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Category: Art & Review

  • On Ken

    THE MOST FAKE THING ABOUT KEN IS NOT THAT HE’S PLASTIC. IT’S THAT HE’S “STRAIGHT.” Screenshot from http://fckh8-tees.tumblr.com/post/67279559310 Not all of our social constructs —like gender roles— are entirely digested and understood by even my most “enlightened” university friends (and not even by family). Here in the Philippines, being a male homosexual is almost always…

  • #excite #art #hopeful

    (1) Correction: you can also paint. This canvas has been waiting for me for a very long time now. I’m positively itching to fill it up. :) /hello room again, i have missed you/

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  • Art Recs: Ashley Mackenzie + Alexander Khokhlov

    Sometimes I forget that images can be more puissant than words.   The visual flair of Ashley Mackenzie‘s works demonstrates a striking transcendence through dimensions. What makes it so evocative is the nature of the barriers that she breaks; previously unthought of physical territories are unravelled and then stitched together through a thematic motion of form.…

  • Bored.

    Spacing and indention and all sorts of words can turn moments into mysteries.

  • Art Recs: Spoken Word

    There are a few things in life that leave me honestly breathless: the suspense of a novel, the progression of a musical piece, the unabashed movements of a singular person. And there’s spoken word poetry, which leaves me breathless not once or twice, but all throughout a performance. There’s something so raw and so personal about spoken…

  • Awesome poetry things

    The same hand which wrote Mouvement also wrote Nos fesses ne sont pas les leurs. Brilliant art things, honestly.

  • Book of the Month: Something Classic

    Journey to the Centre of the Earth Jules Verne, 1864 Recommended. I first encountered Jules Verne in a dusty, undisturbed bookshelf in my high school library. The book was Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and though I cannot remember praising its literary style or ingenuity, the novel opened my eyes to the wonders of science…

  • Movie: Iron Man 3 (Spoiler Review)

    After watching Iron Man 3 thrice –once each on the first showing,  just last week, and this morning– I’m pretty confident in saying that I’ve a good grasp on the quality of the film. And my verdict is A++ (I wouldn’t have gone for seconds otherwise). Rating: 4.9/5 Details: Directed by Shane Black, produced by Kevin Feige…