By Gerbs R. De Castro (Notes: Gerbs R. de Castro, my next-door neighbor in my hometown of Tugatog, Malabon, has been a true-blue Truefaith fan since 1993. Such is his devotion to the band that he has taken it upon himself to be the administrator of the longest-running unofficial Truefaith forum. He is also the [...]
My wife Dadai is an artist, and a unique one at that: while she is adept at media like watercolor, pastel, oil, and charcoal, she is also one of the very few people who paint with soil. Yes, soil, as in the very ground we walk on. She started with this new medium in 2000, [...]
“Tatay” Rene Lumawag, Davao City’s most respected photojournalist, handed me this blast from the past: a photo of me with renowned artist Mauro Malang Santos (who was, believe it or not, conferred the National Artist Award only early this year) during an exhibit at The Royal Mandaya Hotel. I can’t remember what year this was [...]
Nawan is the Subanen word for “looking forward” or “to the future,” and as the title of the intercultural Conference and Festival on Culture and Arts for Peace which starts today in Davao City, it is an apt description of just where art and culture are in terms of being instruments to achieving peace in [...]
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