Tag: philippines
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Day 3~ August 3rd~ Boracay
What is it that causes people living on islands and in remote places to be drawn to decorating their own bodies? Why are tribal people painting their faces and their chests with different colors? What specific purpose does that practice serve? a search in art about art for art… photo taken: a local artist detail…
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Day 2~ August 2nd~ Boracay
If you were living in an island far far away, wouldn’t you invent your own games from what is available around you? Humans and their art…
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A wave of inspiration
There are moments in life when we wake up and from the very first moment we feel inspired. A great rush of energy, a feeling of elation, a love for life, a wonder at creation, an awe about nature, a urgency to create, discover, explore… It is like being in love, only more powerful. It…
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Day Fifteen, February 6, 2011
Today was our last day in Boracay, and the island has gifted us the best weather possible on this last day. The sun was shining the whole day, the water was glistening clear blue, filled with fish and little sea creatures. Even the moon was a beautiful glowing picture book crescent. We could not ask…
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Day Fourteen, February 5, 2011
Today we went back to that same stretch of beach at sunset, the most magical time of day besides dawn. I watched these two local boys playing with a ball and a t-shirt for the longest time, making up games and running around the blue waters without a care in the world. I so wish…
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Day Thirteen, February 4, 2011
Today I toured the island on a hired tricycle with my friend Sabrina to see what lies behind the exterior of fancy hotels and beach bars, shops and restaurants. What we met was a very basic and humble way of life in little streets with stilt wooden houses, small kiosks, narrow winding streets and many…
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Day Twelve, February 3, 2011
Today was a long beach, pool, walking around day. For my little person, it was the first time she got to be completely covered with sand on the beach. As with all firsts, she was completely excited about the idea and treasured the experience as she does with all firsts she experiences. See you…
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Day Eleven, February 2, 2011
I am reading a book called Gilead, and in it I was moved by the character coming to the simple realization that the moon moves not in a circle around the earth, but in a spiral. I have always loved this contemplation of spirals in our universe and have loved to draw spirals repetitively. Today,…
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Day Ten, February 1, 2011
Isn’t it amazing how freely children behave? I find myself sometimes watching their uninhibited freedom and wondering where has most of mine gone, and when exactly and how was it dropped and lost along the way to adulthood.. When a family gets the beach, the children run immediately to the water’s edge to explore, roll…