tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11922404188741708552024-03-04T23:18:36.335-08:00Giallo AnticoA boy once listened to much too many tales, dreamed too many dreams, his present in the past. Grew up, a boy still, with eyes impaled by memories in the rust and amber of these many lingering embers.Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-65681416098548808952014-08-09T07:30:00.000-07:002014-08-09T07:30:04.595-07:00How Far to Go to School<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The humid summer of August is about to end. And things are getting interesting lately!<br />
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Recently I joined a <a href="http://www.pbby.org.ph/awardees_2014.html" target="_blank">contest</a> for a children's book illustration based on one of the three featured short stories. Luckily, I am one of the honorable mentions on the result of the contest.<br />
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It was painted on plywood using acrylic.<br />
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The works are relatively small (again) each panel is about 8 x 12 inches so that I could carry them easily and slid into an envelope. And also I am lately working and experimenting my work in a smaller painting as you can see in my previous works <span style="color: #274e13;"><a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-ship-maiden.html" target="_blank">here</a> </span>and <a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2013/12/two-paintings.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">here</span></a>.</div>
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For the sky I used almost pure Prussian blue. This is the first time I used such color since the brand that I want for Prussian Blue is a bit expensive, and I guess it came out very good! That expensive paint suddenly reminds me of the expensive Lapiz Lazuli or the Ultramarine color of oil painting.</div>
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The work was based on Genaro Rojo Cruz' short story entitled "Gaano Ba Kalayo Patungong Paaralan?" (How Far o Go to School?). Unfortunately I only had a Tagalog version of the text so let me summarize them to you.<br />
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He, the narrator, and his brother were off to bed early so that they can go to school early when he asked how far is the school. He asks if "when they reached the pleasant garden of Aling Perla" but the older brother simply said no its not there yet.<br />
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And so the elder brother unravels his everyday long journey to school, where he cross rivers, vast rice fields, and various places. </div>
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But the reality is less fairy tale. I thought about the poor children in our far flung and nearly-isolated provinces who are travelling miles and miles on harsh landscapes and perilous rivers just to attend their daily school.<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photograph by <a href="http://joshweinstein.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/the-problem-of-education-in-the-philippines/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">John Weinstein</span></a></span></i></div>
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This poor folks, who are often neglected by our government, are really determine to go to school no matter how hard their travel. Sadly enough, most people I knew take for granted of going to school. You could read John Weinstein's article about the rural education in the Philippines <a href="http://joshweinstein.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/the-problem-of-education-in-the-philippines/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">here</span></a>.<br />
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So, I partially dedicated this small pieces of work of mine to them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lamparabooks.com.ph/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">Lampara </span></a>Publishing House offered me to illustrate Genaro's story for them, and so I gladly accepted! But this project will start by mid-September because they offered me another project based on another story which I will talk about to you later. and here's a sneak peak on them.<br />
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And for the next work, I will not show this to you yet until the recipient receive them. Its a small painting I made many months ago as part of my experiment with my relatively new color; Prussian blue. Ever since college I am quite interested with this new and foreign acrylic color.</div>
Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-47857742374659032232014-03-29T01:11:00.000-07:002014-03-29T01:11:19.119-07:00The Ship Maiden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I can feel this year will be a creative one (hopefully) since I have wonderful and adventurous plans for it, and be able to create things that might help my emerging artistic career. As you know, after my <a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2011/05/the-three-wonderful-chapters.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">graduation</span></a>, I have been in this kind of "struggle" to meet end's meets rather than to pursue what my personal desire to be a full time illustrator.<br />
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So I'm on a corporate world, where the world are mountains of steel and concrete rather than woods and leaves, computer screen and office papers instead of panels and brushes and trend-indulged, mainstream-oriented people rather than souls who are outsiders, art-and-crafts lovers and handmade enthusiasts.<br />
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But things are getting went well because of The Bunny who share my interests in umber, medieval, arts and crafts. We see ourselves as a very tiny patch of brown wood with rustic metalwork on a concrete (even polluted perhaps) gray, monotonous landscape.<br />
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But we still manage to gradually built our dreams by comparing and exchanging works and words and talk about our future plans and sometimes daydreaming about them. Among this work was the painting I am talking about <a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-nearly-year-ender-post.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">earlier</span></a>. A woman with ocean blue hair oaring her house in a boat. This is a painting for her, a dedication to her role as a woman in our artistic life.<br />
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It took me almost a month to finish this, especially the finishing touches where I still have to master glazing in acrylic and finer details. What's interesting about glazing is that it really creates some sort of depth and illusion to the painting, and so far I am happy with its results (and The Bunny too!)<br />
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I am still stuck with the wonders of Northern Renaissance paintings, particularly, of course, Jan Van Eyck. But that will probably change course a little bit for a while on my next personal project, which involves impossible perspectives inspired by <a href="http://www.iassen.com/" style="color: #274e13;" target="_blank">Iassen Ghiuselev</a><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span>and <a href="http://www.mcescher.com/" style="color: #274e13;" target="_blank">M.C. Escher</a> 's works. I am about to quest another children's book illustration contest that I might get a chance to have a published work.<br />
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<i style="color: #274e13;"><b>Postscript: </b>My college friend, <a href="http://vimeo.com/mutatedfroggy" style="color: black;" target="_blank">Teters</a>, took the cityscape pictures from our trip to the old and neglected buildings in Manila. I will post some of our pictures soon.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Before the advent of the new year, I just wanted to show you some of my works and some of our adventures for the past 12 months. First, I wanted to show to you a poem in Tagalog language (our native tongue) which I read last February for a painting.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Ibang-iba ang ang aking "ako."</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Ako'y ako-</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>panganay na anak,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>kauna-unahang apo,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>kaibig-ibig na pamangkin,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>makulit na pinsan,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>at sabi ni Ma'am,</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"ikaw ang aking paborito!"</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Minsan, ako'y ako--</i></span><i style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>ang lider sa takbuha't taguan,</i></i><br />
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<i style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i>ang kaibigan ng mga tutubi't tipaklong,</i></i></div>
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<i style="color: #274e13; font-family: Times,'Times New Roman',serif;"><i>at ang batay ng aming tagong paraiso</i></i></div>
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<i>Lagi, nahihilo ako</i></div>
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<i>sa pagkakaroon ng maraming "ako."</i></div>
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<i>Nais ko lamang maging akong-ako:</i></div>
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<i>nasa lilim ng isang puno,</i></div>
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<i>kalaro ang sari-saring libro,</i></div>
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<i>kaibigan ang samu't saring kuwento.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">And this is a paining based on Eugene Evasco's poem <i>Sino Ako?</i> (Who am I?). Done in acrylic on watercolor paper. Although it took me relatively shorter than my usual painting in terms of executing, creating its composition took me a long time.</span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">But first let me translate for you (as accurate as possible) the poem since I have no right to literally translate them word per word. It is about a unique boy who thinks who he really is. He thinks himself a a teacher's pet, the first (and favorite) grandson, care taker of cats and dogs, and many more. but he is still confused who he really is. But he realized he just wanted to read some books and explore the stories (which he considers his friend) he read under a tree. And that makes him himself.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">As you know, I just can't figure it out automatically the placing of the characters, the smoothness of the narrative, and the type of style to please the people since it's my application for one of the </span><a href="http://ang-ink.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">honored art organization</span></a><span style="color: #783f04;"> in the Philippines.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">And there you go! Another new painting after a very very long time of corporate work. More post to come this coming year!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">My lovely girl, The Bunny, went to their boss' house to decorate it for the Halloween. He is a well-known attorney in our country and his father used to travel around the world collecting curious things his eyes caught on. and their house is filled with antique and odd things! From </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_achievements_of_pre-colonial_Philippines" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">Pre-colonial</span></a><span style="color: #783f04;"> artifacts and artworks to vintage cars and masks from different cultures.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">What the bunny struct most is this antique chair from the province of</span><span style="color: #274e13;"> <span id="goog_841324541"></span><a href="http://www.leyte.org.ph/about_leyte-gen_info.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">Leyte</span></a> </span><span style="color: #783f04;">in the Philippines. and not just an old chair but </span><span style="color: #783f04;">supposedly</span><span style="color: #783f04;"> </span><span style="color: #783f04;">a royal chair where probably the Sultans of old used to sit on it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">What I like about them is the armchairs. It depicts and old man and a lady holding something. In our educated guess, the statues were copied by a Filipino native from a Spanish colonial statues and adopt them in their own folk stories, which were relatively common during that time they called now as Folk Christianity. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">There is another chair beside it! What it seems to be its twin chair, probably made for the Sultan's wife or his heir we are not sure. What we do know is the figures are different from the other chair. It depicts two men. one is probably a native and the other one is a foreigner, as seen in his western clothing. But the "foreigner", although he wears western clothing, is still bare naked, suggesting that he might be also a native in foreign clothing, or a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestizo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">mestizo</span></a><span style="color: #783f04;">. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">But another piece that really caught our attention. A mask! A folk healing or medicine mask from Sri Lanka.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">We have no idea how to wear this mask, or how heavy it is due to its richly ornate wood carving. but probably it is made of light wood so that the wearer could easily carry it on his or her head. I saw a </span><a href="http://theculturetrip.com/asia/sri-lanka/articles/the-evil-unmasked-the-legends-and-rituals-of-sri-lanka-s-masked-dances/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">website</span></a><span style="color: #783f04;"> that might help to bring more light about this piece since I am also intrigued by it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">But sadly, the younger generations didn't care about this precious things. they probably don't know the historical and cultural importance. The Bunny saw some of this priceless pieces as towel holders, that they used to hold the towels from their swimming pool.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">We also had time to walk to our lovely school again, where the sun is bright and the December wind passes through the trees.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">And lastly, a sneak peak of a personal painting, done in acrylic on wood. I will show it to you next year tell you a story about it. Happy Christmas and a prosperous new year everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Ibrahim offered his son to God as his sacrifice after He told him so.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And later on the Angel Gabriel went to the scene and told Ibrahim or Abraham in Christian versions, that it was only God's test of loyalty</span><span style="color: #783f04;">.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">And instead they offered a lamb (in some versions, a sheep or a ram). </span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0c343d;">The Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions share a common patriarch:
Abraham or Ibrahim. In similar anecdotes, they tell the story of his
devotion to his faith that will serve as an example to later
generations. </span><br style="color: #0c343d;" /><br style="color: #0c343d;" /><span style="color: #0c343d;">The anecdotes begin in the same manner: God bids Abraham / Ibrahim
to go to the mountains to sacrifice his only son to Him. With a heavy
heart, Abraham/Ibrahim leads Isaac (in the Judeo-Christian take) or
Ishmael (in the Islamic story) to the sacrificial altar, but--having
proven the man's exceptional devotion--God sends an angel to intervene.
The boy is released, and a sheep (or lamb or ram) is found nearby and is
sacrificed in thanksgiving.</span></i>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Last October, I was tasked to make a small illustration for Manila
Bulletin, a local newspaper, in celebration of the Eid-al-Adha, the
Feast of the Sacrifice. It is a sacred day for our Muslim brothers and
sisters, based on Ibrahim's story above. It was rather challenging to
paint this because I had to do justice to this sacred theme the best I
could given my Catholic background, and also because I wanted to make
the painting relevant not only in an Islamic sense, but also to other
people.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">At first I had a vague idea of the theme and its rituals. So, I
decided to focus on the origins of this day rather than on the
traditions, so that a reader can remember where it all began--a lot of
Filipinos are familiar with the parallel Abraham story because the
majority are Catholics. I also used this painting to try emulating the
techniques of a favorite artist of mine, Jan van Eyck. As you might know
from my previous posts, I usually try to adapt a technique or two from
my favorite artists for inspiration. Exploring their handling of subject
or material sometimes helps develop my output.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">I drew some sketches of the composition, along with some of the smaller details (which I'll show it to you if I had courage enough to do so!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Here are some images of Jan van Eyck's work, which I got from this
very useful </span><a href="http://closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be/#intro" target="_blank"><span style="color: #660000;">website</span></a><span style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><span style="color: #783f04;">called </span><b style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />Closer to Van Eyck: Rediscovering the Ghent
Altarpiece</span></b><span style="color: #783f04;">, which features that masterpiece by the brothers Jan and
Hubert van Eyck. Whenever I look at these pictures very carefully, the
amount and skill in every detail really takes my breath away.</span></div>
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What I really like about his style is his absolute mastery of the
details, and in my opinion, he is amongst the pioneers of hyperrealism.
Although I don't particularly aim for his degree of hyperrealism, as it
is really quite above my present skills, I want to learn how he handles
details and colors. I still have so many techniques to learn even after
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I tried to make my painting as accessible as possible for the three
religions that shares Abraham as a patriarch, but there is a hint of old
Moorish ornamentation. I wonder if you can see the nod to the many
religions that sprouted from him in the bush below.</div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">The second painting! One will be on display on </span><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_434962403" style="color: #783f04;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">December 8th</span></span><span style="color: #783f04;">,
in a show called "Fornever Friends: An Exhibit of Unlikely
Friendships," organized by Ang INK (Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan, or
Illustrators for Children). It's one of my first experiments with
painting on wood, done with acrylics. This was also inspired by Jan van
Eyck, since I'm pretty obsessed with him at the moment. It's a small
work, at 7 x 10 inches, so I had to pay a lot of attention to the small
details. </span><span style="color: #783f04;"></span></div>
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The theme was about opposite characters or subjects striking up odd
friendships. For that, I chose a devil and an angel dancing together,
holding hands. They're surrounded by other little demons, perhaps
wanting to join the dance, or just plain curious about this odd couple.</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;">You could also visit my work </span><span style="color: #0c343d;"><a href="http://www.behance.net/jerichomoral" target="_blank">here</a> </span><span style="color: #274e13;">on Behance! I am still wondering how to sell some of those works.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;">As I told you </span><u><a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2013/08/salt-and-pepper-shaker-chess-set.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">before</span></a></u><span style="color: #783f04;">, we set foot on this magical place within the busy city called Cubao X.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cubao X, or formerly known as the Marikina Shoe Expo, was originally an exposition of Marikina (my hometown!) shoes which, as you know, the shoe capital of the Philippines in the 1970s (until know I guess). And later on it became a place for antique and relatively-bizarre-things lovers. It almost retains its atmosphere and appearance since it was created.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our hands became dusty searching interesting things about the place, from a turn-of-the-century friar's coin box and old teacups to an interesting and unusual old toys.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We also discovered an old Russian lacquer box! Though it is in bad condition we didn't hesitate to buy it in a very cheap price! Ever since we discovered the artistry of the Russians in lacquer boxes we want to own one of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;">The paintings tells of a Russian folklore about a prince who struck an arrow to a frog which is going to be his wife and transformed into human. The story is also called the Tsarevna Frog. You can read the full story </span><a href="http://russian-crafts.com/tales/frog.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">here</span></i></a><span style="color: #783f04;">!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the things we struck the most was an old Chinese wooden box. The store owner said (who sadly didn't permit us to take a picture of the item) that she also became curious with the box so she bought it from an old house in Manila. She didn't also intent to sell it, and a horror movie also lend the box for a props due to its strangeness and oldness. Until one day she decided to sell it for good. Sadly, though, the box is quite expensive we cannot afford it for now (maybe someday) and the Bunny is a bit afraid of old mirrors, especially when you see the oldness of it through its black spots on its surface (or perhaps due to carelessness of the previous owners-but you can still guess it is quit old!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;">As I mentioned in the previous story, lots of people fascinated in this place! You can visit them </span><a href="http://myrefinery.blogspot.com/2012/12/cubao-x.html" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">here</span></i></a><span style="color: #783f04;">, </span><a href="http://www.wheninmanila.com/cubao-x-paintings-galleries-shops-artsy-art-stuff/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>here </i></span></a><span style="color: #783f04;">and </span><i><a href="http://dollhousediary.com/diary/cubao-x/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">here</span></a></i><span style="color: #783f04;">!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hello people! Over the past few weeks I've been working on this relatively big project. Its a chess set! 32 individual pieces made form salt and pepper shakers and McCormick bottles. They are for my first non-academic exhibit by my organization Ang Ink. I passed my application by creating an artwork based on a poem by one of their colleagues, Eugene Evasco, entitled "<i>Sino Ako</i>" (Who Am I?) which I will show to you later.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sadly I have a few good photographs of them since I focused much on painting them rather taking pictures of their progress, so please consider this pictures I posted.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Aside from the pieces, I also made them their boards in a cabinet form. </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is quite large cabinet, with 25 inches by 53 inches (almost 4 feet tall!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;">And there is it! The opening night of the exhibit in a surreal but wonderful place of </span><a href="http://cubao-x.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>Cubao X</i></span></a><span style="color: #783f04;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;">A chalk drawing on board by my previous classmate and org-mate </span><a href="http://www.behance.net/pieceofkayk" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">Kay</span></a><span style="color: #783f04;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Happy Independence Day! And here's my poster design for the very special day in my country, The Philippines. This is also for the newspaper </span><a href="http://mb.com.ph/main.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #274e13;">Manila Bulletin</span></a><span style="color: #783f04;">. Design and layout by The Bunny (one of our major work as of now, I think).</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>115th Year of Independence</b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d;">Title: Freedom</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d;">Illustrated by: Jericho T. Moral</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d;">The featured illustrator is a member of ANG INK was graduated from the University of the Philippines. As of now, he maintains his traditional way of art.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #38761d;">His site can be found here:</span><a href="http://www.behance.net/jerichomoral" target="_blank"> <span style="color: #783f04;">www.behance.net/jerichomoral</span></a><span style="color: #38761d;">.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Done in acrylic on watercolor paper. This one is a bit different painting for me compare to my previous works because of its more graphic, solid-lined figures.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #663300; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: small;">I dont have much reference for my illustration aside from my figments of my imagination about a barber in a province who always tell tales of his kin, is friends, and any topic that thrilled his customers, so that probably they were not get bored while sitting on the barber's chair for almost an hour or so. </span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimP4drBn79Z46qoBS1tbZILqPtc9A2tlOmeEb7yOdXNwfGss0spTcC1SxIFKfV3AgOURx3eRtW2GCUFq3kYNsyzrwBmNsYvF1k-jgYtRWcUb1B3FSmSoxXtSG9GdYIcxIAArMbYaAjnN8/s1600/barber-shop_14277_lg.gif" style="font-size: 100%;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722945605900934530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimP4drBn79Z46qoBS1tbZILqPtc9A2tlOmeEb7yOdXNwfGss0spTcC1SxIFKfV3AgOURx3eRtW2GCUFq3kYNsyzrwBmNsYvF1k-jgYtRWcUb1B3FSmSoxXtSG9GdYIcxIAArMbYaAjnN8/s640/barber-shop_14277_lg.gif" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 304px;" width="486" /></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #663300; font-size: small;">While some barbers today were reliable to have a great and fabulous haircuts and interesting to talk with them, a long time ago they are the one who used to be a surgeon which operates severely injured people without any painkillers or some sort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: small;">Recently I also received a birthday gift from the bunny the famous book of </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://suntzusaid.com/" style="color: #660000;">Sun Tzu</a></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: small;">, the </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Art-War-Shambhala-classics/dp/1570629048" style="color: #660000;">Art of War</a></span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: small;">. </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">Since last last year I craved for this book, although there are websites or eBooks from the internet to copy or download, having a traditional book makes a difference. I had this sense of having a wonderful collection of books, imagining myself on an old library with books rather than stored in a technological manner such as computer.</span></span></span><br />
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The organization sent me a letter stating that due to competition, I didn't make it. Although I was disappointed a little bit, I am still hoping to improve myself next year.<br />
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Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-76077531798020744682011-07-24T17:43:00.001-07:002012-02-02T16:51:30.068-08:00Dugin Andrej and Olga Dugina and Other Sites<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IBqM8hD3dsPSnKUr3kSILQ87r1yixkCF_1tbWQJ16sbqIkdoXqIMqmgRjA0uH5mt-_dzA49oSO_ArmJNAN8MT3pNIqrjBP8CtfX36fSE1FA_Q3dP-Y6l0p7J4H3z9_zh-HySyijI2-o/s1600/Hamlet+and+Ophelia+38%252C4+X+48+cm%252C+mixed+media%252C+paper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-IBqM8hD3dsPSnKUr3kSILQ87r1yixkCF_1tbWQJ16sbqIkdoXqIMqmgRjA0uH5mt-_dzA49oSO_ArmJNAN8MT3pNIqrjBP8CtfX36fSE1FA_Q3dP-Y6l0p7J4H3z9_zh-HySyijI2-o/s400/Hamlet+and+Ophelia+38%252C4+X+48+cm%252C+mixed+media%252C+paper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640960639605999666" border="0" /></a><br />Recently I the Bunny sent me a link about this two very wonderful artists from Moscow. They are Dugin Andrej and his wife Olga Dugina.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhha4pHCpJAkrexWMPZb2OaSYFnrJ12IusSlHY6YlJkROYZweGrJ8z_j4a3oAqpM-jMrgk5mABV3ueZT3VhHbcexA1GkDBb-pA1eSQ4kgwj9PhvpH8D2xJrTQeMi6fXIeKKJwP4mAp1rP8/s400/_Hamlet_----_The-Mouse-trap.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640961028673782578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 166px; " border="0" /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XCpoBh1qqhpJdGJg0MhZVqkrtzye4yISy23uNpt79t4HZtsm3WtS0HfGevTNQCDk8Hf3jrwVnQ4RvlLUDS0YGUU62FdeGS8n0NFO27Il6a85YnF8egNCvneAvUeDO0wWcOXvMwqh2qE/s400/N.Gogol+Evenings+near+Dikanka+-+paper+watercolours+43%252C5+X+29%252C7+cm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640961527992623026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 271px; " border="0" /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div>I shown here the some of the works by Dugin Andrej. He is currently works in Germany. what I like about this artists is their precision and crisp details of each figure. Here are their <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);" href="http://duginart.com/">site</a>!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I also encountered this site about, as usual, grotesque gargoyles in medieval cathedrals.Its been a very long time since I wrote here. But, here I am! Still managing to have new posts. Don't worry many posts will come soon!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /></div></div></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-40215523943362002122011-06-08T00:10:00.001-07:002012-04-02T21:08:00.653-07:00Raining June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Its June already. and as you know, in our country June is the beginning of the rainy season, where the bright blue sky and vivid white clouds is now covered with dark gray sky (or at literally clouds, but at time the clouds looks more of a sky). It is such a wonderful thing since during afternoon you can hear the dropping water into your roof while you are in your bed and about to sleep.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Rain has so many memories of mine. It reminds me yearly that school year is about to begin (where I always experienced wet socks inside my shoes during my grade school days). When I was younger me and my siblings used to bath at rain during mid-May. My mother said, which came from grandma, that the first rain in May is where grace is being showered from Paradise. But during that time, I only just enjoy of running in the streets while the rain pours from the sky rather than what mother told me. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Someone also told me that rain is a gift from God, that He throws coins of grace from the heavens. But when it became louder and wilder and stronger, it is no longer coins but babies being cast out from heaven. This are the unbaptized babies who are quite unfortunate enough to refuse to enter to paradise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Good day, people! Last February, the Bunny and I had a small tour of the </span><a href="http://www.edangara.com/?q=node/392"><span style="color: #274e13;">Bozzetos</span></a> </span><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Exhibit in our school since we saw they showcased Italian-inspired artworks, and we were eager to see these.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are greeted by a print of Firenze (also known as Florence) by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Vasari"><i><span style="color: #274e13;">Giorgio Vasari</span></i></a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And in gratitude to my amazing college professors, I just like to dedicate this work of mine to them. They were my teachers who helped shape my skills for the past five years.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">The painting shows a motherly figure teaching a boy with a book. I never encountered a nun teacher before, or rather I never had a nun teacher, only men from the religous order of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marist_Brothers"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Marist Brothers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">. My work here was inspired by Medieval marginalia figures (you can take a look what's Medieval Marginalia about in this </span><a href="http://www.gotmedieval.com/2010/01/gravity-in-the-margins.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">humorous blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> about it), though it is unfortunate to say that I forgot what exactly inspired this design, and from which medieval book did I take inspiration from, but the scene I think is about St. Anne teaching her daughter Mary. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">And speaking of Medieval art, I just want to share to you an interesting </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://medieval.tumblr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Tumblr site</span></a><span style="color: #783f04;"> which is all about Medieval Illustrations, paintings, and facts about the era. You can visit the site </span><a href="http://medieval.tumblr.com/" style="color: #783f04;"><span class="Apple-style-span">here</span></a><span style="color: #783f04;">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Good day, friends! Okay, give me a second to exhale! For the past few months I had a very succesful, very wonderful, and very memorable time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span class="Apple-style-span">First and foremost, I would like to share to you the recent happenings. I just finished last March my thesis presentation about a kinetic diorama depicting a Filipino playwright and revolutionary's, </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://bulatlat.com/main/2009/05/16/aurelio-tolentino-and-his-play-kahapon-ngayon-at-bukas/">Aurelio Tolentino</a>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> famous allegorical symbolic play (or Drama Simbolico) </span><i><b>Kahapon, Ngayon at Bukas</b></i><span class="Apple-style-span"> (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow). This was my thesis, as I told to you last </span><a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2010/12/art-fair-and-thesis-progress.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">time</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">, in completion of the requirements for my Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts in the </span><a href="http://www.upd.edu.ph/"><span class="Apple-style-span">University of the Philippines</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">. I went through too many sleepless nights just to complete them, as well as the research writing that accompanied it;</span> my hands became weary from sawing and molding and scavenging suitable old wood from forgotten corners, so were my feet from hurrying about. But all in all, it is quite a relief to see them finished after the tiring effort to construct them</span>.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Last semester I </span><a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2010/10/after-end-of-summer.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">showed you</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> my prototype for the three kinetic dioramas. And last November 2010, I started to execute the three dioramas in wood. They depict the three acts of the play (as performed in 1902), in part of the propaganda effort against the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_%281898%E2%80%931946%29"><span class="Apple-style-span">American rule in the Philippine</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">s</span> during the early 20</span><sup style="color: #663300;">th</sup><span class="Apple-style-span">century (from 1898 to 1946). And because during those times, nationalistic sentiment were forbidden to be shown in public, especially flaunting the local flag, hence the necessity in using allegorical symbols, fictional characters, dialogues, and scenes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">Let me begin my story with the introduction of the characters.</span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span">Dramatis Personae:</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span">Inangbayan (Mother country) symbolizing the Philippines</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Tagailog (River dweller) the hero of the story and Inangbayan’s son</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Haringbata (Child king) symbolizing the Chinese Empire</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Dahumpalay (Grass snake) symbolizing the native collaborators</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Dilatnabulag (Wide eyed blind) symbolizing Spain</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Matanglauin (Hawk eyed) the Spanish colonial government</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Halimau (Monster) the Friars</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Asalhayop (Animal like) another collaborator to the enemies, also one of Tagailog’s sibling</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Bagongsibol (Newborn) symbolizing America</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span">Malaynatin (We don’t know) the American colonial government</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span"> Masunirin (Obidient) and Ualangtutol (No object) are the loyal siblings of Tagailog.</span></i></span></div>
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Curtains up, and the play is about to begin...</div>
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<i>Once there was Inangbayan with her son Tagailog, and his siblings. They were under the Chinese king named Haringbata. Tagailog and his loyal people fought for their freedom. They attained momentary liberty when Dilatnabulag and her soldier Matanglauin came, who declared themselves as Tagailog’s allies against their other enemies aside from Haringbata. They became allies and had a ritual of blood compact, as a sign of brotherhood. And the first act ends.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">This was the first diorama I created among the three. And since this was the first time I created a diorama with movable images, most of the time I went to the College of Engineering library to consult with books about mechanism and gears. Of course, I also visited </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.sharmanka.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><i>Sharmanka’s</i></span></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">amazing videos, and the </span><a href="http://www.cabaret.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><i>Cabaret mechanical theater</i></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;"> for their beautiful automata and mechanisms.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also went to the Bunny’s brother Hecson, who has background engineering for consultations on my initial draft. The movement is carried out by simple gears.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started collecting scrap wood (since I want to create my work from found materials) from the Bunny’s house, old plastic and metal cans for gears, sliced portion of metal roofing for the gears’ teeth, and other materials such as epoxy putty.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After collecting them I started to construct the drawer or the lower part of the diorama.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Inside the drawer is a small door that leads to the square medallion of portraits of the featured characters. They are also done in acrylic, but of course with great attention since the faces are relatively small to my capacity of painting faces in small scale but with great detail.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As for the lower part, the other scenes were depicted in painted panels just below the diorama.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Using acrylic on board, I painted the lower part of the diorama where the mechanism was placed. The three panels represent the other scenes (from left); Haringbata giving the money bag to Tagailog’s brother and collaborator to the enemy, Asalhayop; the burning of Asalhayop after the discovery of his intention; and the blood compact between Tagailog and their new ally.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I assembled the mechanism before the walls of the lower part. It took me about two weeks to place them correctly since I sometimes loosened the teeth of the gears. And of course, accuracy is essential in the mechanism, and that is what I tried to master during the construction. The gears should be placed correctly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After assembling of the lower panel, I started to mold the major figures in the scene. The climax of the story is the battle between Tagailog and Haringbata with their armies. I also spent almost three days making wire armatures, molding, and coloring the two figures and the relief figures of the army at the backdrop.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also picked up some small branches in our park for the trees since I don’t like to buy the commercial model (for some reason I just want the imperfectness and grotesqueness of the diorama) and small dried leaves from the Bunny. The dried leaves were from an old potpourri batch, but I used it as leaves of the trees. And they look fine together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then I assembled the figures, the painted ground which is in reddish brown for sinister, blood-stained-ground effect.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then I assembled the backdrop.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia;"><i>The second act opens with Tagailog’s siblings worshipping Halimau the Friar. He ordered Dahumpalay to arrest Tagailog for insulting Halimau by throwing the bag of money to him as a mock tribute. While he was in prison, Halimau ordered Dahumpalay to kill his own brother. Tagailog knew about this, and he killed him first and escaped from prison. Then he assembled his army to launch an attack against Dilatnabulag. They were astounded when they saw Tagailog since they knew he was dead. But before he attacked Dilatnabulag and her retinue, they buried Inangbayan alive. But Bagongsibol, the new ally, arrives in time and helps Tagailog to crush their enemies. And then Inangbayan rose from her grave in a more glorious manner and appearance. Then they buried the second oppressors. Despite of Tagailog’s doubt about Bagongsibol’s intentions, he accepts their offer of alliance and military assistance.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was actually the last diorama I executed among the three because it had the easiest mechanism to assemble; also, it is the largest one, measuring up to almost two and a half feet, so I had to focus on its construction.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During the construction of the first and third diorama, I also started to assemble the second diorama's drawer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made the gears almost oblong in shape for the movement of the figure, with which Inangbayan is resurrected from her grave, and the sun rising behind her.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was inspired by the Spanish Colonial churches in the country for the design in the lower panels. In colonial churches, they had the main altar called Retablos which is a bit similar with the one of medieval altarpieces in Europe, where there were panels with elaborate borders of columns and small pediments, and inside are either reliefs or paintings. The scenes in the panels are; the worship of Halimau the friar, Tagailog’s escape, and the meeting of Inangbayan and their new “ally” Bagongsibol.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here I work for the painting of the pediment which depicts <i>Kalayaan </i>or Freedom as a tree. The three by the way is Inangbayan's husband, which he saps blood of the past revolutionaries.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">I also seized the opportunity of making the building backdrop more detailed since as a child I had an interest in modeling, particularly in buildings and interiors. The setting is a late </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Colonial_architecture"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #783f04;">19</span><sup style="color: #783f04;">th</sup> <span style="color: #274e13;"><i>century Spanish colonial plaz</i></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #274e13;"><i>a</i></span><span style="color: #783f04;">, with the church behind them. But instead of cobblestone floor, I make reddish ground just like the previous diorama.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">So the mechanism works when Inangbayan rose from below and the sun behind her at the same time.<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And yes was me finishng some relief designs there. Taken by my sister Juisy.</span></div>
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<i>The third act opens with the sewing of the new flag in preparation for their independence. But Malaynatin refused Tagailog's request for independence, saying they are not ready. Tagailog was very disappointed, and secretly planned to reassemble the army against Bagongsibol. But when Malaynatin was asleep after Tagailog walked away, he has a nightmare of Inangbayan and Tagailog with his army and artillery urging to give them freedom, as well as the ghosts of the past and the King of Death, threatening him to free their mother. When he woke up, he said this to Bagongsibol, but she doesn’t take it seriously. And his dream comes true; Tagailog has his army in hiding, waiting for a signal for attack, if talking to them proves futile. The final moment came, and Inangbayan and Bagongsibol met, and they still refused. But instead of the army, the children of Inangbayan begged to Bagongsibol and Malaynatin, appealing to their mercy. They gained her sympathy and, finally they gained their long awaiting independence.<br /></i></div>
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For me this scene is the most grotesque and out-of-the-reality fantasy since the main diorama depicts Malaynatin’s dream.<br /></div>
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Of course, as a lover of grotesque figures in art and architecture I seized the opportunity of unleashing my interest in executing almost deformed unnatural figures.<br /></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">I depicted the ghosts of the past as almost monstrous figures for a sinister effect. Ever since, I had been fascinated with grotesque figures in art, from the gargoyles of medieval cathedrals in Europe to the paintings of Picasso during his </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso%27s_Blue_Period"><span class="Apple-style-span">Blue period</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"> and German painters who revolved around deformity and unnaturalness.<br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">Among them of course is </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch">Hieronymus Bosch</a>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"> who was my major inspiration for the figures in the third diorama. I also exaggerated their expressions so that fear is heightened. Among the three, the third diorama is the only one which </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">is left open </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">at the back, and the gears are visible from the tableau. I just want to depict their reality, that the dream is a portal between their real world (which is the diorama) and their unreal world (which is the mechanism and our world).<br /></span></div>
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And there they are, posing for a picture! Though, at this point, I haven't applied the Old Oak woodstain for a uniform color of the exteriors.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: georgia;">And that was me with the Bunny during the opening of the exhibit.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300; font-family: georgia;">And my poster! Together with the reduced scale model of the actual, two-and-a-half feet dioramas.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br />And here's the poster of the Bunny's thesis. It's a book about Marian Imagery and Iconography in the Philippines.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">But of course, after we finished preparing, the opening was wonderful. With visitors taking a look at our theses, for which we gave blood, sweat and tears. For me, it’s all worth it!<br /><br /></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">And for the very memorable moments,</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> my</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"> graduation day! Finally, after five long years, I managed to finish my college studies. Although, of course, surely the Bunny and I will miss the green landscape of the school, the canopy of acacia trees, and the language of the plants and small insects, the murmur of faraway traffic, and the enchanting dance of the fireflies in the evening as well.<br /></span></div>
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We had the candlelight ceremony, which traditionally held during graduation dates back to early 80s. This moment I really felt the school year was now end, and after almost 2 decades of being a student, I am not a student anymore.<br /></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">And here are my friends who also graduated last April! (from Left; myself, The Bunny, Arvin, and Jomar). Here we wear our traditional costume, called</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barong_Tagalog">Barong Tagalog</a>,</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span">for males</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">We are also wearing the University's </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://ccrux.corsarius.net/2006/04/28/sablay-the-filipino-graduation-garb/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sablay</span><span class="Apple-style-span">,</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"> worn during graduation by the alumni of our school, instead of the usual toga.</span></div>
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Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-51271118355353555802011-01-16T14:55:00.000-08:002013-12-03T15:25:00.981-08:00Things we usually do during our free time.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span">We went to a local church called San Agustin in Manila last time (the one I told to you </span><a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2010/05/cross-culture.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">before</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">). We are mesmerized with its old beauty, despite that it is now poorly maintained. The Bunny and I were always fascinated with old structures, especially when they are mashed up with other foreign cultures since the church is mixed with Spanish Colonial style and native styles. When the Spanish came in our country a long time ago they brought their culture in here and mixed with the native tastes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhawpfPEYhqYv21tXlMQYTE3EwiXm4tbZG7cvVmWW_YtWROSJQIHrnw39ecBNW2cv_Urc_zN33ClwYm7icYyjSvXY1_8w6nK23bWniyDx_UZsuW8lV5kQVbcds5U9Q5IR5HMTkComWt8/s1600/193.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562925349935068818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkhawpfPEYhqYv21tXlMQYTE3EwiXm4tbZG7cvVmWW_YtWROSJQIHrnw39ecBNW2cv_Urc_zN33ClwYm7icYyjSvXY1_8w6nK23bWniyDx_UZsuW8lV5kQVbcds5U9Q5IR5HMTkComWt8/s400/193.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a>We saw this around 18th century painting of Christ in a dimly lit stone hall (so we need to picture it with flash). According to the Bunny, grotesque paintings like these were made by the natives who had only slight idea about what Christ might look like, as well as the Romans and their costumes. And they only rely on printed book from Europe.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">An around 19th century statue of Virgin Mary that is very much look like a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin"><span class="Apple-style-span">Guanyin </span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">statue</span></div>
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Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-82841542810225812322010-12-10T05:25:00.000-08:002010-12-25T04:49:19.922-08:00Art Fair and the Thesis Progress<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:";color:#663300;" >First of all, my apology to you guys for a very long absence into the blog realm. But above all, I feel quite happy from my return. For the past few weeks things are getting busier for the thesis and the approaching deadlines of papers and submissions and the household chores as well. Let me show to you a preview of what I am doing for almost every whole day for the past few weeks. And for those who still wait for new posts, and still following my blog, thank you very very much. And thank you for your patience as well!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:";color:#663300;" >As I told to you before, my thesis is about mechanical diorama with a theme based on a poplar historical play in the Philippines. I started the base made of hardwood. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEAPcoxt2r47V3n8Si_bSH0tFchXtXku7vB1fwBnyETP6REXR70l8hKZQsxGGAb5hwh6_nmSOI29nDSQAt6R-Xg5ROkyup-VNiR-wKfPGKrnN-fsTYb-jTtdmJKCPVvzuSDqNWQp4C5BA/s400/picture+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549611822181892338" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" border="0" /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" >As for the drawer, which is where the textual details of the diorama, I assembled it by myself, so that’s why it is not so carpenter-woodworker level of construction since recently I’m trying to study woodworking by myself with of course with the help of Papa.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie7cAAT1FmsrVgoQ-m996wRDKagjmgRxNRDxNcHCMrkcWkxAsExDv-EpO8gqZMUXcS9GcR2KWbOFh3KfHOh33kguYxt0WLPWcjpupIoBKeVVvNov2CCx7crJRVOjFoN1UbNUU4a9vELBY/s400/DSC_6938.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549613228390292434" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirSJzGJ82FeQCK5vZo9pyLmTa11oVqG-EFrNm6bFZsvaQf5RT7YWQmyaV4AoKmt8z6FWchhbVPsvilIaUENm0qHuvWSLjvKZhdgBl_oICIEPSdrf9z9dAY5oCB7EUdJWy7Qpnu8kIXRw8/s400/DSC_6937.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549613209722338546" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" >Anyway, inside the drawer there’s a small door that leads to the portraits of the characters in the story. The characters, which are in bust form, are executed in acrylic on cardboard. It is quite small that I had a difficult time adding further details of the faces. But thanks to the Bunny’s very fine brush I borrowed last, last year somehow I managed to make it. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" >I made frames for the miniature portraits and later I will label them with their corresponding names. Here is the list of characters.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Inangbayan (Mother country) symbolizing the Philippines<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Tagailog (River dweller) the hero of the story and Inangbayan’s son<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Haringbata (Child king) symbolizing the Chinese Empire<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Dahumpalay (Grass snake) symbolizing the native collaborators<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Dilatnabulag (Wide eyed blind) symbolizing Spain<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Matanglauin (Hawk eyed) the Spanish colonial government<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Halimau (Monster) the friars<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Asalhayop (Animal like) another collaborator to the enemies, also one of Tagailog’s sibling<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Bagongsibol (Newborn) symbolizing America<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Malaynatin (We don’t know) the American colonial government<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;"><span>v<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Masunirin (Obidient) and Ualangtutol (No object) are the loyal siblings of Tagailog<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" >And yes, it’s a bit nationalistic drama which is sometimes required to the research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" >***</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX67cmDaPD_c_VUK5WBawpdbKW6PKoacYvQe95P1ERn8-c4bLkA1yLGp4WmNLKo3axxe-rB1GRA0d0ptkNMfbi7iLu6Qvge0p1b4fS6DXguwtuqTFzQTNflSBgaD6FlJSca04pQ0YHVdk/s400/163+UP+JAZZ+BAND%2521.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549615409442278450" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></span></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#663300;">Me and the Bunny also recently visited the annual Art Fair in our college. Though it is quite unfortunate that we don’t submit some works to sell, we toured ourselves the college and looked for some interesting works. And at the beginning of the fair a school Jazz band played. They are wonderful since that was the first time I personally saw a jazz band. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";color:#663300;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit20A2U-FHilKGZXV6ev0bh0ONlUO1zpBCMM6FVm0Ikmfqlnlt6ZaLrwCM3vAzPTHPlUL761lvLxao4Bo70N5x6OJ1ItPP7hB5OEOTOs0LZM1Ti6AbNdfyn6am0E2JCszfZknOPlu4XP4/s400/251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549605412208969042" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">And I posted some of we found </span></span>noticeable. Like this one made by our Printing class professor Abano.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZni_wHQ7BZXitcrrTDlIUmlXwxdWFly7Qc7g-QL6HLfEHZbwxXjhsAaNkfgcbwKUanDsjSmHjO6AxPje0Be8MIf9b8pZuvHO6NVfYeynh7LuGVHs6CYHmXuC1PQ548guhRrpZt0j-y0/s400/228.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549604662003346146" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And some of beatiful works that sadly I never saw their name. Like this small bust sculptures<u>.</u></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><br /></u></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1BFmyuPRiwvtDhuhRcnKLup6KRMeybmi01qhFHtH598wdMQH-DzlEKqZLSoRTTI41MnKV6ot5lTsXrW7giPO7xAW_4qaNU625cVs-y0ehlASMrwpDEmT4xjxabIuI04twRhYE8jzBag/s400/250.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549610726943871954" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></u></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And this painting.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Well, I got to go; piles and piles of works are still waiting for me. See ya!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-90487159850670024392010-10-04T23:26:00.000-07:002010-11-03T21:12:00.181-07:00After the End of Summer<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Tf3h6Uylfcac7iSoh0q9gJGWtLHyEz_zqn9sYwZ9fbu2Ztg5zQ6SPXU90RrOyCk5m5K-3l_dHn2M8hEwETj-CXS1IdiN7E1SfAXdzyZn25ipQBgV7ww5f38jSVe6ufCcOJ9NN-d_9Ug/s1600/dio1+revised.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Tf3h6Uylfcac7iSoh0q9gJGWtLHyEz_zqn9sYwZ9fbu2Ztg5zQ6SPXU90RrOyCk5m5K-3l_dHn2M8hEwETj-CXS1IdiN7E1SfAXdzyZn25ipQBgV7ww5f38jSVe6ufCcOJ9NN-d_9Ug/s400/dio1+revised.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528891830008291170" border="0" /></a><br />Days are getting warmer recently. I've been working, and would probably keep on working, on my thesis for the deliberation before the semester ends on March next year. And I would just like to share this sketch of one of my prototypes for the thesis. It is some kind of a <a href="http://www.kannikskorner.com/toytheater/theater.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span">toy theater</span></a> crossed with <a href="http://automata.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span">automata</span></a> mechanisms, with a little touch of <a href="http://www.sharmanka.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sharmanka </span></a>and <a href="http://www.cabaret.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Cabaret</span></a>.<div><br /></div><div>For the trial mock-up.<br /><div><br /></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZUnzuZCCAVEV7JOg4VUhPR8wFRQoSi8pBuqCYEOQPf_w3BBb0USi8Phj1mctEq1K0gJPL9VMuyzoxLnwE9Vf0ZOe-8rUrb3a7SIf7RDPoTG7rbxAH5pVEpqH1_P5q3NhZstPVaM_Q-YE/s400/mock+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528894027582320978" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 338px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></div><div><br />I used materials like cardboard for the gears and foam board for the walls. For the figures, I used papier mache so that it is easy to build. The final output, which will be constructed out of wood, would be started on by next year.<br /><br /><br /></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-30458512003516836902010-09-14T00:38:00.000-07:002011-04-07T15:39:58.654-07:00Print Making Class and A Gift<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUR34DiqgR4wQL_I0gBF8TeHY3-q1okxMdZb610DI6AYpoyOOXUHgKUsFnWM-D25iLwK_yoYGY2Oml4k4Lm4EQ-GqvomzrLVE2xgwScUdcIfR8waORx-QkJDAREJeP5ABXxOkjkZ7V0ao/s1600/DSC_4051.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUR34DiqgR4wQL_I0gBF8TeHY3-q1okxMdZb610DI6AYpoyOOXUHgKUsFnWM-D25iLwK_yoYGY2Oml4k4Lm4EQ-GqvomzrLVE2xgwScUdcIfR8waORx-QkJDAREJeP5ABXxOkjkZ7V0ao/s400/DSC_4051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515482194384079106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 319px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGFZ4orpT3n1s3K1fmPONnXRuPiCGwwk51kWGucBDKf2jrXM_KFs4L5D4ZD0OnVfxJ1Lm2kq2Fd99NskIz9jOQCQgcn2W803I01ncLXlM2vLVq1WjcR7bP2hVtKXdtqyBijZNfIg3-T4/s1600/DSC_4048.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGFZ4orpT3n1s3K1fmPONnXRuPiCGwwk51kWGucBDKf2jrXM_KFs4L5D4ZD0OnVfxJ1Lm2kq2Fd99NskIz9jOQCQgcn2W803I01ncLXlM2vLVq1WjcR7bP2hVtKXdtqyBijZNfIg3-T4/s400/DSC_4048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515482184102898018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 480px; " /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Whew! It has been a long, long time since I had time to write here. Anyway, I became more and more studious for the past few weeks, working on my thesis and other class work. One of those that kept me busiest was our printmaking class. We had the privilege to be mentored by Ms. Victoria Abano, who is the current president of the Philippines' only printmaker's official organization, the <a href="http://pinoyprintmakers.multiply.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Philippine Association of Printmakers </span></a>(PAP). For this semester, we are plowing through a repertoire of relief printing techniques. For this entry, </span><span class="Apple-style-span">I would like to show to you one of my first plate of prints: a rubbercut, or also known as linocut.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Ever since I saw Holbein and Durer’s woodcuts and engravings I became so curious as to how prints were made, especially how they finely cut the details on the plate (which I had a realization that it really needs a great skill to do that later on). Understandably, the prevalent methods used for them at that time would have been woodcutting or engraving. Woodcutting, as it involves subtracting material from the plate in order to create a raised image, belongs to relief printing, whereas engraving scratches the surface of the plate and involves the ink settling in those hollows is amongst the intaglio printing techniques. We tackled woodcutting already as of this time of writing, and I will reserve writing about it for later.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcL50-UdgCyrQTJQ7SKapr15wSPHBFQoaKSbfqZZgCMj6hkgzf9zmwoAqMOdX2dMa0eWyTnD43kIhaz0DLa6-yJ7pzF8j22JgObp8K7Di9cMukFUhh7fvkiEL9BR1GCfKv2zacizsHgA/s400/DSC_4025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516668378904780498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></p><div><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSaQ9SgawluGd0qqpojpfOHYIK43hSfBSWnufdjKX3NX92hrPZlPzRECFucDH5evzRJqRunULWhdLbC5_IUeC3KuHCECdZXJ2BaeDjdf85a8kmISXcAQAq9Twec3hjLQ_MxvXlu9GeCfo/s400/DSC_4030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515483746702784498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 319px; " /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">We used rubber sole (in substitute for linoleum) as the printing plate and a brayer or a rubber roller to spread the oil-based ink. U</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">sing some old woodcutting tools from my sister, I developed the image that I drew on it beforehand. It depicts a knight on a small boat, wandering in the vast land and staring at the sky. This design is quite random except from the fact that I have a fascination towards knights and armors so I leave you to your interpretations towards my design. The rubbercut is usually the first done by newbies since it is easy to cut and yields to most directions when helped with a newly-sharpened cutting tool.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Then I placed the paper gently and carefully on the plate. In theory, one can use any kind of paper for printing, but as a rule, it is advisable to work with absorbent and heavy papers (by weight, about 90 grams/meter to less than 200 gsm) that are able to take up ink very well and withstand the rubbing which transfers the ink to the paper. Usually, in class, we opt for medium-toothed watercolor papers, at about 110 gsm. This holds the ink well, while being thin enough that it isn't so tiring to rub in the ink from behind.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUq4W0-JdxOsFtFe_2eyHgxiamhdOvQqtiKEORi7DaCZFUXWXYvh78PUgMlMg60CMRUAOLYkORmMx-f_he0oL5sxv7BMSTUMvz3EqaxPpTgmUPi3gtpv1HqNJMaSGAvF3PB32qqG3FDo/s400/DSC_4044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515486816256988402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 319px; " /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Using a wooden spoon, I pressed the paper on the plate with ink so that the ink transfers to the paper thoroughly. I sometimes check the design underneath if there is enough to transfer, or if I missed any spots during the rubbing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LdsMq5KFivAlHJqooX0zq9NMKsLmvAIHyXRn4VOLPnmH70aVOpevj-TxYA5J5Wokq1jW4EcZfw2kTvtsIsK0LEFCK0IZQkKYEux31pAXrl3KAGQ5ng_vW3KdSZoUUMJxePTWbym7NGE/s400/DSC_4046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515486807831570322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 319px; " /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">When I am satisfied, I removed the paper gently from the plate in one careful movement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">The ink takes almost a day to dry so we leave it behind in a dry and well-ventilated place.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-size: 15.8333px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEsOj3PXH2CqxNMOHxUEshnwVFaqq4YdNf0WahQvgwTtGgjbsEtZdBeFcT4QJ1skUxWVvqriF1_Bh-JROw9KlASafp3rwnG2I8yKb6yIKFL2Ht-MYwBJ8YLCz_M0-pXHYGI-U28tSqSO8/s400/DSC_4047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516661005323056386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 319px; " /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">This is the most basic thing that one does with prints. I confess that the sense of accomplishment in making these prints is rewarding, but it gets tiring if you have to do ten exact prints. Unfortunately, that is the minimum requirement for this subject. Sometimes, it takes the amateur printer some twenty attempts or more to get ten right. I shall discuss the colored prints later on.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">I also recently changed my thesis topic, which I told to you last time about family trees and kinships. I changed them to something clockwork and kinemats, which largely inspired by</span><a href="http://www.sharmanka.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sharmanka</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> and </span><a href="http://www.cabaret.co.uk/"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Cabaret</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJaS4v_Ub5BhTU3tOKe1ikIKykukmlJ2TvJnwoFKHK_TdRQhf0tMY4-JRX0TG4TR7hgeNKGr2ISFl2R6-vUhmfmcre3z-zOkEoghobPUEKOq6N25PVbTQt8Vynz2y6mXwzcCJklLU5Rk/s400/hannah+%26+jericho.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516667258017848642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 387px; " /></span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">And I also recently received a wonderful gift from the Bunny. It is a painting of the Bunny and me in a strange forest, with a hut at the middle of it. It was painted by the wonderful artist and friend Rima Staines. Follow this <a href="http://intothehermitage.blogspot.com/2010/08/five-chapters-of-summer.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">link </span></a>for further details.</span></p></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-55029075023313568012010-07-02T22:56:00.000-07:002010-07-03T17:19:51.909-07:00Felix et Cuniculus<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDyvV2tORrjDXAkWbsMEdztyiKQQzRkozOyh9o4U4syPfMJeLmpdI-5Mk5gT0k6_E0JlvaFbsirM_qPdOAnV1tNl-x9Tdj-go9oHJfDHeVy-Oq49D2wfsMhAuM_bw8kes862nbM30LUs/s1600/the+bunny+and+the+cat.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDyvV2tORrjDXAkWbsMEdztyiKQQzRkozOyh9o4U4syPfMJeLmpdI-5Mk5gT0k6_E0JlvaFbsirM_qPdOAnV1tNl-x9Tdj-go9oHJfDHeVy-Oq49D2wfsMhAuM_bw8kes862nbM30LUs/s320/the+bunny+and+the+cat.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486877064174119458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">And so after so many ages, Cuniculus finally retured to her Felis. </span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">This is one of my latest, almost random, illustration a few weeks past for the return of the Bunny from Spain (as I told you before). They are Felis the cat (which is his name came from the Latin word Felis means cat) and Cuniculus (also a Latin word for rabbit) facing each other on a decorated medieval marginalia-inspired frame. Since during vacation I spend most of the time in my house, I produced some random illustrations, most are executed in watercolor, as part of my practice at the medium.</span></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp4wPdaX0GKjJNrcQtPbKvjXbi5npfpYBvdvPXAJ0k4OIWJQM2giQL43UpfgqQ__j9fbCg0bworju39MOGVQhsyu7YgsncdO_MrBeMXsZoigtA9D9tjdUAATGGfLhXW-91G3fnQpcjY-0/s320/177.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486893199118664562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Here are some of the close ups and individual shots of the panel. I also tried to achieve careful handling of colors at the patches at their background with manual execution (without any mechanical aid like tape or ruler).</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-C8Qg-nUJsNRKKFO32P1KUvtDbnA1YnoiyIqbyG1Hb7W07oKyAK37X5-4F75C37Vl1lUO78_7km8VzFVrfU0qYSIOcBXlswfZiN68v4rX4k9UoRhgymy-i1-WdkZJzUYqnsoxJxwxi7g/s320/176.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486893184801944674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">I chose my leather-like cover of my notebook as a background. But before I was thinking if I should place them on a small wooden frame. And make it a diptych.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzWkWmZPF5rky1NBgMcG2hb1bkkGo6QRDn2vhNCJ8fPoFtWiAP66XhtkhIG7uD7gS1KNHucsZ1YhJzbxfLil7tpBsmX8TCfE0MArGOULr51zH8W_WkIW6FqkOhygfIRvUcUm6-YITQSw/s320/181.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486908562657820146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></div></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2OP-2CztbD4rlRdH3war5il8uzCXDhILc09dNfDmJrpzuJ4IuLhZ3xrNSBVoTYKqDhsxKrxZliGEQndEylleasPMBTAVkXPFuL5MVLx7YC92waUEU0_maZMN4B7E6P2Bz7wdlojtJM0/s320/180.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486908575932042226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Quite lucky I borrowed a DSLR to the bunny to shoot my works in a better quality of picture.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Incidentally I came across this unusual story of half rabbit, half cat (or should I say Cabbits). You can check them <a href="http://www.messybeast.com/cabbit.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">here</span></a>.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Despite that I am working on my thesis this year, I feel the time is still quite slow. And since I am working with my thesis, I also encountered this wonderful site about making handcrafted books. You can check them <a href="http://www.ionahandcraftedbooks.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">here</span></a>. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">I am a bit busy right now so I would like to leave you for a while.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-69050592872926541592010-06-13T02:50:00.000-07:002010-06-14T02:20:00.763-07:00Tara Books<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4Uj0HKOH71Y-8s_MdJGqOzY_mqQDoHh3w20a7WqRlALWh2GVFY-I-5_fc9qWThwdI5qQIyQxIt3W4nrtVqCkWdtb7y0qzSNMKGsdBTUE-mBpmV3OXIadXUmTBr74ZnB7scmDJRCQX6s/s1600/leone-golosone-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4Uj0HKOH71Y-8s_MdJGqOzY_mqQDoHh3w20a7WqRlALWh2GVFY-I-5_fc9qWThwdI5qQIyQxIt3W4nrtVqCkWdtb7y0qzSNMKGsdBTUE-mBpmV3OXIadXUmTBr74ZnB7scmDJRCQX6s/s320/leone-golosone-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482555845946188130" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRc-_ohhRanjJojNOYwEAKmEt0x50VhJ3X2QddWtrQqeQpG6QgGZsqH3YIDM3FLZ4mksm8eb2_JxyQB8ntPW0xP_nt7H0BVJkXoC79pj3Kc-lLCaBUo8PaSCCinKFfslOxwQCbtZM1Uv8/s1600/tara+books1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRc-_ohhRanjJojNOYwEAKmEt0x50VhJ3X2QddWtrQqeQpG6QgGZsqH3YIDM3FLZ4mksm8eb2_JxyQB8ntPW0xP_nt7H0BVJkXoC79pj3Kc-lLCaBUo8PaSCCinKFfslOxwQCbtZM1Uv8/s320/tara+books1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482195989654865890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pZVaTg46istsCYjcLTMH2-bB-jjlt_G2UhTna1uANZfuCKWsyZ6fpDv4Wj29Yennl3dyt0sySlF60cTiBxqgK-2Kl5g4wWMLwr4N5Sd9VV-BARMusnd8WDfWguGivXKaOGZWviSlpCM/s1600/tara.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pZVaTg46istsCYjcLTMH2-bB-jjlt_G2UhTna1uANZfuCKWsyZ6fpDv4Wj29Yennl3dyt0sySlF60cTiBxqgK-2Kl5g4wWMLwr4N5Sd9VV-BARMusnd8WDfWguGivXKaOGZWviSlpCM/s320/tara.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482195438296162498" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlc68dAMk-9A9QthjpgetLzxruSKq4-3wkmCJXHkN4krTEBOXnWbaSvNfaWGSwX0DuR1DxUN6muqNGMELlBri8_Zy-6Bqpnn6mZWxpzpLfpbkk6kVoM7TJqNsV3lYiEtAMyQ16yb7DhmI/s1600/tara+books.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlc68dAMk-9A9QthjpgetLzxruSKq4-3wkmCJXHkN4krTEBOXnWbaSvNfaWGSwX0DuR1DxUN6muqNGMELlBri8_Zy-6Bqpnn6mZWxpzpLfpbkk6kVoM7TJqNsV3lYiEtAMyQ16yb7DhmI/s320/tara+books.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482195123622181650" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">I just came across this beautiful book illustrations made by the </span><a href="http://www.tarabooks.com/"><i><span style="color:#333300;">Tara Books</span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">. They are group of talented craftsmen in India who created manual printing intricate book illustrations, and most of them are for children which I also love. And they also manually bind the books as you see at the picture below.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8T1aTQ9FFkA9PF7KoHILEdTHFCd_77BTjM4zSDRKoGePGwqKaQiL18TvlLQPhHcnYhO_Ag62f9VFRYudZ_tM1Kq4H47HbVp1KAyDmBS7VXFjwliGn41ErXV_S_cmE0dqiSPqpj1TvLU/s320/wolf25rv3__140421gm-b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482198942823708866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">You can see how they really work in this video.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dykBNZe786C-7CwSVPFaXGoZkZQvHas2Jlma-3bdl08vMwIPGFj6oQyhlsrtkCKeY8ZLXsJ-AseNo1xyN38bg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">For better video, click </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om6i3enGZ8c"><span style="color:#333300;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">.</span></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-46860401353632455482010-06-06T06:36:00.000-07:002010-06-10T04:12:32.840-07:00Ernst and Nerdrum<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZY7Lpjh_jzcdAYGSpO85H_FXA2vTA0svoWBVbX-_oacOsNNbTyE0KkffVDhixCc1i2vOe9xChkK19xbBr3Fxh32v7hS31AyFdvig_CbkkXiX80vLLo3bo7uP0fR4KbVGmX8Qd8sM_R8/s1600/goldfish.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 182px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilZY7Lpjh_jzcdAYGSpO85H_FXA2vTA0svoWBVbX-_oacOsNNbTyE0KkffVDhixCc1i2vOe9xChkK19xbBr3Fxh32v7hS31AyFdvig_CbkkXiX80vLLo3bo7uP0fR4KbVGmX8Qd8sM_R8/s320/goldfish.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479655416744427170" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br />This is a Victorian illustration of a goldfish. With its beautiful print details (an engraving, I think), I cant't help to look at them closely. I just recently found this illustration in an interesting site about old book illustration lovers! I just discovered them via my </span></span><a href="http://gialloantico.tumblr.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">tumblr</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">. The site is called <i>Old Book Illustrations</i>. You can visit them </span></span><a href="http://www.oldbookillustrations.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">or to my sidebar from the link list. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">A<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nd I just also discovered this intriguing, extreme surreality book of Max Ernst from the Bunny (which I also got from her the ideas about a more analytical, depth analysis about my recent post </span></span></span><a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2010/05/cross-culture.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cross Culture</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">). The novel is "</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Une Semaine de Bont</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px; font-family:sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">é"</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">or "A Week of Kindness". It is a collage of Victorian engravings pasted in a very random manner, and then progressing with a very loose theme for every day of the week. What the artist, as they say, might want to convey an interpretation of his subconscious self to his reader. He put them in a random order and composition and present them to the viewer. Then he let them judge or interpret in what they saw. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px; font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4yy3lgxWeRSl2hNkZv8BxF8eoHRfhs6MuHbpfBSASX_EoZkUs-dwj_-lsd75PfRjBp7Wq_nlcnpPGqCIZQPNPzb4FcHL4Ft80MGmth8qAiPI9VFgqWmrxjkwUhPUo9MmiH3bSyoGbQ0/s320/maxernst+collage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480072494895446258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); line-height: 23px; font-family:georgia;">But for me, they seem to present a lost time, that feels so strange because it is conflicting between the old, traditional, pre-industrial era and the new, machine, automated age. They belong to a different world but at the same time live with us. Shifting in our known history and time. Some kind of an alternate world.</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhod-LmUvRmWqtZhx-45xCNJNNiWygxjbdWho84zfBs7bTOCp2aKejPeu9cu6-FNSZ6mlmgXj5Bx8XFi6GfhGA4XRX3350xvspH8SbNZ86jLZjZ5EZp3eLNfi2pm1NFRfkRUQlifjUpo4/s320/ernst_450.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479669037266605266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 277px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">And I also like to share this amazing Norwegian artist named <a href="http://www.nerdruminstitute.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Odd Nerdrum</span></a>. He was one of my inspiration for creating the old world atmosphere in art and realistic yet strange and almost medieval rendering. His biography says he studied Dutch painting techniques, and while it appears to be partly like that, the picture below is reminiscent also of Hieronymous Bosch. Some of Nerdrum's recent paintings show more of Blake, though. In any manner, everything comes across as these highly spiritual paintings, but it is of a religion that only Nerdrum knows, in his bleakness, in his purgatory airs.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNnqXgr624a1I6fBXpNsxvAEhDaCLSHM07GoapAab5-JwDqBKqwuxT7D1NlcZZdvj97dAa68U8U8NYlSqLWgsTZ06BaTHJ09bB9_nt_MdoYANYQ7dYtH-orneR3H-Jioog0RedbWR4Nw/s320/dawn+by+odd+nedrum.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480042513491763170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px; " /></span></div></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSy-ZVyATD0NbSYv92l6Chi2qhXcEmet0xlXc-pp-ZybFXaX82jTEg558mVQK8ms0Tw0mSJTbDgjhyphenhyphenSp8RudK19cyfpqo8mgJRyKMXUtFawYKGNEqbcW4w62fXkclKEEI39tbeeCRBP4s/s320/5.+Odd+Nerdrum.+The+Water+Protectors+(1985).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480042821046675010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Somehow for me, Ernst and Nerdrum, despite the differences in style and technique, have a similarities. One of it is their distortion of reality and themes of lost time or some kind of a forgotten era; they are able to show it through their wonderful art in their own remarkable manner.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">As of now, I am currently finishing my studies and thesis this year (as you know, in our country, June is the start of our classes-as well as the rainy season-and ends in March next year.) I will be quite happy to see the trees again and be able to walk again within the green campus with canopy of Acacia trees.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-1404760722446921992010-05-29T20:08:00.001-07:002013-12-03T15:28:11.074-08:00Cross Culture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474894144399069666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESAB5GKTjsdlktdv66V-tUN8X_tH2HJJPDILJDc5YV5Tyc2iRXqkGgHwM8WmcalwsixRIvt6crHXu7avxcDKmurDqABPRTGIk-UGl-5l_diF6yhhMz_p3CgdbUaeFQotKa5uEOpxYmHw/s400/angel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 273px;" /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">I saw this picture of an 18th century ivory statue of the Archangel Michael slaying the Devil. It can be seen (I think) at the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><a href="http://www.philippines-travel-guide.com/san-agustin-church-manila.html"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;">San Agustin Church</span></i></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"> museum within the old city of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><a href="http://www.philippines-travel-guide.com/intramuros.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;">Intramuros</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"> in Manila, a several kilometers and several rides away from our house in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"><a href="http://www.marikina.gov.ph/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;">Marikina</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">I actually see my own identity in this artwork. My country had been colonized by Spaniards for centuries. Alongside, or even before that, there had been other immigrants too, who came and affected the natives' way of living somewhat. There exists a history of Chinese traders and settlers (notably from Taiwan), Muslim folk moving from the south, and frequent interaction with merchants from India. Eventually, the Filipinos adopted some of their culture and customs, as well as their blood in some families, like mine (since my father's side had a Spanish blood, while my mother had a Chinese blood). This artwork is representative of the syncretism of the Christian, Muslim, and Chinese cultures, wrought by the fact that during these times, the native craftsmen commissioned by the clergy to make these icons had been most probably trained alongside or by Chinese artisans. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">While the overall structure and theme is European (ergo, Catholic), the softness of the angel's features are Asian. Take note that 17th century Spanish figurative sculpture were given to realism rather than having a stylistic touch, for which the hyperrealism of the figures is part of the artistic rhetoric in which the devotee, upon studying the precise rendering of the icons, is driven to believe the reality behind what is depicted and thus incite further fervor. Like in the example on the left ("<a href="http://collectorofechoes.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/the-sacred-made-real/">Christ, the Man of Sorrows</a>"), the rendering is enough to move a 17th century church goer.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;"> evident in the modelling of the Devil at the foot of the angel, with a characteristic scowl of Buddhist deities of the menacing type, distinct from the manner of representation of western canon demons. Besides the roundedness of the body in itself, the eyes of St. Michael are softly slanting, almond shaped, traits proximal to Buddhist sculptural style tracing from the Gandhara stage (Greco-Buddhist), as can be compared to the illustration on the right, whose imagery might have migrated along with Buddhism to us from the Chinese adherents. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">A surprising juxtaposition, neither Chinese nor European, may be observed from the weapon of the archangel, a short sword with a wavy length. Known as <i>kalis</i> in Tagalog, it is more recognized by the term <i>kris. </i>This weaponry was prominently developed and used by Southeast Asians (with arguably Southern origins). Having employed this element, the statuette more firmly asserts its identity as of being Filipino in origin. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">My mother and my mother's parents are devout Catholics (as you seen in the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbkYUtym0lNcm5BkoMibcfQguSJVcBid-Lmfwert5bawQUf05uUj32anaTyXctMouJvWiLHEZ63IJX5OUm3xoRMa6R687SN7NwQmi5_pv64_v7QttOsyVvPWHaf3NI2WYOiIaySqSr1U/s1600/DSC00774.JPG"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;">picture</span></i></a>) and, before, they collected these figurines for the altars in their homes, which I would, in turn, frequent during my childhood trips to my mother's hometown. So I guess that is the reason for my fascination in religious icons. With this kind of passion through the details on their faces filled with agony, and the level of craftsmanship present, you can tangibly feel the emotion portrayed by the artist. Though may I say that I am hardly religious myself, but their beauty does not need an inherent belief in them in order to appreciate their craft.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">Also, the obscure, surreal background of my father and my paternal grandparents probably influenced my interest and curiosity about strange and fantastical things. As I told you before, my <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/2009/06/father.html">father</a> </span>came from his unknown, almost remote, and unusual town of Pio Duran to the capital, eventually owning a house in the suburbs. He never forgot his past, and frequently told us his mysteries and misadventures. He isn't so much unlike the father in the Tim Burton movie <i>Big Fish</i>, because the details of his life is woven into tall tales that are often too strange to be true. Yet, I grew up rather fascinated by his personal myths. Despite that I grew up in a suburb place, I had my curiosity to strangeness and mystery and history.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">I also saw this beautiful and dramatic statue of Christ from this </span><a href="http://mrgnomeisblogging.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;">blog</span></a><span style="color: #663300;"> (As well as from </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://intothehermitage.blogspot.com/2009/12/sunrise-moonset-lanternlit-rainwet.html"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Rima</span></a> </span><span style="color: #663300;">Staines' post). Look how the artist managed to depict the suffering of Christ and the drama of emotions. This sculpture would have stood for the representation of the "Christ Interred," as part of the Passion series, after the Deposition.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">And also I found this interesting page about 100 ideas by <a href="http://www.kerismith.com/index.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;">Keri Smith</span></a>. Things to do when you don't have anything to do. You can look at them <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;"><a href="http://www.kerismith.com/funstuff/100ideas.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333300;">here</span></a>.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #663300;">And days from now, I will go back to school. This is my last year in college, and I'm taking up my thesis subject and some miscellaneous subjects(including, hopefully, an elective class which teaches about watercolor techniques, and the another one about printing :)). I just miss the school, the buildings there, and the trees, and the quietness at the lagoon, and watching the sunset there.</span></div>
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Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-26730802741386667902010-05-14T07:43:00.000-07:002010-05-17T01:52:42.404-07:00The Trip, the Lake, and the Moon and Venus<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmb-hUU1OPfeWAP6RN7H7l8Z1TS7P1SVBiyZj3Ho2AtPBPF1KeD_BsMqp2pjVhTbEhUX7p60yl3KnR9B-VU5-tPbBlu8ad_ZM3DVKWGme1PaNXaAX8CPRETfjWrTau0BshqCf1QNFjQ_4/s1600/shore.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmb-hUU1OPfeWAP6RN7H7l8Z1TS7P1SVBiyZj3Ho2AtPBPF1KeD_BsMqp2pjVhTbEhUX7p60yl3KnR9B-VU5-tPbBlu8ad_ZM3DVKWGme1PaNXaAX8CPRETfjWrTau0BshqCf1QNFjQ_4/s400/shore.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471143013120903314" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">Yes, those are my feet, as I was standing at the lake shore (moments before I took a plunge into the water). The other week, my family and I went to the province of Laguna for a two-day vacation at an almost isolated, man-made lake resort called <a href="http://www.calirayalake.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Caliraya</span></a>, which was located on top of a mountain. And at last! I experienced staying in a place cut off from most noises and electricity; and where, at night, you can only see about 7 or 8 flickering lights from the other side of the lake, and the lights on our side was from our lamp in our cottage, a bonfire, and the stars that are usually barely seen in our well-lit city towns. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbEYTSwgzzp2pxCrbpenBtQoyqyPduFtoam7_dMQRcJR7r__Ge0IoizwEp1f9DizukEb80HK8NM_kMAaSOpMd3iJBPQAu4iCJ2_IHCP-ISsjemPCY1WlpL3faanQHIq1TJ_E-uoKWhis/s400/lake3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471143434198280290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztPUm9zLZEOmgaH53PVynvzUEARdCCwuRv6MOK-3BTgJgkPG4GAS220P0gt70TW_UieHLvgtuuWfV3romgpV17sHCDy_1klU_qpOAShpf36ALupbp9aIsXjLLTEbROcbqacSGNofMNE4/s400/lake+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471143424955762130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XmL5PS8BJjnfxUYASl42jS6lVUyytnQIRMXmmXIIGCmvdZhLaATTLuP6nqTc5nqOC3DgSsmFTbOvGN81WTzsZoiPrJ0A6dH6iPuE1mP9CPs1hgw1nxORfpK7PXe2tVPyUs6lDI9g3cM/s400/lake4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471143423122560418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">And of course, I didn’t miss the opportunity to take a swim in the calm waters of the lake to fight the heat of the sun (and that's our tent in the third picture).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">***</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"> At the other side of the world, the Bunny took these pictures of an amazing model of an old building.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cPLvWhOskc2Y_D_Ygm_tqIho5ABXfj2TMUY8QaorVGl-tqx8Jm1WaGycQwxBBtNaNYF76FwT9xTm12QrJ5UJR3gGCf6Sv4BSSUMQOFL1phP1TmA4t5sBkYAjjgCKYd18jZ4iJu51nEA/s400/H.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471480068477688994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkAVokbxks6lDEv8WKvNnuc_D3slr7Ep37OLETlOdmcrEX9hEduG1qBewu2zJYN0hsAPHBZ3AeU2mhhbUMIpJXSFup-Z_STarpQ_kYwsxtZMo9nnM9Cm11ZCh0qO0k_k_WjiOOSzLHpKU/s400/model+pictures2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471481383434491298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br />Of course, she takes pictures of old, brownish and umber-ish buildings, and other places which we both like. This the courtyard of the <i>Colegio Fonseca</i>, an actual part of the edifice miniaturized above.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmYRO-pyVayko9oB5SefkNyrIxabGEc4O1r5i4Z6xbja3CtcFu8HlffddBKYCNWAjmtJJauHlFXL4BOWa29_p7Mmahvc_AoMxRFDaj_2NucX-iSwzz5vWYtORhrM_Euh4awA3V2WQxRmI/s400/z5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471904673674948834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElOo3D88gvr-A0zwLXyU9f6vh5R4WunU2oA2fKLBa_mb3jiDYquGoHknEkQbkr7YY1FrU9cOP6HbRAzwzvzvACjajYXk9L_3-3oz1UBVIVIi_x3d2O9aylVnaWEl4WFgUhWQFQr4cvX4/s400/z12.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471905351624974626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvmneGC35xLg8PFXGMCvzVmWRXI09ljmw4MH-CODq7PTVNBYtzXb4S6T9DCWUJ7Madref3AJThXEurFpcpk95NV8EEFivHt5laV7zq_az6RmpVyUAjNLoHV4uefz5Ejp5LSLIafaE_0A/s400/z6.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471905990010661538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"> And I would like to leave you for now with this recent photo from a friend of the Moon below Venus. Such a wonderful sight, and I also witnessed it! It is said that it has portents of the coming of something long-awaited for. :)</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbchU7EDeFAKbAkr19gwY5iPREzplorvkMylrKNh4R9zzCijml30dOOdUU2f-wAlky08OUGgDiUYlFLpbpByh7rwcklTAszuNM8uJGNx1vB49AfJaNq44Yg95Em0trfs-0xZeTKHy97lA/s400/moon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471901581386611762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-21796753853782783092010-04-30T08:52:00.000-07:002010-04-30T09:57:22.848-07:00Gennady Spirin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C7mHjO92DYwyKbKX98G7tzakuzU-0i9HQBEltYXN5Ar_c1bjVG3eDUmwUkXw_AqUocaFicjl0-z9iQO5ZY-Z5_QkKFHyvLBZOGpFgDOPSdZaymD1qekn8HWE-KuyksklShI0ani3RDM/s1600/spir7.jpg"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5C7mHjO92DYwyKbKX98G7tzakuzU-0i9HQBEltYXN5Ar_c1bjVG3eDUmwUkXw_AqUocaFicjl0-z9iQO5ZY-Z5_QkKFHyvLBZOGpFgDOPSdZaymD1qekn8HWE-KuyksklShI0ani3RDM/s400/spir7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465959468174012994" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">I would like to start this rainy month of May with this beautiful artist. He is Gennady Spirin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">And here is the video of his works.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwI7qUfiUdPtEsQwa1gSE7I-YXrkJSR9ZeIjTcYIETYH3bQFFzQvK-0-bn5VlSXPHUCAK-mSexLKVflB1ijlg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;">You can look the video </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=BBR6sR0fkiw&fmt=18"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">here</span></a>.</span></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-27451648804052073442010-04-26T03:25:00.000-07:002010-04-26T08:10:37.499-07:00Teriel<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmkJYqh44f9nnVje8hitCPAidFYqvME7KVmqkxvmi_16iT8YdMFQaqAy1rG1GH7juA5inWFLKcSPV0cvj3MSbA-MqAbwEAsh5alVow9EVnklDWIl9xINDryVlD5-Y-r8SzX3O1Ljty70/s1600/teriel+edited.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilmkJYqh44f9nnVje8hitCPAidFYqvME7KVmqkxvmi_16iT8YdMFQaqAy1rG1GH7juA5inWFLKcSPV0cvj3MSbA-MqAbwEAsh5alVow9EVnklDWIl9xINDryVlD5-Y-r8SzX3O1Ljty70/s400/teriel+edited.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464391957501965538" /></a><div><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ7rqg_0w7faRoxE1OTp_t8DW3WHVxsVqwbJKUCISZNHreWp3tVm3IfUcHpeGKdqASRsOZ-ZU_l2VPKLdkpYcb_yTuCAQxeDvLD13WV3DlhdNAUftIMWLQQh2HsgpSUZha7T44Q9nfkUk/s400/teriel+edited1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464393310395900994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 384px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj4qPf17Fl1n356ZJMx8Ewwy1G_0pJvPl4IqWhOB57ulfEx5MfSu9adLZ-ZDGYBuRDQhUMZFtKuA39vpOOqmewBedGUmAIxBJMGPv0mnw_jZIfXaNwjTfClqqQdo2lQZENsp458fn-cM/s400/teriel+edited2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464394107448236882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Done in watercolor on board</span></span></i></span></span></span></div></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-70690239542551223462010-04-22T07:02:00.001-07:002010-04-22T07:04:30.954-07:00The Handkerchief<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6x1nraPNnLjP2fqgLf0N35wGq4FvdAEgx_8UiIK8SrKofomFVPmfdCDqRqZFqhwvAg2i05NMD9ni-N50QxFU3iqTn2U4hcbBSzUl57EhWhSNuPck3hSrJ8BDKIhVMakFmhQwYPFlsqg/s1600/3556.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6x1nraPNnLjP2fqgLf0N35wGq4FvdAEgx_8UiIK8SrKofomFVPmfdCDqRqZFqhwvAg2i05NMD9ni-N50QxFU3iqTn2U4hcbBSzUl57EhWhSNuPck3hSrJ8BDKIhVMakFmhQwYPFlsqg/s400/3556.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462795910668794994" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px; " /></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span><blockquote><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"</span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-size:100%;"><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">An old lady stole the hanky and placed it on her head as a headpiece.</span></span></span></span></blockquote><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;">A mind boggling piece that I did for my writing class. It is meant to be read in two ways. I hope you like it! :) (Painting above by Wiktor Sadowski.)<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">***</span><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia; color: rgb(153, 51, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-size:100%;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The Handkerchief<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">A.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The man bought the handkerchief for his fiancé. (go to F )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">B.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">He courted the girl. They fell in love with each other and later married. (go to C )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">C.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The girl, now a woman, lost the handkerchief in their wedding party near the sea. (go to L )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">D.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">A large fish caught the hanky and swallowed it along with other fish. (go to E )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">E.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The fish was caught by the fisherman and it was quickly sold into the market. (go to O )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">F.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">He discovered that his girl had another guy, and that was his brother. (go to K )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">G.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The lonely man’s heart broke apart and he made a new hanky to sell. (go to A).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">H.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">A crow took the handkerchief and placed it on her nest. (go to I )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">I.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">It later fell on the ground when the young grew and left their nest. (go to J )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">J.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">A hunter took the hanky from the ground and he used it to clean his gun. (go to V )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">K.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">From his anger, he threw the handkerchief into the river. (go to U )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">L.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">It was discovered by a dog and took it to her Captain who was never defeated in any battles. (go to X )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">M.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">She organized a cult which she called "Handkerchief Worship." Few days later, her heart stopped beating and she suddenly died .(go to H )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">N.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Believing it is the hanky that killed their leader, they threw it into the sea before they killed themselves. (go to D )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">O.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The fishmonger discovered the handkerchief. (go to S )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">P.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">An old lady stole the hanky and placed it on her head as a headpiece. (go to M )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Q.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The rich boy saw the girl with her hair tied up with the handkerchief, and her small, white ears lay plain in his view. He wanted to have her. (go to B )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">R.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The people heard the news about the hanky from a fish. They later on considered it as the "miraculous hanky came from the fish." (go to T )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">S.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">He gave it to his sister who was a Nun.(go to T)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">T.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The hanky became a relic in a church since it is said to be miraculous. (go to P)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">U.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">A poor girl saw it and used it to tie her untidy hair.(go to Q)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">V.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">She wanted to impress her husband so she cleaned his gun while he was asleep.(go to W )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">W.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">She accidentally shot her husband’s gun on a gas tank when she used the hanky to clean the trigger. (go to Y )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">X.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">When a war between broke out...The Captain was killed and his men used it as a flag to surrender.(go to N)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Y.</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">The whole town was ablaze when the fire spread rapidly. (go to Z )<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 40.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; "><b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Z.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;">Morning came and all of the people were dead, the town was in ruins, and the hanky turned to ashes. (go to G)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Garamond,serif;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"></span></o:p></span></p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-size:100%;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-size:100%;"></span>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192240418874170855.post-70640516639612127882010-04-21T00:41:00.001-07:002010-04-21T20:07:31.082-07:00Tales from Far Far Away..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcH1m-pvR8jNIVxLGwHPR25XQpsMzvMqvp-jQPtcGRL9-VOdddsxulICTVPBp3W14EltAuAfuh-AzeSC1H-WPNJUoyCZD-NDd7-PVUAtRznd5EJjc5v0EoxNkXCr_nUs9Mg_AXZxT0nY/s1600/H2.jpg"></a><a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUcwuwuY4gX_dz4D7wj7FU3Z8ZWz743856RbdA9cc9T8WE2ZeYig9PQHtq1w-QgGkmTYfu4ep2rch302M8I_3__QV7PUoMdl6yodpuONKbRJUWLs4I013sELSwbk2dxsaciY89DhXSIk/s1600/9.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUcwuwuY4gX_dz4D7wj7FU3Z8ZWz743856RbdA9cc9T8WE2ZeYig9PQHtq1w-QgGkmTYfu4ep2rch302M8I_3__QV7PUoMdl6yodpuONKbRJUWLs4I013sELSwbk2dxsaciY89DhXSIk/s400/9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462767586050572802" border="0" /></a> <div style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br /></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><div style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">There is a place where walls of stone, lime, and ash were left behind by time, many paths are still green, and many olden oaks yawn sleepily under the shifting light, there was a Bunny who came from a far, far land. She was there because a bird came to her one day and spoke of the place and took her away before she could nod her head.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC30zNnbcZnd442eyFlFrs1SBEEFcQ8B-rXf7JueSyGsLP8A3sw50n7ujuMZ7kgQXMVsrg5UEDzoq8DpSfCQ4o4j-T-zRleNdWQ_pDGHKEHN0WmCtJbXoY7PJ2_CXzL8UO-s2xpG3qxRM/s1600/090.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC30zNnbcZnd442eyFlFrs1SBEEFcQ8B-rXf7JueSyGsLP8A3sw50n7ujuMZ7kgQXMVsrg5UEDzoq8DpSfCQ4o4j-T-zRleNdWQ_pDGHKEHN0WmCtJbXoY7PJ2_CXzL8UO-s2xpG3qxRM/s400/090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462768467476056354" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />Whatever she did, however she asked, she would not be sent back until many days had set. To bide her time, she fills her head with words from dead men, for she thought them very wise, that had not reached her ears before.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><br />She walked around town on her own often. First, she came across the old and huge church. The pride of the town.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xCThD-ZgvH53OfUuCcjpOtRXdaTX2wNjOnU3-01FXllwf2eqKKx75oc3VBgDUpToCvkQsQcCwoWX-bow5kQ4fRBaOVs368sgDGIz-O2AdNtLhVi_Nsiy9_O7twRwz5V1H619W07Fcvw/s400/A+facade+1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461053881507223666" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></p><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1sfKOglXCtVTCybMvc24e59jb7BiU_xdXj3PFhrQd3XUTcjhzNjka-Kmt2nYWsLZXhs1hyphenhyphenk7edKyBEotqBkKU7JzoYgiS_f6Wvc2OCr0jNiqzVDgum6seL2zPkjWOC-hXm7h_LrxvKPw/s400/C+detail+facade.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461056090372119058" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">She was amazed by its grandeur and magnificence that she felt she is being in a grand palace of someone who is as great as this church.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">She looked about in a meticulous manner and saw things of equal majesty as that facade. Among them was a Tree of Life. Yet this tree had no leaves, but many branches in the shapes of ancestor after ancestor, until it reached the capital, where sits the fruit of this tree, One who is prayed to in such places.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7RrFulch82Hn7s58I0TObO2Scu6lAey0txgUjomIElngruJSAm98vj1mveDYrUkR0AxYG2sOUcarCuEQ9_ALnWQhqGYmdBIJXmFLUNbp5BmGNPgEbELMDBK6pp83rclEqHlYUbxsrnE/s1600/Column+Tree+2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7RrFulch82Hn7s58I0TObO2Scu6lAey0txgUjomIElngruJSAm98vj1mveDYrUkR0AxYG2sOUcarCuEQ9_ALnWQhqGYmdBIJXmFLUNbp5BmGNPgEbELMDBK6pp83rclEqHlYUbxsrnE/s400/Column+Tree+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462773297645627858" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">A grand organ that was incomparable to all of the organs they had in her land.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKklJrVNU_yrei1zkZOTkro9ihtVsACwshRmfbXNjly0KPrDThqH2nghm6l5SvbKoDDZqIQAoylG621CF1py_8J-fCCdRn7tYkL4rMZsGqki1b-7HZ4ipygO3ydx0_hDO8vghzLye4_6c/s400/Baroque+organs+both.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461060936224168338" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;">The gilded throne worthy of the loftiest being, resting on such slender creatures but with the surest shoulders, who never quivered in this canopy of opulence.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFy81BmI-FDEAqvaRN8MYtFgDarZc-o2SpCtC_Ap1eIUSuLZD-Y3VwIQokBa1Qd21rTf00lJa6015BOAJsVwgb8eocf184XBYQSE65Y8GfnJFCU6qfjMyft-V6bWylhQu6wTLjkv6xek/s1600/Altar+close+2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFy81BmI-FDEAqvaRN8MYtFgDarZc-o2SpCtC_Ap1eIUSuLZD-Y3VwIQokBa1Qd21rTf00lJa6015BOAJsVwgb8eocf184XBYQSE65Y8GfnJFCU6qfjMyft-V6bWylhQu6wTLjkv6xek/s400/Altar+close+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462777328891391954" border="0" /></a></p><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Master of the cathedral's structure sits behind the doorway's arch, listening and looking at the passers by under weary lids of marble. For it was noontide, the Bunny saw him asleep in the shelter of the shadows, away from the scourging sun outside. She slipped away before he could reprimand her for disturbing his nap.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKY5EC8FnUshPeAp01_MOmZPV6TAE4WfNV2YVfNAznGqsFkfyzZ7579rLFTlOG6tS8kEDgoWH-fe6GhEWw0OK_zH_7_n6t5HRLSqpi2VjLvuxygCctQdrndmWZMdAdB7C1YtvCtL2dwc/s400/Architect.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461062699463352034" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></p><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Bunny went out of the church and walked around the town, looking at the strangers and the houses as old as the looming church.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">From the heart of the town, she decided to have a tour at the outskirts, away from these looming, silent stones, where the landscape gradually turns to greens and golds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd5uJWb7iHrxEXHc0_1cbl_coCoyl9QDh4HclxD0CQYZTXEl5VB-mgF4WJss9IjI_T6nK9-nXDAI4xQEpDrFpdi_ktavHTTwjy2-K2n-6RjGBLnLz3hpQL61e27ruYcb4dr5GhRyKmWA/s400/133.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461067960487578978" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></p><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">She walked in a narrow path lined with trees in their smattering of moss and shy buds, and proud, proud daffodils. The flowers smiled at the Bunny as she stopped by to take a look at them.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUANkjMHXV_IPUV18aWeEQTdkeD4FocwyRv0AwU763_3nx0fTUK_qRFYynS__GruS8YpDWiAte09PQbwTRPXLtQL9r83o1Rmaq5hY4L1AU-cJc_8Um5Wzk5Tr1PWS_VHKQhHFuRBaNxQ/s1600/B.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUANkjMHXV_IPUV18aWeEQTdkeD4FocwyRv0AwU763_3nx0fTUK_qRFYynS__GruS8YpDWiAte09PQbwTRPXLtQL9r83o1Rmaq5hY4L1AU-cJc_8Um5Wzk5Tr1PWS_VHKQhHFuRBaNxQ/s400/B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462779012595585234" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />When Spring enters this place, the Daffodil is one of the flowers who greets her and sings aloud of her beauty.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWqmh9cGongvbj5ENVWmHmRJbs8bOdFR1IYorSDuJyp_QdLxtkKT43V-5MG8pGdJWq4vz0PRGb20PjpiQEdwBTYxutvzKrVuK-J7slUjZyXk7iCIcUr33Ubilg5JA6FK4wjLopomzEYA/s400/H.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461066417968578370" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 239px;" border="0" /></span></p><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Among the myriad of trees, she saw a hill with a chapel on top of it(You can see it through the trees).</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">“What a lovely scene it is!” said the Bunny.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaNemUISzlDgb-rrQLjrpceR0bgK9Cq9upoRqCgozsximfw868P_dA5TDNukJuNuKqmllSfDZvt1kSeWJL4HrR7oFIYUbDu4cExDdKhrh1vZJzgiRNAVKO_n9cnzvHdKIn_ppjeFEDpg/s400/T.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461845137963069474" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 184px;" border="0" /></span></p><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And when she went there, she met at the doorway the statues awaiting in boredom.</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivt62059tUJxTAoFtaiPPpV0W-kzdAsIt9h4fHz6dnc2VvVihD6N9G2Uf91KZtfziRDcQJlXYahuhGRvQx2LMyPLHbHMKkSUpbYig39mvMCBDc28rkJZjJ2OdiJ8fxFgs1VJhXqxcOf9c/s400/Q2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461851565314928962" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 400px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span">She looked at them closely, the dogs looked at her back with inquisitive eyes.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />"What are you waiting for here?" the Bunny asked.</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Nothing, just waiting for nothing." said the dogs. "And you? What are you doing here? Are you a visitor?"</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Oh, yes. I came from far, far beyond two oceans to the East."</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Really? I went there before." said the beasts, quite smugly.</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"How come? Haven't you been stuck there for a very long time?"</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"And so? Does that mean I can't go anywhere?"</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"That's enough! Don't trust them, young lady. They just trying to fool you." said the lady atop the doorway. The bunny looked up to her, and saw the lady was looking down on her as well. The beasts snickered from her side, but continued to peer at her.</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xhwi4byHIevZAXi3WSYaWzc_-LOluY94yeoHi8VcubPQ3il74dNu6UPnSOM3x-6dTmQwvtRPefR-jEwcNURhiB3PMhRaDf-Ip01avDGgzsliF4crQ7yV-5uULnEeidOJeGvKiN5TccQ/s400/W2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461845154097812754" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" border="0" /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Oh! There you are, ma'am." the bunny said when she looked at her.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br />"We are very glad that you came here to our door," the lady said with a smile.</span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-5AhrR_Ym0vVi0HQZiDesqn4aKR-NRZkKoZNNkYb42qbbyDQvvYXOxWsWWNn5E6FG9tFOGiwZ2Vz-OS4a4t12OcfKhX3wBos_osMEWouBCY0EDd9QjA2mw_FDKaMD9iXUPg5CE-4CDo/s400/P.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461852679373971170" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 248px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Well, I am also happy to pass by your place." the bunny said.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Young lady, we are very happy because our place quickly growing forgotten," the lady nudged at the folds of her skirts, flecked with pigment. "This place is becoming abandoned. Long time ago, when this place is still new, people flocked together to see our beauty and magic. But as the time pass by, the people gradually lessened. Until no one came here for some time until you did. Still, they will forget us anyway..."</span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Such a sad story for a very beautiful place, " the bunny said.</span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"I hope you speak of us to other people and to your homeland."</span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">"I will. and I promise that I will return with my Cat. I'm sure he will love this place." And so, the Bunny left the chapel and continued her walk. By mid-afternoon she became tired so she searched a place to refresh herself.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDxyN1-QtwnRtNHGldAd_bLR71e95UKsJ9mnWyNJPGCHl3p0Ryi95d-0rbCff6Nj_OQZb7tFCChCSwZyLxCTazG9nPycyWLARJ9b6gNLfWBAUTgoyQkXiTTUmRY0HTwu32wAvb-DJYqCg/s400/138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461069432035452546" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" border="0" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Some distance from the chapel's lair, a small fountain with a head of a man poured water from his mouth. The Bunny approached him and have a drink. But as she came closer, she heard the fountain crying while pouring water from his mouth. She didn't hesitate to ask. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">“Are you crying, sir?”</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The weeping man said, “I was a tippler before. When my family left me, I went here to cry and cry, but I can’t! So I just pour my tears from my mouth. See how long I have cried! That I have turned into stone!”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJxlmjcV3CvfTRF8KTcxeJ_zeidtVrMbs44JuAHobU-YFsnGdEjYQbrs4tHBNzrUzJGqe3p6kLnsOyHEVmOIfZmj28g_Cime-AFPXcqb24I_1suWCc4nr2bvs_4JxsL2CdNU2Dr7zDlM/s400/139.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461069439321819106" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">“Pity for you, sir.” said the Bunny. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"Will you share my tears?" he sobbed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Bunny took a handful of them and drank. It felt cold and sank to a place within the dark of her chest. It tasted of stone and regret.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And she realized that in this town, not all is happy. And she missed her far, far land, and her Cat waiting there. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span">She bade her farewell to the man and walked some more, then saw a sad serpent with a plant blooming from its mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi44VVvS1azj8BbLw1HAFBvu-w-Rlli44hiLdZP6O7zTnng2DrLG7hdNBha9TIWM3Qg2Z_d9kO5StIuovm7Ec0CrYa-WY5uRXgM9ZZhjq0MT8fzkIJusgtNsY_-JVimGya9FqJTjD-IC6E/s400/F.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461073545949345746" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></p><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGgc9oebNLSJodjUsO0_6IADflEVhZPlAxMf-hIjxYXPL1OWoDMroJO6-iVETK_piiu-lWXwdPop1uhk30aP8gmlfp7HkiVISZuvJuYFa10apNiABZo2HOjYz9xSbQ2DIIM1utBnHK-o/s400/I.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461074396336303634" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 187px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">And heads stuck in the walls, looking at the passersby, waiting to be recognized by someone. But somehow, the people who walked beneath them had lost their names. The years had washed them away. They were simply heads. The bunny spied them sighing to each other. No one other than her seemed to look up to them. A thought crossed her. If any longer, these graven heads would become gargoyles who spitefully spit at the people in the rain.<br /><br />"Here is Isabella, and her spouse Ferdinand. And here is Cardinal Alfonso, and there is Old Triton." The Bunny rattled off abruptly, to their surprise.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcH1m-pvR8jNIVxLGwHPR25XQpsMzvMqvp-jQPtcGRL9-VOdddsxulICTVPBp3W14EltAuAfuh-AzeSC1H-WPNJUoyCZD-NDd7-PVUAtRznd5EJjc5v0EoxNkXCr_nUs9Mg_AXZxT0nY/s1600/H2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcH1m-pvR8jNIVxLGwHPR25XQpsMzvMqvp-jQPtcGRL9-VOdddsxulICTVPBp3W14EltAuAfuh-AzeSC1H-WPNJUoyCZD-NDd7-PVUAtRznd5EJjc5v0EoxNkXCr_nUs9Mg_AXZxT0nY/s400/H2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462786841999071746" border="0" /></a><br />"And me?" said the woman at the rightmost post.<br /><br />She paused, and then remembered. "Melusina, perhaps?" The bunny smiled at them, but they could only sigh more.<br /><br />With that, she lifted her lips in a weary effort of a smile. "Why is it that a stranger knows but none from here?" The other heads nodded.<br /><br />Melusina then asked: "Are you lost?"<br /><br />"No... and yes..." She trailed off and looked to the sky. By now the sun was trudging to the horizon, so she said, "I best better be going..."<br /><br />"Do not forget us!" They implored as she took her farewells.<br /><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" face="georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2UQ7tCakA1PryxDT6gNgssB-sf7CGjbnI_k36I-sjxVDIg4xDX-rU0CjrJ_9Wymk_WXOX_OHWw7bD34qcp-XgDdR0I6oL1MqObmkphyROFNTHwa6S8mJCAVoYT3lV5KePhLk83mjT78/s400/Z.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461075860761755442" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" border="0" /></span></p><div style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">It is almost evening, and the sun was setting in the west. The bunny came back to her room, where from her window she can see the small monastery and the whole town of Santiago from the distance. She stored her memories and stories in a book and fell asleep...</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" face="georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span">There, in her dreams, she gave the book to her Cat, who is in the other side of the world. When the Cat woke up, he was inspired to the stories that he wrote it on this blog and tell the stories for those who pass by here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">***</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="georgia"><span class="Apple-style-span">And there you go, the last of the four-part </span><a href="http://thegialloantico.blogspot.com/search/label/the%20series"><span class="Apple-style-span">series</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> of the Bunny's tales from the far far land. Or should I continue this until her final day at the far far land. Any suggestions? And sadly, I couldn't post any of my latest illustrations today since I still have not scanned them yet. :(</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="georgia">I hope you liked this little tale of sorts, though! This shall do for the meantime.<br /></p><p></p></div>Giallo Anticohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14012058270367680825noreply@blogger.com2