Logographing a Hurricane
Typhoons & Hurricanes Hurricane Harvey hit the state of Texas of the United States, making landfall on August 25, 2017. Confirmed deaths …
Logographing Rice and Bamboo
I am continuing a series of calligraphy pieces in Baybayin script (ancient, Filipino writing system) to examine the meaning and aesthetic of one word …
Antoon Postma’s Treasure of a Minority
Antoon Postma, a Dutch anthropologist, did significant research about the poetry and culture of the Hanunoo people, a Mangyan sub-tribe in the …
Ambahan about sickness and death
Ambahan about sickness and death In ancient, pre-Spanish Philippines, reading and writing were ubiquitious rather than for the elite or religious class. …
Logographing Tapyas ng pusong
Sacred Texts & Calligraphy I am starting a series of calligraphy pieces in Baybayin script (ancient, Filipino writing system) to examine the …
Logographing Magtipan at Kaanyuan
Ambahan about old age As I research more about Baybayin script (ancient Filipino script) I come across more and more Filipino poetry. …
Ambahan Poetry & Baybayin Calligraphy
Ambahan Poetry During my research of Baybayin (ancient Filipino script) I ran into an ancient Filipino poetic form called the ambahan. While …
Baybayin Calligraphy
Two Ancient Filipino Poems Buwáng panginoón kó, payamánin mó akó. “My Moon Lord, make me rich.”
Tuyo’s skin and bones
Tuyo’s skin and bones slick a bed of steaming rice— mindfulness of home