yoga teacher says it every week after our practice and I've always wanted to know.- studentAadil Palkhivala's reply:The gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a Divine spark within each of us that is located in the heart chakra. The gesture is an acknowledgment of the soul in one by the soul in another. "Nama"

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My niece and nephew will be coming over for a visit this July. Sandali rin lang sila dito, pero will make the most of it.

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photo by dan massey hehe matagal-tagal na palang walang update itong blog ko. what i've been up to: ~enjoying the company of good people ~looking at life as it is, not as i want it to be ~trying to balance my time with all of the things i want to do before i die :P ~listening to Bridge's Love From Lust album (may utang na review kay Johnoy) ~listening to Johannes Linstead's Guitarra Del Fuego ~

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eternal(2nd draft)looking down, she foundthe watch on her wristhad stoppedits gears could no longerbleed seconds, its handscould no longertell the hour --it was free.a look of envy crossedher very young facebut the expressionwas only there a momentbefore a new thoughtled her to other thingsJojoJune 23

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Pinoypoets’ Anniversary Night @ ConspiracyIf you’re a writer, a poet, an artist or simply a lover of literature, better block off Tuesday, June 28 on your social calendar. Pinoypoets (PP), an online community of literary enthusiasts, will be holding its first anniversary bash at Conspiracy Bar in Quezon City.The event, dubbed PP ‘to!(The Pinoypoets’ First Anniversary), promises to be an evening

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'The Lovers' by Rene Magritte LOVE AT FIRST SIGHTWislawa SzymborskaThey're both convincedthat a sudden passion joined them.Such certainty is beautiful,but uncertainty is more beautiful still.Since they'd never met before, they're surethat there'd been nothing between them.But what's the word from the streets, staircases, hallways -perhaps they've passed by each other a million times?I want to ask

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Oh wow, talk about coincidences. I think the universe is playing a game on me, but this time, it made me smile (or rather laugh out loud like an idiot). Ok ok, I won't mess it up this time.

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artwork by dave mckean ________________________________ "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is: Infinite."- William BlakeWhy do we see what we see in the way that we see them?And how come learning to step back, to pause, to see what we're actually doing (in the midst of eveything else that's going on in our lives) is such a hard thing to do?_____________

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Pahin(g)aFirst draft“You cannot go into the womb to form the child; it is there and makes itself and comes forth whole – and there it is and you have made it and have felt it, but it has come itself.”- Gertrude SteinNarito na naman ang pahinaDinatnan ko siyangWalang guhitAt wala pang markaNakikiusapNangungumustaPaano nga ba muling magsisimula?Kanina, ang dami kong napunitNa mga salita“Bahala na,”

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somewhere, a saxophonist is playing a tune.in different times of the day, we pick it up, some of us knowingly, and some of us unconsciously.we hum the melody softly in our minds, and add bits and pieces of our own music, our own styles, to this original piece.***it was good talking to you over a warm cup of coffee. the rain stopped for a few brief moments and everything was okay. everything IS

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Just got back from my online hiatus.Looks like things are back to normal.

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Summer's almost over. Or maybe it already is?...I'm at Netopia Greenhills again. Stranded by the sudden downpour. While the school is just a few meters away. Funny thing, water. So formless, yet so powerful. But I don't mind waiting. Or passing the time away (one of my few luxuries, really). Everything is so fast-paced nowadays, it is such a pleasure to say, "I like for me to be still..."I

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photo by dan massey Bad trip, hindi na-save yung una kong sinulat... Oh well.Been thinking about the flamenco for some months now, and looking for teachers and classes. Partly because I love the improvisations and the music and the history, and partly because my guitar playing has reached a plateau. My laziness has gotten to the point where I want to kick myself in the ass hehe. I need to

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Changed my blog template again. Hopefully, no more glitches this time. And yes, Van, pwede na magcomment hehehe. :D

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i revised a recent poem, and this is what came out of it...Walking on Water it would be a moment of stillnessthe sea would touchthe soles of your feetand it would wonderat your weightlessnesswhile you,a child of the wind,would marvel at its strengthhere,where heaven kisses its tears,you will waitfor the sea to whisperthe meaning of its depthsand in turn,you will reveal your soul's journeyup until

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My drawing and watercolor workshop for kids is coming to a close. I miss my students already. Kids are so easy to please. Kanina, I gave them Coke, and they were so happy about it. After that, kwentuhan na sila about wrestling, etc. Umm, guys, you still have to finish this, i would tell them... Oh well, baby sitter mode na naman ako. I was telling them about Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan during the

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"A whole person is one who has both walked with God and wrestled with the devil." - C. G. JungA student of mine in my Creativity class told me he was reading Da Vinci Decoded by Michael Gelb. Which was synchronistic, since I was reading the same book as well (although I haven't gone back to it just yet.) We had a very enlightening conversation on a particular chapter, "Sfumato". Sfumato basically

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