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3.02.2009
Forward!
We move forward.
Kapisanan Philippine Centre's pilot program CLUTCH: in the papers. http://www.snapdowntowntoronto.com/display/83357/1467/
That's the article in SNAP! Downtown Toronto. A journalist and photog visited opening night of OPEN FIRE: the Debut. They interviewed the Debutantes and showcased our faces and our works in their paper! On top of that they wrote kind kind words about us in the article. Thanks SNAP!
CLUTCH is also in video format: http://vimeo.com/3432008. This video was edited by the lovable Michelle Turingan (www.kidkulit.com). Check us out!
Then we gots my play "Sana" in the Carlos Bulosan Theatre's Flipside Festival (Feb 26-Mar 1), which was at Theatre Passe Muraille this past weekend, with 2 staged readings. I also got to perform (after a while of no-performing) in Myk Miranda's "His Story." For that -- my face was in NOW magazine. *The picture is not in the online version of the Feb 25-Mar 4 issue. Nonetheless, I was pretty excited. Yeah, yeah, I'm a nerd.
What do I have to say? Thank you, merci, salamat. Je suis tres contente de tout ca. C'est trop. Ca me rends tres joyeuse!
So much love. I'm very glad. These opportunities were invaluable to my growth as a person, an artist, a being.
Me sitting in the middle of "Debutante Diaries"
Interactive Mixed-Media Installation
(Books, writing, binding; Music, singing, recording;
Set-up, design, concept; Choice, tool, art).
*photo courtesy of SNAP! photography
Me sitting in the middle of "Debutante Diaries"
Interactive Mixed-Media Installation
(Books, writing, binding; Music, singing, recording;
Set-up, design, concept; Choice, tool, art).
*photo courtesy of SNAP! photography
I centered the idea around a character, a 17-yr-old Filipina, living her debutante years in the 70's in small-town upbringings. I divided a short story I penned for the installation into three books/journals. The audience was able to write into the books I had created, to rummage through the drawers of the vanity dresser, play the tape player, type on my (now-jammed) typewriter, strike chords on my Fender. The audience also succeeded in breaking my 1) typewriter [jammed keys], and 2) the glass in one of the frames I used. Too too bad. Next time, more caution. Not bad for my first time, I'd say. Congratulations to all the 'Debutantes' (what we were calling the 9 artists) for a wonderful job which truly amazed the audience!
Between CLUTCH and CBT, I've learned a lot and surely will keep many of the unspoken lessons that passed between words and gestures. In sum, I know I've "outed" myself, as one mentor would say. I can't hide behind my cute-girl-who-gives-great-cut-eye persona any longer. I can't pretend I am noticing so little when I have already stored so much away in my brain for later analysis. I've brought it out. That's probably why I'm so damn happy. I'm incredibly relieved, in a sense, that most everyone who matters to me now knows. It is sheer elation. My heart sings.
Now what? Now we keep going. We better ourselves. I'm gonna keep sitting on my new comfy mattress and let life wash over me, until tomorrow.
Now we improve, we leave the past behind, we learn from it, we thank it and recognize it. We let it shape us, but not govern us.
Now we are here. We are here, standing in what is presented to us, surmounting what we present to others.
Happy living!
*a very happy BP
Between CLUTCH and CBT, I've learned a lot and surely will keep many of the unspoken lessons that passed between words and gestures. In sum, I know I've "outed" myself, as one mentor would say. I can't hide behind my cute-girl-who-gives-great-cut-eye persona any longer. I can't pretend I am noticing so little when I have already stored so much away in my brain for later analysis. I've brought it out. That's probably why I'm so damn happy. I'm incredibly relieved, in a sense, that most everyone who matters to me now knows. It is sheer elation. My heart sings.
Now what? Now we keep going. We better ourselves. I'm gonna keep sitting on my new comfy mattress and let life wash over me, until tomorrow.
Now we improve, we leave the past behind, we learn from it, we thank it and recognize it. We let it shape us, but not govern us.
Now we are here. We are here, standing in what is presented to us, surmounting what we present to others.
Happy living!
*a very happy BP
1.03.2009
New
Exciting and memorable. Free free free.
Everyone gets excited when the New Year comes around. No, not you? Stop pretending!! No doubt you feel relief, at least, that the previous year has come to an end, and you get to do more, do better, and do new.
As for me, I'm going to do a mix: of old, new, and what's-to-come. But isn't 'new' and 'what's-to-come' the same thing? Not in my books.
I'm keeping my glasses ON. Time to re-focus, re-identify. Words are easy, especially in the blogosphere. I'll come through with things concrete and bound. I'm going to stop pretending now. Stop playing like I 'don't know,' 'I'm not sure,' 'I haven't thought about it yet.' UNLESS I ACTUALLY TRUTHFULLY FEEL THAT WAY, I won't say it.
I know now that it's the littlest things which make the greatest differences. Believe it or not, those wee babies matter.
So keep on, keep on. Do what makes you feel RIGHT; it's your go.
Everyone gets excited when the New Year comes around. No, not you? Stop pretending!! No doubt you feel relief, at least, that the previous year has come to an end, and you get to do more, do better, and do new.
As for me, I'm going to do a mix: of old, new, and what's-to-come. But isn't 'new' and 'what's-to-come' the same thing? Not in my books.
I'm keeping my glasses ON. Time to re-focus, re-identify. Words are easy, especially in the blogosphere. I'll come through with things concrete and bound. I'm going to stop pretending now. Stop playing like I 'don't know,' 'I'm not sure,' 'I haven't thought about it yet.' UNLESS I ACTUALLY TRUTHFULLY FEEL THAT WAY, I won't say it.
I know now that it's the littlest things which make the greatest differences. Believe it or not, those wee babies matter.
So keep on, keep on. Do what makes you feel RIGHT; it's your go.
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