STORYBOOK FOR A CAUSE: Artwork & Life Stories

"Most people think Time is like a river that flows swift and sure in one direction. They are wrong. Sit down and I will tell you a tale like none that you have ever heard." ~Yuri Lowenthal Long ago, in the northernly end of the Cordillera central mountains, lies a province named Apayao. Here, a mighty river, savagely rough and deep, courses through steep mountain gorges down to the valleys and plains, straight to the Philippine Sea. This river, so blue in the mid-morning sun, is the life force for a tribe in Apayao called ISNEG. The Isnegs lived isolated in these expansive mountains with  stunning scenery, adorned with small hills and steep cliffs along both sides of the river. A labyrinth of valleys and foothills, embraced by tropical forests and Savanna grass, led them to their paradise. To reach this haven, they navigated for hours on personalized bamboo rafts or small boats, then traversed long trails to their homes. The people cherished their l...

Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. ~ C.S. Lewis Once upon a moment in rainy Baguio, I walked down a garden patch and the petite anthurium flowers delightfully beamed at me. A lovely freshness filled morning that was! ☺ I wandered in an old bathroom and I found this old tree tapestry hanging by its window. Maybe looking forlorn, wet and moldy from the constant drizzles by the window sill but its earth colors and the image of an old growth pine tree is worth the snapshot and memory about Baguio's hand woven Arts and Craft. In a public utility jeep, I was shivering wet and cold from the rain. I felt miserable of the sudden heavy downpour as I am without an umbrella. At the corner sat a little boy singing his heart out, unmindful of the rain. He caught me in his own world and I started to melt and warm up...

"Create to heal the earth! Art is power. Art is prayer. When you recycle. When you choose to show love, to fight for justice, to bring healing, to bring out what is good in others." Excerpts from Dee smith "Do Art: When you avoid cruelty and dishonesty and waste. When ym ou are outraged. When you speak out. When you give. When you consider the generations to come. When you protest to the oppressors and encourage those who feel the cutting edge of injustice. There is a tree that all the prophets see, and whenever you let your love show through art, you make the flowers grow." "Art is  a prayer, and our  sculptures and our  paintings give life. Is the  place they had been exhibited  not at all  maintained? It should be. But never mind, as long as it is  not ...