{"id":1701,"date":"2017-09-07T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T14:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.henrydelrosario.com\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2017-10-08T13:55:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T18:55:38","slug":"logographing-an-eclipse-and-a-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.henrydelrosario.com\/?p=1701","title":{"rendered":"Logographing an Eclipse and a Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tiny, partial eclipse taken with my iPhone 7 plus through eclipse sunglasses. Location: Los Angeles, CA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Solar Eclipse<\/h2>\n

In August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse<\/a> occurred across the contiguous United States, for the first time since 1918. 14 states witnessed totality with the rest of the states experiencing a partial eclipse.<\/p>\n

The T’boli<\/a> are one of the indigenous tribes in the southern part of the Philippines. One of their myths explains that during an eclipse, a dragon (Bakunawa)<\/a> swallows the sun. If the people play instruments during the eclipse, a monkey will be attracted who will kill the serpent and release the sun.<\/p>\n

“Duyog” is a very obscure Tagalog word for “eclipse.” Another word for “eclipse” in Filipino is “paglalaho” (which also means “fading away”). The following is a continuation of my series of calligraphy pieces in Baybayin script<\/a> (ancient, Filipino writing system) to examine the meaning and aesthetic of one word or phrase in Tagalog. The combining of Baybayin alphasyllabic letters into an aesthetic whole, I have coined this neologism, Logographing.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Baybayin script calligraphy: logographing \u201cpaglalaho\u201d (eclipse, fading away; \u1709\u1704\u1714\u170e\u170e\u1711\u1713). (\u00a9 2017 Henry Del Rosario)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Baybayin script calligraphy: logographing \u201cpaglalaho\u201d (eclipse, fading away; \u1709\u1704\u1714\u170e\u170e\u1711\u1713) done in “bamboo” style, where I mimic the carved lettering style traditionally done by Filipinos on bamboo tubes with a knife. (\u00a9 2017 Henry Del Rosario)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Baybayin script calligraphy: logographing \u201cduyog\u201d (eclipse; \u1707\u1713\u170c\u1713\u1704\u1714).
(\u00a9 2017 Henry Del Rosario)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Flood<\/h2>\n

The Philippines has two seasons<\/a>: a wet and a dry season. The rainy season occurs from June to November, bringing with it monsoons, typhoons, and floods.<\/p>\n

“Bahain” means “to flood.” “delubyo” also means a “large flood.” It has also come to mean the “apocalypse.”<\/p>\n

I meditated through many world events through these pieces: the recent U.S. total eclipse, Hurricane Harvey<\/a>, the scrapping of the Daca program<\/a>, world nuclear threats<\/a>, the transition between summer and fall, and my move from the Midwest to the East coast. Eclipses and floods are uncommon but in a way cyclical. They connote destruction, but also something new.<\/p>\n

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Baybayin script calligraphy: logographing \u201cbahain\u201d (to flood; \u170a\u1711\u1701\u1708\u1714). (\u00a9 2017 Henry Del Rosario)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Baybayin script calligraphy: logographing \u201cdelubyo\u201d (large flood, apocalypse; \u1707\u1712\u170e\u1713\u170a\u1714\u170c\u1713). (\u00a9 2017 Henry Del Rosario)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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