Many a time I meet interesting people in my travels and engage in substantial conversations with them. Some of the stories remain in tact in my feeble memory. This one particular encounter made me contemplate on Filipino family values and my take on raising children. "Family Tree" | Watercolor | 2019 In Transit Conversation On the bus on the way back to Tarlac, an elderly woman sat beside me. Her seat wasn’t even warm enough yet when she began interrogating me about my destin

In German, “Was machst Du?” This is a question I always hear from people I have just met and likewise know, which prompted me to go deeper into what I really want to do. Why setting goals and achieving them is a process: from contemplation to actual action. I've always wanted to make a tribute to Gongfu cha. Be creative When we moved to South Africa I had no clear idea of what I will be doing there in four years of being unemployed. Instinctively I thought I would go back to

Even now I am still uncomfortable with calling myself as an artist and would rather refer to myself as a creative. What's the difference? Jack-of-All-Trades-Master-of-None The taxi driver casually asked me what did I do to come home so early at two in the morning. I just wanted to be left in peace so I simply answered, “I’m an artist.” No question followed after that but immediately I felt goosebumps. I didn’t like using that word. That time I was still working as a digita

My attempt at visually explaining my side of the story as an introverted creative person. The Party Pooper Have you declined going to a party or left it much earlier dragging your friends away from it? Did it even come to a point where your colleagues no longer included you on their guest list and your superiors singled you out because they found you unsocial towards them (in other words, not kissing their asses)? In our Filipino culture, especially in the working environment

How turning to your creative side can become a cure to depression. In my brooding teenage years, I discovered that I am prone to producing better artworks when I am in a difficult emotional state. Not that this condition is unique. After all, every artist has his or her own cathartic moment that ignites creativity. Big C To be honest, I really do not want to cash in on my cancer story, but it had such a big impact in my life that I cannot deny how much it shook my core. A fe

Why did I start painting again?

Tracing way back my roots as a creative from a doodle on a wall.

The path to my juvenile ambitions was never paved for me. I had to lay it down but I was not bound to follow it.