Paraw (Art Folio) 2013

PARAW

2013

THE CENTRAL ECHO

PARAW vol. 104 no.2 The Central Echo Art folio.

All rights reserved. Copyright reverts to the respective authors and artists whose works appear in this issue. No part of this folio may be reproduced without the publisher’s written permission.

RHICK LARS VLADIMER T. ALBAY DAZEN DAWN P. LARIZA KATRINA JOYCE V. MABANES KRYSTILLE CAMILLE C. BONTUYAN Art Folio Staff RUSSEL JUDE M. PATIÑA Creative Editor Printed in Iloilo City, Philippines

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HER MAIDEN VOYAGE

the wind and seas, her fingers tease the surface of the water, breaking waves, as she drifts further and further away. The harbor was never her place.

Today we watch her sail. She is never ours, to the ocean she belongs.

She’ll cross oceans and conquer seas, staining the horizon with her colors.

ehold. Take a moment to admire her colors.

The beauty of her silhouette against the watercolor sky, the soft scent of her hair, the flutter of her sunday dress.

See the way her veil falls softly on her shoulders as she sways, the wind so softly tries to carry her away.

Long has she awaited for this day. When finally her sails are untied and she is free to become one with

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PARAW 2013 Art Folio Staff :

RHICK LARS VLADIMER T. ALBAY • DAZEN DAWN P. LARIZA KATRINA JOYCE V. MABANES • KRYSTILLE CAMILLE C. BONTUYAN Creative Editor:

Illustrator:

RUSSEL JUDE M. PATIÑA

JESSRELL G. GAVAN

Photographer:

Digital Artist:

CHALCEDON A. SAÑOR

DANIEL FERN L. TINAGAN

Contributing Writers: AIRON B. BUENVENIDA • RON ADRIAN A. DIONALDO ALMINA MARIE L. GANGE • FERDINAND D. BAÑEZ JR. DAPHNE CLAIRE V. BUENAFLOR Advisers: ESTHER ROSE A. ROMARATE • REA ANGELICA F. VILLEZA Artwork/ Photo Contributors: ALLEN GRACE TABI • DELIGHT GAROVILLO • JOEMAS CALMA LYNDON ERL BEUP • JOHN ELMER LORETIZO

Our Thanks

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racing our first ever cover is Emily Victoria Oke, the reigning Miss Iloilo Dinagyang who has also won first runner-up during the search for the country’s tourism ambassadress of goodwill, the Reyna ng Aliwan Fiesta.

Our thanks go to style guru, Sir John Montinola who did not hesitate to let us use his Iloilo Designer’s Week collection for the shoot. Likewise to design lab alumni: Ton Salarda and Paul Conte who came to our aid by supplementing the wardrobe of our models and making themselves available at such short notice. To Hair

and Make-up extraordinaire, Sir Ira Jucaban whose creative strokes added flair to our cover.

To all the artists who allowed us to feature their works in this collection the passion you have for your craft is remarkable. We could never thank you guys enough.

To our contributors

whose works may or may not have been featured, rest assured, there will be more to come as we hope to make this a mainstay and an addition to the tabloid, magazine and literary folio we publish every year.

As our premise goes, we pledge to invigorate your creative spirits by providing an avenue not only for your echoes but likewise for your voice, whatever it wills to shout.

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Behind the Cover

Visual Art Art Alive and Rockin’! 26 Tales Behind the Canvas 8

Sculpting a Man 13 Tara Yap and the Photography She Loved 16

Did You Know? 28 Style

Living Canvasses 32

Stuck-at-home Photography Tricks 18 Cover Story

Do you see what I see? 20

Walking with Attitude 33

Inked 37

DIRECTORY

Performance Art

Mad Men 54 Online Portals: Blogging Platforms for Your Creative Portfolios 56

Dance 40

Other Works

School of Dance 43 Photos

Put Your Records On 44 Multimedia Art Graphics

Frame by Frame 48 Illustrations

Beyond Misconceptions: The Youth’s Story in 10 Minutes 53

“ishut my eyes

in order

to see.”

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Words by Ron Adrian Dionaldo

TaLes Behind The Canvas

John Paul Castillo on his art and works

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is works speak of messages that clearly define human emotion.

The play of shapes and colors gives the canvas a life of its own—a history, a purpose, a story. One look at the paintings and the spectator will feel intrigued, moved, empowered. He or she will be drawn into a world transcribed from mere imagination to actual reality, flying through a spectrum of emotions that no man would dare vocalize. Dark and heavy, light and bright; each painting is a portrayal of the intricacies of human nature, of the complexity of life, and of truths hidden from the watchful eyes of the society.

John Paul Castillo first enrolled as an Electronics and Communications Engineering student at Central Philippine University, but his passion for painting prodded him to shift to Fine Arts at Philippine Women’s University, where he graduated in 2007.

It was a tough decision, but not as tough as the battle he faced prior to his college days.

Castillo grew up as a child bound by chains and strict rules, a troubled childhood which later ushered him to his creative and artistic self.

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It first started as a sign of rebellion, the airbrush his first weapon. To him, his actions will speak for his words. Soon, however, the brush started to redefine his life. Painting became more than just an expression of his protest and anxieties; it became a passion he can never do without.

“Painting has no limitations. You have absolute freedom. It is an extension of your personality,” said Castillo.

Indeed, as the years progressed, his paintings took on a different form. Initially from dark and sinister, sometimes even brutal, the canvas gradually began to take on a more mellow reflection.

Painting became his outlet. Inside his studio, lost in the world of art, Castillo becomes one with his passion, a healthy expression full of intriguing facts and interpretations. With every stroke of the brush, with every dip of a new color, he places part of his life into the canvas—a permanent mark that will outlive even the trends of his time.

His Style Castillo began with colorful, distorted works, but as time progressed, he shifted to more realistic paintings. This in itself speaks much, because behind every masterpiece is a story that speaks of the truth of reality.

Each painting has a different mood, a different personality. Each one has its own message, encompassing ideas from mere individual self-expression to the silent truths in the society. Though different in meaning, the paintings are connected by a common scheme.

Castillo uses only three main colors in his works – orange, blue, and white. They are layered to form an array of different other colors, and the final signature look becomes realistic in style with dark green as the dominant hue.

his PainTings Dialetics of Antitheses Dialetics of Antitheses is intended to be a spoof of John Millet’s oil painting, The Angelus, which tells a very simple story. A couple was praying when the church, depicted behind them, rang the bell to signal the sixth hour from noon. At the toll of the bell, the couple stopped praying.

In his work, however, Castillo found a more controversial message. The woman in the painting is bowing down, looking at the ground. In this spoof interpretation, a truth unfolded. In every relationship, there

is gender supremacy. Men and women alike would like to dominate, to be looked up to, and to be the stronger sex. Though the painting does not necessarily portray sexism, it does portray a general truth that we sometimes forget. The clash of the sexes sometimes is the core of problems, most especially in relationships.

The War Within Castillo treats painting as a passion, but the pressure brought about by contests seems to mask out that belief. It was stressful trying to be able to impress judges and spectators alike for the sake of competition. This brought about to the creation of The War Within. If art is a remedy, why force yourself?

The War Within is a product of sleepless nights and growing anxieties brought about by external and internal pressures. The painting is a multiple exposure. Fifteen pictures of different poses were overlapped, rearranged, and compiled to finally show an apt portrayal of a man’s inevitable war within himself.

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State of Complexity According to psychology, the desires of a person can be classified into three main categories: mental, emotional, and sexual. In State of Complexity, Castillo gives life to these three desires by painting vine-like strands to extend out of a man’s brain, heart, and genitals. The vines start to cover the man, portraying that our desires have the ability

to control us. When these desires extend, we must, as human beings, control them.

But things are easier said than done, thus the State of Complexity. The painting speaks of the message that we must set our priorities and think before we give in to excessive desires, no matter how difficult, because in the end, we will still be the ones to reap the consequences.

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Statue of Poverty The Statue of Poverty, a Philippine counterpart of USA’s Statue of Liberty, is one of Castillo’s favorite works. He painted it for three years, and it was finished only last year.

The Statue of Poverty speaks of another controversial issue—hierarchy in the society. Poor people belong to the bottom of the pyramid, and the rich rule at the capstone.

This concept is immortalized as one progresses up on the statue. The right leg is a wheel, representing livelihood in the streets.

It illustrates the lives of vendors and drivers. The left leg is a chicken’s foot, interpreting the Filipino quote “Isang kahig, isang tuka.”

The torso is half-man, half-woman. The middle part shows how some people will use the body to be able to gain money. It represents prostitution, the selling of body parts to survive, and other occupations known

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as “kapit sa patalim”, illustrated on the left arm of the statue.

Finally, the head is turned into a nest—a crown of branches with a baby bird waiting to be served. This portrays the grand complacency and satisfaction of those who enjoy living at the top.

Words by Ferdinand Ba単ez, Jr. with Chariza Are

sCuLPTing a Man C

ount a thousand Filipinos and you will barely see a sculptor. Forming figures out of reshaping different tangible media is a rare profession, yet pursued by a man who never doubted the capacity of sculptures to carve his life into a better one.

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Coming from humble beginnings, Harry Mark Gonzales now enjoys a more prosperous life as a fulltime artist. His father was a carpenter of the Defensor family. Prof. Edward Defensor, a wellknown Ilonggo sculptor, was propitiously looking for a young artist and Harry was recommended by his father knowing that his son had artistic potential. Prof.

Ed then inspired Harry to be an artist.

“It was a calling sang isa ka artist...

May mga signs na ini sang bata pa ako,” Harry said, referring to how he loves being with artworks, making him feel like he doesn’t want to move far from them.

At the age of 14, he made his first sculpture.

“I was very fortunate and lucky because I started at an early age. I see a brighter future in my career because I started early in my art.”

When he was in college, he won three times in the Shell National Student Art Competition and later won as the champion in the Metrobank Art and Design Excellence with his entry “A Protest Over the Guimaras Oil Spill” which he referred to us the start of his progress in sculpting. His maturity came out of these competitions.

Harry is well-known for his clay sculptures but he now explores other media, e.g. marble. His work is more on distorted and realistic figures.

Though clay might be his mark, he is very open to varieties of styles and keeps on exploring new techniques and genres.

“I don’t limit my style and expression,” he said.

Harry never doubted his art to be his profession.

“Wala ko gapati nga ang kabuhi sang

Harry (right) assists in sculpting a miniature of Lin-ay.

He never doubted his art to be his profession. isa ka artist ka-imul. It depends on your determination. . . You should know and see the reality kay hindi ka maka-survive.

Dapat tun-an mo ang trend.”

He succeeded as an artist because of his perseverance. He pursued sculpting because of his love for it…” not because of money but because of passion and fulfilment.”

With his own art studio, he

considered himself financially stable. On the side, he conducts workshops to help struggling artists to improve themselves.

Harry Mark Gonzales might just be lucky that he didn’t end up like those artists who have one cubicle in the corner waiting for someone who might want a painting or sketch of himself.

His life was shaped thoroughly with determination. “Ang swerte sang isa ka tawo depends on his determination,” he said.

When you’re in the field of art, you must live with it and actualize it so you will succeed in your chosen career and this becomes possible through passion and persistence and by never doubting your own potentials.

“If you’re an artist, you’re not just an artist today, not an artist tomorrow, but an artist for a lifetime commitment,” Harry said.

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TARA YAP &

THE PHOTOGRAPHY

SHE L VED Words by Airon B. Buenvenida

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or practicing journalist and photographer Tara Yap, photography is not justabout taking pictures for the consumption ofsocial networking sites.For her, who for now almost lost her love for it, the line that separates passion from popularity is robbed off by the digital age. Nevertheless, the photography she lived with is something that can’t be taken away from her; not by time, notby the incessant technology, nor by the people who are ‘in’ the trend.

Tara first learned photography at an early age by tinkering with an unused camera she found in their house. She took up photography as an elective course during her junior year in high school while studying at an international school in Saudi Arabia. There, she learned how to manually develop films and prints inside a darkroom.

She obtained her AB History degree from Central Philippine University where she also had a year in the Central Echo as a photojournalist. After graduating, she worked as a researcher prior to becoming a fulltime journalist.

Currently a senior reporter of a regional newspaper, The Daily Guardian, and a correspondent of Manila Bulletin, her photography work is now mostly concentrated in photojournalism that supplements her news stories.

Over the years, her articles and photographs have been published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Times, and now the defunct investigative magazine Newsbreak. She is also a news and photo stringer for international news wire Agence France-Presse (AFP) GMANews.TV and online news site Rappler.

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Her photography The excitement Tara used to have while waiting for her photos to come to life inside the darkroom is now fragments of nostalgia to her. “Before, you’ll have thisadrenaline rush because you don’t see your actual shots when taking pictures, you’ll really have to wait.” She recalls having the feelingof “I hope I got what I was thinking, what I planned.” Her darkroom experiences had given her the chance to test her skill- where she went right and went wrong.

The process Tara would always go through with her photos involved getting the feel of a shot followed with great timing. “Whatever that feeling when you take a shot, it should come out on your photo,” Tara shares.

Not everyone will agree with her, but Tara believes that photography doesn’t always have to be beautiful. For her, there are photos where “you could see beauty despite of despair.” Appreciating the unappreciated is a perspective she wants to see in others.

Tara reasons that photography as an art per se should have humanity in it.

The must-have passion of everyone who are in to photography is up against the popular giants.

“So where is humanitywhen you have a bunch of stylishly clothed women, with their faces shrouded with make-up, make them climb a tree, then take their pictures?” This to her, being called photography, is disappointment she can’t understand.

Passion versus popularity Tara recalls that ten years back you will barely see people who can appreciate photography.

What she observes is that “because some friends of someone’s friend like photography, everyone likes it now.” She knows that she might be wrong, but photography for her was somehow cheapened, and so bit by bit, she was disenchanted with it.

Tara admits that even though she could pay some time taking pictures, the drive is not there anymore. “I love photography, but it’s not the same photography I used to know,” she said.

The must-have passion of people who are into photography is up against the popular giants. That’s the way she sees it. The profit from commercial photography, the exhibitive editing skill in digital photography, and the ego-feeding photography of Facebook, Instagram and the like melted the very core of photography for her.

The challenge Photography is free for all, but it is something that should not be abused; not even those who havehigh-end cameras. Tara believes that a good photo should come from within, not from the fancy equipment you have.

“A varying amount of artistry flows within everyone. One can opt to be a writer, be a filmmaker, or be photographer, but what separates great artists from ordinary people, is that they’re able to see things differently. I think this is the challenge for the photography enthusiasts of today,” she explains. Moreover, Tara posits them to possess the ‘eye,’ and to have one necessitates a rooted philosophy. After all, a photographer’s output sums up his or her perspective in life. The things you value, the ideas you loathe, and the things thatmakes sense to you, will determine not only your profundity as a photographer, but as an individual as well.

Tara’s photography may sound idealistic.A single photo for her could make a significant step in changing the distressing society we have, but if that change is a click away, then don’t be tired of clicking until the place where we live in will be a better place for everyone.

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Words and photos by Chalcedon A. SaĂąor

Stuck-at-home photography tips and tricks:

Smoke photography

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o you have nothing to do? Here’s a little challenge doable at home.

Just secure the needed material, follow the steps indicated, and most importantly, have fun!

What you need:

Camera (preferably DSLR)

Candle/any source of smoke

Tripod

Flashlight

Step one. Find a room where you can control the entry of light.

Then set up the candle and flashlights as shown in the diagram.

Direct the flashlights to the upper portion of the candle including the area where the smoke is anticipated. Make sure that the distance of flashlights from the candle will be enough to light the said area.

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Flashlight 2

Step two. Using a tripod (improvise if unavailable), fix the camera to the southwest portion of the set-up.

Flashlight 1

Step three. Set the camera to a speed of 1/100s and an ISO 800 at f/4 (you may adjust this setting later after first trial). Turn off the room lights.

Step four. Slowly put off the flame of the candle using a fan (better done with assistance).

Immediately take pictures of the smoke. Then voila! There you have your smoke photo.

Quick Tip: If your desired output is not achieved, you may adjust the placement of the materials and camera settings. If you may like, you can also process your output using Photoshop to achieve a colored smoke. Just adjust its hue and saturation.

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DO A BRIEF YOU HISTORY SEE OF WHAT ILLUSIONS I SEE Words by Rhick Lars Albay Photos by Chalcedon Sa単or

Art, in all of its forms, is an illusion. It plays with our sight, our senses, our reality. So tell me, do you see what I see?

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“The mind sees and the mind hears. The rest is blind and deaf�

-Epicharmus Millennia ago, the hunters stained their fingers with the blood of animals and the sap of trees. Their thumbs traced shapes of oxen and mammoths on cave walls with the hopes of preserving their stories and the images of what they have seen outside the darkness of their caverns.

All circles of art are, one way or another, in the form of an illusion. Images and paintings mimic reality, capturing and preserving a moment, an event, keeping it forever. Through stories and 2 2

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poetry, we see the world from the eyes of a different person, another character, and we experience his or her encounters with it. Music and dance can make us feel an array of sensations even if we were merely listening, watching.

The priestesses of gods and goddesses long forgotten danced around flames, their hands imitating the flight of birds, the sway of their hips moving in time with the throbbing of drums. Often, their ceremonies were held to appease

Figure I. Focus your sight on the eye of one of the birds above for 30 seconds, and then quickly shift your glance to the cage.

the deities they worshipped, to whom they offered the movement of their bodies and the loudness of their music.

In the beginning, art was a way of seeing further than what the eyes could see. It could be illusions to explain what could hardly be understood, and emotions of what could barely be put into words. Ancient artists sculpted gods and goddesses though having no concrete idea of what they truly looked like. Ancient poets wrote odes and songs about love, putting into words the most fleeting and complex of passions.

Oracles and seers once sang their prophecies, of plagues and new kings and fallen empires. Their voices rose above the sound of footsteps on marble and the rustling of an assembly of bird’s wings.

Their predictions carried and spread by the whispers of the townspeople, their hymn dispersed. ‘Til a hundred other men and women echoed out the same chant that flew out of their mouths.

The primary role of art has always been to express a person’s significant encounters.

Be it an epic, a song, or a dance, each aims to share and impart a narrative, a sentiment, an emotion. The storytellers, the artists, the early hunters, the priestesses, the oracles - they all want to share their unforgettable tales, to somehow make their words and images echo, and be heard and seen by future multitudes.

These illusions they wish to live forever. To confound more eyes and ears, teasing the senses of generations to come.

The largest of crowds always gathered around prophets, by whose words could conjure monsters and heroes, and saints and demons. One who could make the sun set and the moon rise at the flick of his tongue. One who could take throngs of people on a journey to the fertile lands or the bottom of the seas by just the sound of his voice; though in truth they we’re merely listening as they sat around the prophet, nothing but black sky above them, their awed faces were lit by fire.

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arT arT &

alive

rockin’!

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Words by Krystille Camille C. Bontuyan

RT has never been an understatement. Yes, it’s a threeletter word, but it’s more than that.

It has countless forms and meanings which makes it powerful. It has survived several generation and has been an element of change. It has existed then, and continues to exist now. It is alive and continues rockin’!

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paintings to create awareness of their products. And just recently, China has opened a 3D museum featuring paintings that appear to be threedimensional. Imagine black holes in the middle of the street and angels coming out of frames wanting to hold you. Very cool, huh?

CALLIGRAFFITI Mixing beautiful and traditional calligraphy with the rawness and grittiness of graffiti gives a whole new way of appreciating both art forms. Niels Meulman , also known as Shoe, is an artist, designer and art director who coined the term Calligraffiti. According to Shoe, he got into both at a fairly young age.

He started writing SHOE in his school’s bicycle parking at eleven and did his first calligraphic sketches when he was sixteen. But it was not only until he turned forty that he decided to become an artist that he came to the point of wanting to go back to his early loves:

Calligraphy and Graffiti. He merged the two simply because he didn’t want to choose.

His works were usually sparked by personal observations - connecting a simple observation from his direct surroundings to the big things like nature, human conditions and the stuffs that are hard to understand. This just makes his pieces relatable and unique.

Making it big in the mass, the fairly new art of Graffiti and its somewhat rigid rules prompt us to look further back into the history of writing. Traditional handwriting with a metropolitan attitude, that’s Calligraffiti!

Indeed, all things change, as they say. But art has always been a chameleon. It could always fit in and emerge as something brilliant beyond eras. It just never goes out of style. IT is the style.

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Sources: www.arthistory.about.com; www.hongkiat.com; www.atbreak.com; www.calligraffiti.nl

3D STREET ART Ever saw a piece of art that comes to life? I guess you know it too well. It’s 3D! With its own way of tricking our eyes and making us believe that everything is real, 3D art is surely in demand these days. But 3D on screens is just too mainstream. How about 3D on the streets?

3D Street Art, also known as 3D chalk art, is a 2-dimensional artwork drawn on the street that gives you a 3-dimensional optical illusion from a certain perspective.

It can be very breathtaking, realistic and at the same time captivating once you get the angle correct. And creating one is certainly tough and challenging as you are creating a realistic 3D view out of a 2D painting.

3D street art is gaining much popularity now. Notable brands are already taking advantage of the public’s curiosity on 3D street

DID YOU KNOW? Roman statues were made with detachable heads, so that one head could be removed and replaced by another.

Leonardo da Vinci spent 12 years painting the Mona Lisa’s lips.

During his entire life, artist Vincent Van Gogh sold just one painting: Red Vineyard at Arles.

Van Gogh’s well-documented mental instability, and Edvard Munch’s traumatic childhood and enduring neuroses helped to churn out some of the Expressionists’ most important works. Mental illness may be profoundly responsible for the creation and enduring popularity of Expressionism.

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Picasso could draw before he could walk, and his first word was the Spanish word for pencil.

Le Bateau caused a minor stir when the Museum of Modern Art, New York, which housed it, hung the print upside-down for 47 days in 1961 until Genevieve Habert, a stockbroker, noticed the mistake and notified a guard. Habert later informed the New York Times who in turn notified Monroe Wheeler, the Museum’s art director. As a result, the artwork was rehung properly.

Credits from www.brendsamanick.com

English artist Andy Brown, created a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain by stitching together 1,000 used tea bags.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented high heels.

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“styl yle isis “style a simple way of saying

compli cated things.”

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Living Canvasses

The face is like a blank canvas waiting to be brought to life, and in my case, waiting to be made up. Make-up has no definite rules and my passion for this art has grown more and more over the years.

Words by Russel Jude Patiña

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year old, Ira Mitchell Mijares Jucaban could not clearly recall how he started out in the make-up industry. Yet since he was 15 he already knew that he had the aesthetic inclination and the creative stroke that is more than enough to venture into a world where aesthetic beauty and vanity go together and, as he would wittingly say, “make the world a better place!”

His baptism of fire in the industry came in 2010 when he bested veteran make-up artists in the city at the Cosmetologie Hair and Make-up competition, back when he was still a budding artist whose clientele included his friends and classmates during school events and extra curricular activities.

It wasn’t long after that when his works began to get noticed not only in the local arena but likewise in the national scene. Fashion giant, Mega Publishing, announced its 2nd year search for young and talented photographers, hair and make-up artists, models and fashion stylist from all over Philippines. Ira came in as one of the finalists vying for the top spot but didn’t stay long. Despite his shortened creative journey, his stint was enough to leave a mark in the discriminating industry that is fashion, branding Ilonggo artistry capable of making it to the big leagues.

Now out and about to accomplish more and establish his name, Ira is ready to take on the beauty industry that has been evolving over the past decade as the younger generation becomes more aware of how they look. Taking pride at what he does best, he is set to extend his artistry; an expression of life, beauty and color translated on the face as paint is reflected to a canvass.

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Photo by Paul Frederick Chiongson

wALKING with Attitude

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all, dark, and middleeasterly handsome.

With his exotic looks and a body other men would crave for, Mohammad Essa Ulabdin, also known as “Mough”, is an epitome of talent amidst the spotlights of the ramp.

Words by Almina Marie L. Gange

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he spotlights finally dim and the last rhythmic tap of a model’s heels gradually fades away into silence. In the backstage, Nneka Gee Berte, 20, reminisces her moments in the catwalk with a meek smile. Who would have thought that behind the makeup and costume is a simple and shy girl who lives a life very much similar to everybody else?

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I am blessed with fast metabolism that’s why I maintain my slim figure.

Having a good, pleasing, and very disciplined personality distinguishes a good model from the others ‘cause attitude counts big-time in fashion industry.

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odeling naturally came to him at the tender age of 18, but it was a one-time thing that ultimately slipped from his mind. Mough, however, found himself being gradually drawn back into the industry as if he were being called to actually live with it. “[Modeling] made its way back to me and I [told] myself: ‘Why not give it a shot?’”

True to his call, Mough impeccably developed from a humble Nursing graduate into a full-fledged model of Bijoux Creative, a modeling agency in Iloilo.

His journey, however, was not a mere easy ride uphill.

“Attitude counts big time in the fashion industry,” he said as a tip to aspiring models, further stressing how a disciplined personality gives one an edge from other models. His principle is enfleshed in his careful training in taking care of his body and looks. He bonds himself in eating healthy, avoiding stress, hitting the gym, sleeping right, and constantly rehydrating himself with water.

This regiment, not to mention his black belt in arnis and his natural skill in modeling, made him a complete package of true discipline, commitment, and talent.

Despite his successes, Mough remains meek and modest, thanks to his Mom who reminds him to always be humble and kind and keeps him goaloriented when he tends to deviate.

“I do look like I’m snobbish but that’s just skin-deep, I assure you,” he said.

“I’m easy to talk to. My friends say that I’m kind, nice and gentle yet very coercive and strict when placed in a situation that requires it.”

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neka is a B.S. Accountancy 4 student who, like every young lady her age, enjoys life with wistful dreams and aspirations. She has a naturally slim figure and a perfect height, which proved to be invaluable assets when the modeling industry fatefully came knocking on her doors, opening a new chapter in her life.

She joined Campus Fashionista and was soon after presented with different modelling opportunities.

She became part of Bijoux Creatives, a modeling agency in Iloilo, which boosted her confidence until she became an example for everyone to go out of his or her own shell.

“I always make sure my face is clean before I go to bed,” she said when asked how she takes care of herself. “I scrub at least once every week. And I eat a lot. I don’t have any special diet to follow and I don’t exercise, which is not really good, but I will try yoga. I am blessed with fast metabolism that’s why I maintain my slim figure.”

She spends her time reading novels and crocheting, understanding that passion is all about doing what you love, on or away from the catwalk.

By starting from within, with optimism and hopefulness, Nneka conquered her fears and ultimately paved her way on the ramp, rising to a star model in a short time. She maintains a humble heart and pursues what God wants her to be.

In the end, in the midst of lights and camera flashes, on center stage, Nneka knew that modeling is more than just the figure and the talent. It involves an unquenchable passion and the courage to achieve it.

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ot everyone would approve of tattoos. That’s why it took Alvin Brillantes, 33 years old, great courage and a genuine love for it to enter this kind of art. He once started from scratch and is still learning and practicing everything essential he could get from his friends, books, and the Internet. He has always been a lover of tattoo artand has admired it since he was in high school.

“It has always been a fun and challenging experience,” said Alvin. It is believed that tattoos kiss job opportunities goodbye and were always associated with negative groups of people in the society. There’s no doubt that he reaped mixed opinions regarding entering the tattoo business.

It was his passion that made him stand against criticisms.

“There’s nothing they can do but accept. Not all people will appreciate this kind of art. I guess that’s one factor why tattoo art is so great.” Entering the tattoo world must be planned out seriously, considering the effects and implications of imprinting permanently on the human

body. Alvin offered advice for those planning to get their skin inked: to trust and form an agreement with the artist.

This is a necessary precaution to avoid infections and regret caused by getting inked with tattoos that are different from what you expected.

“Don’t be fooled. Just because they’ve been doing it for a very long time doesn’t mean they’re good and great,” Alvin said. Alvin said it is necessary to check your tattoo artist by looking into their portfolio and being careful when it comes to hygiene. “Once that needle gets into your skin, you are prone to germs.”

And most of all, make sure you know why you are getting it and like what you are getting. It is better to be safe and sure than end up in a state of depression because of getting inked in the wrong places by the wrong people.

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“ A man

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to strain all the people

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t started not just as a dance crew but also as a youth ministry to glorify God through the art of dancing. After a decade’s worth of practice, fellowship, contests, and style expression, the Christ Believer Dancers, also known as CBD, is still resilient in its principle to give inspiration and help young people express themselves through dance.

Being Christ-centered people, the members of the group acknowledge talent as a gift from God that must be shared to everyone.

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Founded by Tyrone Jimenez in 2003, the group’s main purpose is not just to share their passion with other dancers but at the same time conduct fellowships and Bible studies.

Later on, CBD became an official organization in CPU that dominated almost all dance contest and programs in hip-hop and breakdancing in the University.

Despite their achievements, the group openly welcomed everyone who wanted to join as long as he or she is teachable and willing to learn how to dance.

The Alumni Promenade Concert Park became their dance floor. CBD then started having contests outside the school, and they carry a second name, King’s Crew, in their off-campus competitions.

The members of the group see CBD as a life-changing opportunity for them as individuals. Being part of it makes them feel accepted as if they were in a second family. They have someone to look up to, to guide them to become better persons, and to mold them to have a closer relationship with God. The opportunity to

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share not just their passion in dancing but their lives as a whole is the reason why CBD has kept its members until now. In some point of their lives, these members found their group mates as a family willing to help in times of problems—emotional, physical, and even financial.

One of CBD or King’s Crew’s greatest achievements is winning the top 8 spot in the Radical Force Competition in Singapore, a competition that encompasses other dance crews all over the world. Locally, they became the champion in Kapamilya Dinagyang

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Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is really something.

Showdown 2009. However, not all that the group experienced have been uphill rides.

They have one great regret: they weren’t able to pass on the legacy at CPU. Despite this, the group continues to inspire young people around Iloilo.

“Every dancer has his or her own character flavor and style because dancing is an expression of individuality. The style of your dance is a mere reflection of your personality,” shares Chloe.

“Dancing is my life. It is my hobby as well as my job. I found my reason to live because of dancing. My passion in dancing is immeasurable,” adds Jachen.

“Dancing leads me to the right direction. It completes me and it becomes my lifestyle,” says Clarence.

Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is really something.

To touch, to move, and to inspire—these are the ways CBD expresses their praise to the Lord, the One who gave them a group turned into a family.

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ancing is not just moving rhythmically to music, it is also an artistic movement that nourishes the soul. This is what Mr. Solomon Fernandez and his school have been passionate and dedicated ofproducing world class dancers with a heart.

The Sol Fernandez School of Dance, founded and directed by Mr. Fernandez, upholds to develop good dancers, teachers, and choreographers. They offer courses like ballet, jazz, dance sports, hula, and contemporary dance.

Aside from teaching different styles of dancing, Mr. Fernandez also makes sure that their students develop confidence, competitiveness, and dedication to their craft.

They were trained not just to be good dancers and actors, but also to be better individuals with a father-andchild relationship with Sir Sol. As young as three years old, a child can already join and groove to the beat of music. With concerts and about three recitals every year, the dancers take it seriously to sway and glide perfectly in front of the spectators.

The school was also showered with many blessings of championship from different kinds of competition like the “Letting Go” (contemporary dance) on 2007; the “Basurero” and “Sindikato” (both contemporary dances), “Averting Minuet” and “Spring is Here” (both classical ballet) on 2010; and the “Ina” and “Tribu” (both contemporary dance) on 2012.

It is such a great feeling to enjoy dancing, living your dreams, and having another family through the SF School of Dance. These students are not just good in dancing but they are also proud dancers with a smile on their faces saying “I am an SFSD dancer!” Indeed, Ilonggos are truly great dancers, dedicated to dancing and can excel with flying colors. Kudos to the school who turns dreams into reality.

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“ f we define noise as unwanted sound, then we can say that what you like to hear is music and what you don’t want to hear is noise.”

-Jason Genterola, Think Logic Recording

Microphones checked, guitars tuned, drums ready to create wild beats, and a bunch of hopeful teenagers ready to play their eargasmic tunes and have it jammed up in one recording that may change their lives. Then, silence… before the maestro does his magic.

This is a usual sight to CPU graduate Jason Genterola, the man behind the recording scene of Think Logic Rehearsal Studio. He not only mans the Recording Studio but is also the mind behind its creation.

“When recording was very expensive then and our band couldn’t afford it, I thought, Okay! Let’s try recording at home using a cheap microphone and a computer,” Jason said.

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With the help of a digital camera, they were able to make a low tech music video and began posting it on YouTube and Facebook. That time, Think Logic Rehearsal Studio just started and the owners saw the music video they created.

The owners then asked Jason to work with them and try recording in their studio where Jason and his band mates were frequent “jammers”. This began Think Logic Recording Studio and Jason’s career in the recording business.

The studio uses the latest audio interface to record its songs. It has recorded more than a hundred songs, voice-overs and the likes from more than 90 different clients since 2010. The studio is capable of recording up to 16

tracks of multiple outputs during recordings.

More than just the hitech recording equipment and instruments, Think Logic Recording is manned by a bunch of people who are really passionate about their love for music.

“I am also working as a staff in a University and I also deal with audio and video,” Jason said, adding, “Late night recording sessions are sometimes hard to deal with, but if you love what you are doing…bring it on!”

Though many may argue a lot about music these days because of the different genres that have been created and new innovations on how people create music, it mainly depends on one’s preference. While one song may be amazing to one, it could be noise to another.

“In my opinion, music then has a lot of meaning compared to music these days. Before, music is being played using real instruments unlike today that it is heavily edited.

The ‘Oldies’ for me is still more appealing and meaningful.”

Whatever your musical taste buds may prefer, music is still music.

And according to Jason, “it can make you dance, slam, cry, laugh, and even sleep when you listen to it.”

So put your headphones on and tune up the volume. They could record your song next.

Click to replay…

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“FOR ANY DIRECTOR with a little lucidity,

MASTERPIECES ARE FILMS that come to you by accident.

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A great departure from the run-down theatres with their dilapidated marquees and shady patrons scattered all around Iloilo City Proper, is the Cinematheque Iloilo, a growing medium for the sharing of the finest films ever made, just waiting for an audience to come and visit.

The Cinematheque Iloilo is one of four other institutions that have been established by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) across our country. FDCP has chosen key cities Davao, Baguio, Iloilo, Marawi, and will soon be putting up another

in Zamboanga, for their new endeavor of fulfilling their mission, “bringing Filipino films to Filipinos”. FDCP envisions its developing cinematheques to become accessible venues for the presentation of “Classic and contemporary Filipino films, both mainstream and independent”.

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ensure comfort while watching hour-long films. Cinematheque also has an art gallery where creations by different young Ilonggo visual artists are displayed. Averaging to 12 screenings of different films a week, most if not all of which is free admission, Cinematheque Iloilo gives viewers a chance to witness rarities and timeless classics seldom screened here in the Philippines.

Inaugurated in January of 2012, Cinematheque Iloilo has become the annual host of the Iloilo International Film Festival and Sineng Pambansa which showcases both Filipino and foreign films. Parallel to these events is the yearly Filmmaking Contest sponsored by the FDCP. Such has encouraged a thriving collective of young Ilonggo film makers to produce works that are uniquely

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our city’s own. It is worth noting that our university’s student Advertising practitioners have bagged topbill in the academe category of the said competition for the past two consecutive years.

In its aim to enrich the passion for filmmaking among the youth, Cinematheque Iloilo invited multi-awarded cinematographer Nap Jamir II to hold a 4-day Basic Cinematography workshop earlier this year.

The event was attended by students and film enthusiasts from differing colleges and municipalities in Iloilo. Plans of organizing a scriptwriting and acting workshop have been expressed for the Cinematheque’s near future.

Cinemateque Iloilo is located at B and C Square, corner Iznart and Solis Street, Iloilo City, regularly screening local and international movies from Tuesday to Sunday at the following times: Tuesday – Friday 3:30PM and 5:30PM, Saturday and Sunday 1:30PM and 3:30PM. The Iloilo Cinematheque is also open to class reservations, especially for historical and educational films. You may visit the FDCP website or the official Cinematheque Iloilo facebook page for their weekly schedule of films.

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LONG LIVE THE KING

THE HOMECOMING OF A CLASSIC Act I In 1952, Genghis Khan, directed by Manuel Conde, became the first ever Filipino film to be screened at the Venice Film Festival. The piece, a narrative on the eponymous Mongol Conqueror’s exploits, received great amount praise for its ingenuity and innovation. Though Conde’s masterpiece did not garner the festival top prize, the Il Leone d’Oro or the Golden Lion Award, it still has left an indelible mark on the history of Philippine Cinema.

However, Time has not been the kindest to Manuel Conde’s masterpiece. Fires have destroyed entire archives of movies. Old films reels, thought worthless, have been broken down for chemical raw materials. Images disintegrate, fade, and decay. For six decades, nobody knew where copies of

Genghis Khan have gone, nor was anyone sure if they still existed. Most thought the movie lost and irretrievable, probably reduced to ash or dust in a cellar somewhere. For six decades, nobody had the chance to behold the glory of Manuel Conde’s magnum opus, not until very recently.

Calling all scriptwriters!

Enter the very fi rst fdCP genre film scriptwri ting Contest and you may st and the chance to win 200,000 php and have your work prod uced into a fulllength film.

Check the offici al FDCP site (www.fdcp.ph) for the official rules and regula tions.

Deadline is Sept ember 30, 2013

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Rising Action Exactly sixty years after it first premiered, Genghis Khan was unveiled once more to the Venice Film Festival crowd in 2012, and it has yet lose its luster. Originally thought to be long lost, Genghis Khan surprisingly turned up at the Venice vaults after six long decades. Archivists took this chance to restore the film to its former glory and have since included it in the Venice Film line-up, in celebration. Repatriation of the original film prints to our country has been overseen by the FDCP. After six decades, Conde’s masterpiece has finally had its long overdue homecoming.

At present the FDCP has custody of about a thousand films, among them are the 1941 Ibong Adarna directed by Vicente Salumbides and the 1965 A Portrait of the Filipino as an Artist which was based on the popular play by Nick Joaquin, both of which were featured films at the

Conclusion The Film Development Council of the Philippines is steadily bringing new life to old Filipino films, one frame, one film reel at a time, restoring the treasures of Philippine cinema. In the near future, we may have our own screening of Manuel Conde’s great creation Genghis Khan, right here in Iloilo. Long live Cinema Filipino!

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Cinematheque Iloilo earlier this July. The FDCP committee has urged President Benigno Aquino III to issue an executive order that would require all agencies to turn over their film inventory to the FDCP for preservation. Presently, large studios like Regal Films, Sampaguita Pictures, and the University of the Philippines Film Institute’s Film Center are gradually furnishing the archives of our countries cinematheques.

BEYOND MISCONCEPTIONS The Youth’s Story in 10 Minutes

Words by Daphne Claire V. Buenaflor

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urrounded by the ambient air of alcohol and smoke, the night dragged on with the young people slowly losing themselves in vices to cut off reality. Branded rebels by the rest of the society, every wisp of smoke, every drop from a bottle, every flash of naked flawless skin, is looked upon with disdain, scorn, and shunning.

But as the camera focused on a rebellious life, the details became much clearer. It’s not what you think it is. Behind every tough facade is a story waiting to unfold.

This is the driving lesson that gave the short film “Happy Birthday” an intense and realistic plot, and gave the group of Advertising students the needed passion to portray, in actual moving pictures, the story behind every young person’s misunderstood actions.

They further gave CPU glorious pride when the short film was awarded the Best Film in the Academe Category during the Film Development Council of the Philippines’ 2nd Iloilo Short Film Festival.

Happy Birthday is a film about a lost and hopeless person who was tired and felt like everything was messed up in his life. The guy was about to give up because he was just so weary of the flashbacks of his past and the mistakes that he had done.

Furthermore, the film depicted some of the rampant dilemmas of our youth today, such as

alcohol, drugs, smoking and premarital sex.

The director, Remjo Debil, a fourth year Advertising student, said that the film was made not to discriminate the youth, but to make other people understand why they’re doing such things. The film was hoped to help society understand young people by explaining the reasons behind the latter’s rebellious ways.

The film has been rendered and the credits were closed, but “Happy Birthday”, though not a true story, remains a true-to-life film that entreats society, to understand, to empathize, and to accept those who are branded rebellious.

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MAD MEN Words by Rhick Lars Albay

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ilmmaking is a profession that requires a certain amount of insanity. Any act that requires you to create your own world is bound to bring up your crazy side.

Here, we attempt to diagnose the probable mental illnesses of some of the world’s best contemporary filmmakers based on the contents of their films, all the while trying to convince you to give in to the madness of their worlds.

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QUENTIN TARANTINO Diagnosis: Emotionally unstable, exhibits a twisted sense of humor and a liking for crazy, crazy violence.

Expect: Blood being shed like sweat and body counts soaring sky-high. Storylines that take you on a joyride, giving little or no indication of where it’s going to take you.

Also, brace yourself for the liberal use of cuss words.

Cast of characters: Color-coded Mobsters, Dancing Hitmen, a vengeful Bride, Anti-Nazi Rebels, and buckets upon buckets of fake blood Signature moves: Hood shots, Crisp white suits, Feet obsessions, Imaginary products, the Big Kahuna Burger and Red Apple Cigarettes, and cameo appearances from the director himself First does: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and the Kill Bill Volumes 5 4

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LARS VON TIER Diagnosis: Sadism. Patient seems inclined to put undue emotional strain on his audience; he may take pleasure in doing so.

Expect: The emotional equivalent of letting someone gradually pile stones on your chest to the point where breathing becomes difficult, films that you’ll love and recommend to your friends but ultimately will bear to watch only once in your lifetime, never wanting to see them again. Prepare to be psychologically scarred.

Cast of characters: A nearly-blind Singing Factory Worker, A Social Experiment, Dancing Corpses, Unhappy Newly-weds, and a Meteor the size of the moon Signature Quirks: Breaking down his audience to rubble then delivering a fatal final blow (Yes, that’s Von Tier’s trademark, deal with it) First dose: Dancer in the Dark and Melancholia

WES ANDERSON Diagnosis: Severe introversion and borderline Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Patient experiences social anxiety, may have deep-seeded psychological issues Expect: Films with all the elements necessary for a family drama turned into comedies that lean towards the quirky and absurd. The heavy use of 1960s British Rock Music as musical score, calling all Rolling Stones and Beatles fans.

Cast of characters: Dysfunctional families, Absentee fathers, Quarrelling siblings, an Eccentric Oceanographer, Eloping 10-yearolds, Outcast child prodigies, and a Jaguar Shark Signature moves: Slow-motion shots set to music, Plays and Theatre curtains, Tape recorders, vinyl records, and other vintage paraphernalia, Daddy issues, Owen Wilson and Bill Murray (Seriously, these guys are practically in every Wes Anderson film) First dose: The Royal Tenenbaums and Moonrise Kingdom.

Used actual corpses as props for a scene in the film. He was eventually forced to remove them after several complaints from the cast members and locals.

Ordered the slaughter of a Water buffalo by machete for a climactic scene, violating American animal cruelty laws.

DARREN ARONOFSKY Diagnosis: Schizophrenia. Has

distorted realities and is prone to hallucinations. Easily undone by stress and physical tension, may be dependent on drugs.

Expect: Dramas that slowly turn into

psychological horror films. A graphic exploration of the limits of the human sanity, in other words: watch people go bonkers Cast of characters: Heroin Junkie Friends, a Retiring Wrestler, an Obsessive Math Genius, a Hallucinating Ballerina, and an Old Lady addicted to Gameshows and Slimming Pills Signature moves: Accelerated montages and Rapid-fire sequences that may trigger seizures and convulsions. Themes of desperation, physical pain, and pent-up frustrations.

First dose: Requiem for a Dream, the Wrestler, and Black Swan

Coppola Crazy No other director can out do the heights of insanity Francis Ford Coppola reached with his film “Apocalypse Now�, shot right here in the Philippines during the 1970s. Here are some of the craziest stunts he pulled off during the tumultuous shoot.

Went 2 million dollars over budget and six weeks behind schedule.

Borrowed military equipment from dictatorial President Ferdinand Marcos. Some of it was reclaimed mid-shoot to take part in real battles against Communist rebels.

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ONLINE PORTALS: Blogging Platforms for Your Creative Portfolios Words by Russel Jude PatiĂąa

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rtists all around the globe are getting younger and younger. As evidenced by the numerous blogs dedicated to the love of everything creative and fast, these young bloggers take advantage of the technologically instant website platforms such as Blogger, Tumblr and Wordpress to satisfy their artistic impulses.

For starters, budding artists and wannabes, this technological phenomenon will guide us to where art may be in the years to come. To jump in the bandwagon may seem to be so overused and misused a connotation; clichĂŠ as it may sound, it never hurts to try out new trends.

Here are top web platforms designed to aid the artist in each one of us to push our limits, channel our artistic impulses and connect to the rest of the blogosphere.

Blogger Blogger is a super easy-to-use blogging platform powered by Google. Ideally made for personal blogs, it features very basic tools that are simple to utilize for beginners.

Albeit it comes for free, additional upgrades and tools such as themes and customization options are available for a minimal price.

The interface is very simple and manageable, allowing its users to manage everything from posts, pictures, and blog rolls from one dashboard. The great thing about Blogger is the fact that since it has been purchased by Google, its support and storage space is virtually amazing. For those 5 6

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who use a lot of pictures and graphics, these memory space suckers can be uploaded to your Google Drive account and may be simply hyperlinked so as to maintain its original resolution and save space to avoid sluggishness.

Blogger works best for photo heavy blogs especially for Photographers and Visual Artist, the only thing that is quite bothersome though is its tendency to compress and reduce the resolution of the pictures. Another is its generic themes for the free version and the lack of customizable options so you run the risk of having a seemingly similar looking blog with that of another blogger.

Wordpress As its name may indicate, Wordpress is for text heavy, dedicated writers. By far the most complete and customizable platform, Wordpress is an open-source platform so you can freely choose from a wide variety of templates and add-ons from third party software producers to quirk up your blog.

Being fully loaded however doesn’t make

it a pain, because like Blogger, it offers a main dashboard from which the administrator can facilitate everything from posts to stats. Watch your pictures come to life in still galleries and interactive layouts that could lend your blog the impression of a pro.

What we like the most about Wordpress is its memory capacity and the fact that it doesn’t usually compress pictures or if it does, only to a minimal degree that is close to the original. The run arounds are a bit tricky but not as tasking as the java encryption Blogger requires.

If you want a blog that looks and works like a million bucks, Wordpress is for you.

Tumblr Tumblr is not just a platform, it is a community. Based on that premise, you’ll know exactly what’s in store for you. Expect a highly interactive and effective networking tool for effective viewership.

Frequented mainly by photographers and digital artists, Tumblr is a virtual gallery devoted for your portfolio. Less words more of visual seems to be the unwritten principle for Tumblr, so you can do a way with the stress of writing an essay before you can post.

The reblog button makes it easy to share the pictures you like under your own blog

without having to stray to other social media sites. As we’ve said, it’s a community in itself so it’s basically like a blog, with Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest built in.

The best thing about it is its memory capacity per upload which can go as far as 10 GB. Just imagine how epic the resolution of your pictures would turn out. You can even customize your page with add-on tolls and gizmos to tweak and better the layout.

Wix Wix is a relatively new player in the industry but that doesn’t make it the least favored platform. A self-hosting web platform in itself, Wix makes it easier to get your blog to a dot com level.

It operates under HTML5 so no need for java coding; it’s like layouting your own website using MS Word. From the borders to the fonts, down to every inch and space, feel free to toggle through and experiment and make your website your

own brainchild.

With Wix, customizable is an understatement. You can create galleries; slideshows and picture stills that can be adjusted and placed everywhere within the page plus you can hyperlink the internal pages of your blog together in your homepage by simply copy pasting the URL to the menu or by bringing in external pages from other sites using the same protocol.

With a wide variety of templates available and an overwhelming support available online, this site is ideal for recording artists, models, designers and virtually anyone who dreams of creating their personal website without the trouble of taking programming classes.

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THE JOB OF

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A stroke of Central’s future Words by Airon B. Buenvenida Painting by Lyndon Erl Beup

Most leaders if not all are visionaries. They focus their sight on the distant future, laying a challenging path for everyone to take. On the same light, student leaders of our University envision a better Central a decade from now.

Capturing this vision is a work of art that shall serve as a beacon for the years to come.

Behind the canvas In October of last year, the Office of Student Services (OSS) sponsored a leadership training among student organizations of CPU. On its culminating activity, the granulated vision of all student leaders for the University was crystallized into one. Serving as an instrument for this endeavor is the artistic hand of Lyndon-Erl Beup, a fifth year Civil Engineering student.

Though painting is an exploratory skill for Lyndon, the image of a better Central fueled the artistry in him to give life to this vision. On a separate program during the Christmas party of the student organizations, the painting carrying out a beautiful symbolism of Central’s future, was unveiled.

After Lyndon’s presentation of its symbolism, Rev. Joniel Howard Gico who was there said that if he were to give the title for the painting, he will call it “Hope of Coming Generations” as inspired by the first line of the Central Spirit song. Indeed, like the message of the song, may this work of art lead the Centralian community onward.

Symbolism As the world continues to run in circles, the tales of the past and the anticipation of the future

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concurrently unfold in the midst of time. Though forgotten by some, the story in this painting ought to begin with the faith of our founders.

Standing in a fiery gleam, the arch-like structural legacy of the American missionaries transcends the test of time- a memento of their enduring passion to spread the word of God. From there, the Central Spirit was born out of their hope for a steadfast Christian education.

The depiction of the gears suggests that the administration, the students, and the faculty and staff of the University have to mutually prop up a mechanism geared towards excellence. Though these three may differ in bulk, several endeavors won’t be realized in the absence of one. Included in these undertakings are the maximization of fast-changing technology and the sustainability of our waning environment. Technology and nature may seem immiscible, but we must envision a university that will get the most out of green technology.

Central to this portrait is a growing plant rooted on a stone- a personification of our developing University anchored on Christian teachings. From a caterpillar, students alike shall be nourished with knowledge and wisdom housed in this University. Eventually, they will confidently spread their wings to experience the real world. As these butterflies come and go, they will bring with them the Central Spirit like sweet nectars meant to be cherished for a lifetime.

For the years to come, this painting will indeed express the hope of coming the generations. If this work of art is all but a dream, let us all be wide-eyed dreamers as we make our way there ten years from now.

Hope of Coming Generations by Lyndon-Erl Beup This visionary painting is currently displayed at the OďŹƒce of Student Services (OSS).

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Shouting to the World of Peace by Chalcedon A. Sa単or

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The Last Passenger by Chalcedon A. Sa単or

Alone ‘till Dusk

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Sunset at Jordan Wharf by Delight Garrovillo

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Twisted by John Elmer Loretizo

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the

centralecho staff Krystille Camille C. Bontuyan

Russel Jude M. Pati単A

Katrina Joyce V. Mabanes

Ferdinand D. Ba単ez Jr.

Daphne Claire V. Buenaflor

Dazen Dawn P. Lariza

Esther Rose A. Romarate

Daniel Fern L. Tinagan

Airon B. Buenvenida

Chalcedon A. Sa単or

Jessrell G. Gavan

Ron Adrian A. Dionaldo

Rea Angelica F. Villeza

Almina Marie L. Gange

Rhick Lars Vladimer T. Albay

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PARAW vol. 104 no.2 The Central Echo Art folio.

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