According to Elizabeth Gilbert, ideas are magical sentient energies that float amongst us living beings.

From then on, after being diagnosed of cancer of the uterus... I took even more care of myself.

But a professional artist knows how to separate their personal life from work and so I pushed forward to finish this assignment.

I was encouraged by our mentor, Lilla Rogers, to have more of the art direction I took on my book cover submission in my portfolio.

What do you do when uninspired or just really out of your system? What if it’s a rainy day or on a tight deadline and no idea is coming? Blue and Blah As a creative who is also always present in social media, it seems as though you are in constant cloud nine churning creative thoughts and brilliant ideas. In reality there are days that are just blue and simply blah. Nothing is coming and you know that the clock is ticking. Deadlines do not help at all. It sounds very indulgen

Are you on a quest to dig deeper into your personality? As normal human beings with minds and hearts of our own we tend to overthink and over feel matters. And if you are an artist, you probably tend to go to extremes in exploring the depths of your soul and other people's in the hopes of getting inspired or finding your own style—your brand. "Flower Head" | Watercolor and Gouache | 2019 Dig Deeper Have you ever answered those BuzzFeed personality quizzes or any Internet pop

It is a season to be jolly in the kitchen. Therefore, there is no reason to panic and make baking a burden. Here is an illustrated recipe of an Oreo Cheesecake. Enjoy! Tip! Important is, the temperature in the oven is regulated and consistent, so an oven thermometer is going to be your bestfriend and never take a bain-marie for granted. It will make your cheesecake happy and crackless. Finally, be gentle with your cheesecake as it needs to cool down slowly so leave the oven d

Children are innately creative. Up to a certain age, they live in dreamland and everything they do is make believe. With all their whimsical and radical ideas, how can we be creative just like kids? Abstract artwork by Adam, 3 years old Small Wonders A community experienced a huge improvement on their public infrastructures as well as their lifestyle as a consequence of a city planning project that included children’s radical creative inputs. During a TEDTalk, Mara Mintzer p

How to find creative inspiration everywhere. A lucid dream As the nurses from the recovery ward repeatedly called my name, I woke up, still half-sedated, and was repeatedly muttering “pink zebras.” I remembered replying I saw pink zebras having a tea party in my dream. "Mrs. Zee's Tea Party" | 594 x 841 mm | Gouache and Watercolor | 2018 A week later and completely sober, I rushed to the art store and searched for the perfect pink that would go well for my hostess, Mrs. Zee

A poem and painting about being brain dead, idle and frustrated due to a lack of motivation and inspiration to create something. "Writer's Block" | Acrylic on panel | 2007 I'm loosing touch Why is there too much beauty in the world that I cannot contain? What are the words that should be filling my void? The music that should have been my song? Fear— Afraid of nothing Nothing— Now composes my being There's no substitute for just a while Those irreplaceable briefs Suddenly no

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