Tag: Art & Review
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to ask the stars
My last-minute contribution to Buwan ng Wika (Month of the Philippine Language) this August features the ‘superstar’ José Corazón de Jesús, who was also known by his pen name Huseng Batute. Rising into prominence during the first half of the 20th century, Huseng Batute was an accomplished poet (known at some point as “Hari ng Balagtasan” or “King of…
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this little bug said hello to me
this little bug said hello to me then proceeded to drink me out of my red paint. rude. i knew the bug was drinking its fill because its transparent little body turned red. it scurried away when it noticed i was looking. probably. confession time i accidentally slightly crushed it when i was packing up. i hope…
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Botticelli’s women are always beautiful.
I once knew a girl who had fair and glowing skin. She wasn’t like me; she looked nothing like me. Her delicate features sloped in blurred, unassuming lines. Welcoming. Peaceful. They commanded the eyes to follow. She had golden-brown hair, with the kind of curls you don’t expect to be smooth and soft to touch.…
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casual pursuits: art practice
I suppose I am now making casual pursuits an actual tag. I used a Speedball C-series nib; the ink is diluted (which is why the texture and consistency is off) because I am a poor art enthusiast. Also I misquoted. Maybe. Other relevant side tags: dumpsite 99, idle thoughts and drafts.
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casual pursuits: a lazy art+productivity post
Sometimes you’ve got no direction, nothing to send your love to. What comes out may be shit and disorderly, but at least it’s yours. x x x i fell in love with a man named matilda; he had flowers in his hair and thorns on his lips; oh, oh, i fell in love with a…
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art picks, no. x
Things I’d stare at forever, had I the time. I was supposed to write about the things I’ve been up to the last two or so weeks –new books and TV series and people– but instead this post came out. I was reading books on art yesterday, in that window of time when I had…
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today in modern art
I was hanging out with the kids again.
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