Category: art
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The femme, lost. In translation.
Over the weekend, Nikki showed me the music video for Make the Girl Dance’s ‘Baby, Baby, Baby’. It was a catchy beat with a gripping, simple concept: bare yourself. I liked it for being brave and overall gorgeous. Rated content, may not be work safe. I looked up the English translation, and I was a…
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Akashiya Sai versus Pentel Aquash
I took a leap of faith and ordered Akashiya Sai watercolor brushpens from Artmedia Trading, Philippines. While I learned the hard way that Multiply marketplace has yet to catch up with the times (they don’t have a ‘saved orders’ page the way ebay does), thankfully Artmedia got the order and processed it quickly. Within 24…
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Where do you buy brushpens in Manila, Philippines?
From one newbie who would gladly help out other newbies and drag them with her down the rabbit hole (mwa ha ha). Also because there aren’t a lot of local resources, so here’s one to start. You can buy brush pens at National Bookstore, but I can’t say for certain just how widely available they…
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[Day 17] An art piece
It was the Merchant Ivory film adaptation of ‘Surviving Picasso’ that got me into Pablo Picasso. Guernica stands out, not just as one of Picasso’s most memorable body of work, but for the story behind it; Picasso was said to have made his wife and mistress fight for him while he finished the painting. Part of…
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To Life, to Art – Badong Bernal
I never worked with Sir Bernal, but it was hard not to know of him. He designed the set for “Comfort Women” made out of bamboos. The lead actress would be bruised every time they had to go through her rape scene. Director Missy Maramara asked if there was any way to keep her from…