The University of the Philippines-Cebu Fine Arts Student Organization presents the 38th National Artist Jose Joya Awards and 39th Annual Student's Exhibit. Different artworks were presented at the second floor of New Annex, Ayala Center Cebu. The said exhibition opened last February 17.
The event started in 1976 in honor to the then-Dean of the University of the Philippines-Diliman Fine Arts, Jose Joya who supported and initiated the establishment of a fine arts school in the Cebu branch of UP, the first to set up a fine arts school outside Visayas. Jose Joya, aside from being the former dean of the College of Fine Arts of UP, is also known for his works such as Granadean Arabesque and Nanking. Together with Napoleon Abueva, he represented the Philippines to the XXXII Venice Biennial in 1964. In 2003, Jose Joya was awarded as National Artist posthumously.
"Innocence"
Both the award and the exhibition showcases the diverse talents of UP Cebu students in creating artworks and expressing their thoughts visually to the public. I was lucky yesterday to be able to talk with the grand winner of the said competition, Mr. Ferdinand Aragon. His inspiration for his collage, "Innocence" was from the recent news of young girls who became victims of child pornography in some towns in Cebu. The collage were made of newspapers and magazines cut and molded and fitted to be an image of a young girl.
Here are some of the artworks featured in the exhibit:
"Janus"
"#Throwback Thursday"
"The Pearl Atlas"
"Calypso's Clavier"
"The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil"
If you are interested and have plans to see these wonderful artworks, you can still catch the exhibition. It will last until February 28.
A quote from Degas, "Art is not what you see but what you make others see.”
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen and welcome for another night of K!Lig-novela @ What's in my notebook. This is a question to all the guys out there: have your experienced heart break?Surely, our letter for today may somewhat touch the hearts of guys who have experienced heart break when the girl of their dreams had reject their proposal.
Dear Papa Ken,
Is it hard to answer YES to a question? Please call me Victor. I had a crush on someone, in the same class as mine. Her name is Lou. She is a beautiful girl. Her smile charmed me for a long time. Though she maybe like what they as 'sosyal' but she is actually very approaching and friendly to everyone in our class. I just happen to be around with her because her friends and my friends in class are close. I tried to make her feel about what I think for her yet her respond is mild. One day, Papa Ken, I decided to do what any man can do for the girl of their dreams - to propose to her, to ask her to be my girl friend. I brought chocolates and flowers and set up some of her friends (though some of them, by the looks of their face are reluctant about it). It was a sunny afternoon, in front of some people in our canteen that I proposed to her. "Lou," I started. "Will you be my girl friend?" She smiled for a minute, however, her smile changes to doubts when she cast her stare on me. She answered, "Sorry, Victor. But I think this is not the right time for me to get involved in a relationship." And she just left. Papa Ken, I don't know what to do. Yes, I am sad about what had happened, that she didn't answer YES to my proposal. From that day on, I distanced myself to her. Papa Ken, what is your advice? Will I still pursue her or let it be?
Before I give my advice to you, here is a song from King entitled Maybe
To start with Victor, you're just being impatient. I don't mean to insult you nor anything but you just move with having calculated risk in mind. Are you expecting a girl to say YES right away just because you and her are close enough. Think about it. What if the girl thinks that you are just a friend to her (or a confidant). I maybe wrong but you have just misinterpreted everything.
Now, your question about if you want to pursue her or let her be, I cannot answer it for you. If you pursue her, change your tactics. Remember, ang panliligaw ay parang chess iyan, you make your move with tactics. Think about how the girl of your dreams fall for you. Don't just be close to her for the danger of it is that you might be friend-zone to which any guy would not want it, right? Get to know each other, be close to her but leave some space. On the other hand, if you let her, that's also fine. Try to see if you can live with it.
The best advice that I can give you is don't focus yourself on courtship and of her, because she is not the center of your life. Why not focus on your studies, your relationship to others and your faith? Grow, ika nga. Accept the rejection. I don't also advice you, Victor, to distance yourself to her. She might misinterpret that you are bitter about it and your chances on her will reduce. Rather, let things be normal between the two of you.
Friends, a rejection is inevitable in the game of life. There is no such thing that everyday, the things that we want, we get it right away nor we receive acceptance in a blink of an eye. A rejection doesn't mean that you are not wanted or even, unlove but rather a rejection is just an acceptance in delay, a brother of failure who happens to be a delayed success. The rejection doesn't define you, it is how you accept rejection that defines you. I am Papa Ken, and this is K!Lig-novela @ What's in my notebook.
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!!! I hope that you enjoyed your day in celebrating the most kilig day of the year. Before I start my small talk, here is the song from the musical movie Rent, "Seasons of Love".
Usually, when people answered the question what is love, they define it as love as a feeling, love is with a partner or even having this famous quotable quote as "love is blind". I was asked one time and I quote that tagline of a famous Thai movie, "Love is an evolve form of emotional attachment that transcends gender and physical form." This is as close as I think of what Love can be. Let me share what I think of those definitions above with my changing perspective of what Love is.
I believe that Love is not a feeling or emotions because if it is a feeling, then like anger, it will also fade away in the twilight. That kind of feeling is actually infatuation.
Love is with a partner, well, not necessarily with a partner. You love your family, you love other people like your friends, you love your country and most especially, you love God.
Love is not blind. Love, rather, is acceptance (no matter) of who and what the person is. It is fully accepting the person's strengths, weakness, attitude and past.
And also, Love is security and loyalty.
Again, Happy Valentine's Day!!! Remember, February 14 is not the only day of love; it is everyday as long as there is love. Just as what the song says, Love makes the world go round.
Here’s another song from the Beatles, “All you need is Love”:
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