STORYBOOK FOR A CAUSE: Artwork & Life Stories

"They're our kindred spirits, fellow manifestations of this living, feeling Earth. They are playful creature reminders of our own innate animalness, our suppressed instincts and as-yet-unlived dreams. When we embrace rather than deny our animus, every ...sense is heightened, every skill sharpened, every act empowered with the strength and grace of our kindred spirits..." ~Jesse Wolf Hardin Photo: Davis Degay

F ertilization happened in April 2006. They were already there during my capping which was the end of summer classes in early May. No wonder I felt so sick and irritable. During the break, I had been so lazy, all I did was lay away. I thought I had been so tired after all the hassle and excitement of capping. I went through the enrolment and the comprehensive exam. I felt so weak and uninterested on the first day of classes that I did not attend my classes although I woke up early for school. I stayed with my friends at our hang-out at the bus terminal but I refused to go with them to school. I went home quite disgusted with myself as I had to skip classes for no reason. It was just so good to stay in bed. Missed period I knew something was happening with me which I was not so sure of. I was expecting my menstruation on the second week of May but it did not come out. In June, I missed again. That was already the second month. It could be delayed as I was irregular before. I wa...

IGOROT is a collective name for an international human person who loves and endears himself/herself to the enigmatic mountain ranges of the Cordilleras of Northern Luzon in the Philippines.   The unconquered Igorot spirit soars like an eagle, with a burning passion for beauty, freedom, justice, and peace! Although dispersed in the whole wide world, no matter where, and whoever he or she now had become, the Igorot would endeavour to trace back his/her roots to the Cordilleras where his/her navel had been sown. The generation of the Igorot changes with the dynamics of intermarriages and migration. Anyone could be an Igorot: by blood, by birth, by residence, or by heart. It is a personal choice, and it is a PRIVILEGE. WHY? Igorots are the designated stewards of the Cordilleras, the backbone of the Philippines. They have that innate responsibility to take care of nature because when the mountain ranges go, everything would go. Their indigenous practices are geared to protect th...

I am attracted with these MILLION FLOWERS. A bunch of attractive pinks.