Beauty and Madness

over there, just beneath the moon
there's a man with a burden to keep.
now sleep will fall washout rags n' paper bags.
homes and lives passing by.

who will see the beauty in your life?
and who will be there to hear you when you call?
who will see the madness in your life?
and who will be there to catch you if you fall?

now dreams run wild, as lovers find their way
through the night, not a care in the world.
and over there, over the twinkling of the lights
harbor lights, say goodnight one more time.

who will see the beauty in you life?
and who will be there to hear you when you call?
who will see the madness in your life?
and who will be there to catch you if you fall?

-Fra Lippo Lippi

Put@ng in@.

Tama sinabi ng friend ko, wala atang term na hindi niya ako nakitang hindi umiyak.

Andami kong gustong murahin, andami kong gustong...tirisan na parang tigyawat.

Nagpakatino nakong tao eh, kaso sabe ko Lord, kung pahihirapan niyo lang pa rin ako, maggagago na lang ulit ako. Mukhang mali desisyon ko kasi lalong lumala at gumulo buhay. So ngayon, sabi ko papakatino na ulit ako, sana huwag na niya akong pagbuhusan ng galit.

Ewan.

Early Morning Stampede in Relation to Art.

I woke up to the Wowowee stampede aired on a news channel my brother switched onto, which he set to maximum volume. I found out that this happened as early as six o'clock in the morning as someone shouted "BOMB!". Of course, it caused great panic so the people just ran in different directions, looking for the nearest exit.

Then it made me think, why would people want to watch the show's first anniversary celebration? They wanted to be starstruck? They want to help ABS-CBN defeat the undisputable channel where Eat Bulaga aired? OR was it because the millions of prizes they give out during the show?

Poverty indeed has played a major role in third-world countries. It has claimed lives. It will continue to, and I think its hunger has just increased to those lives it claimed this morning.

Clear enough, what we need is change, and I think that's typically an evolutionary step most people fail to develop sometimes. We have the habit of procrastinating certain actions that could pertain to interpersonal growth, consoled in “taking their time” and spending it unwisely on hanging out and puffing the lungs out in designated smoking areas.

As someone studying in an art school, students should be educated not just by their teacher-practitioners, but by the environment they choose to dwell in.

Art, as our main interest in school, should not be just an expression of angst, or random flow of emotions, it is supposed to be well-planned.

In relation to what happened this morning, the real challenge that we, as a Filipino people, ought to think twice about is how to precisely interpret the different socio-economic matters to those who can afford assistance.

This is how each artist’s craft, and a people's nation, should be maintained and extravagantly expressed.