Me, again

Joey Alexander - My Favorite Things (In Studio Performance)  Let's lighten it up a bit! A genius behind the piano, although he does not consider himself a prodigy!  This little guy, all 13 years of him, can truly jazz it up! I guess I'm impressed by his particular brand of piano magic. Presenting Joey Alexander of Bali Indonesia in a jazz session in the Studio.  In Tagalog, "Ang galing!"   More of where this came from. I can literally listen to him the whole day 😄😄😄😄😄

I subscribe to a free newsletter called Happier by Nataly, its founder and CEO because...why not?   I'm certainly not subscribing to Lonelier! haha, joke!  Instead of writing down a To-Do List we all have trouble following come New Year, here's her year-ender message worth sharing to all especially to artists like me.  My favorite lines have been highlighted in Pink! So, without further ado, here's a list of  41 things I learned this year about living with a fuller heart, a (slightly) more peaceful soul, and whole lot of tiny moments of joy.   1. If you feel a pull to do something, just start doing it and the purpose will reveal itself later.   2. The best way to win an argument is to drop the argument and do something kind towards the other person. Yes, really. 3. Default to "yes" more often than you say "no". A lot of unexpected amazingness emerges. 4. You don't need to believe in miracles or the hard-to-imagine being possible. Jus...

Here's a little painting, 12"x16" to be exact, I did these last days of 2016. It's our very own Macoy Reyes beside his Honda City car. Of course it's not his. It's actually an aging stick-shift car I use whenever I go out of the house but when it's stranded in the garage, then Macoy plays with it as if it were his own.  Somehow, by years of enjoying trips in the city, like to and from school and always sitting by the driver's side, he has learned to rev it up and park it by himself.  I'm not really sure how I should react to this given that he shouldn't but I'm secretly happy that he can. The only downside is I keep paying for the gas even when I'm not using the car!

The last thing I'd like to share today is this video from TIME of the Journalist as Artist.  Watch Molly Crabapple and her amazing up-to-the-minute sketchbooks.

Thank God for Bruno Mars! Super Bowl 48 2014 Bruno Mars-Full Performance Halftime Show HD and the 2016 one below.

What I've been keeping up with Facebook lately are artworks, art groups and the like. Here's something I thought ought to share. "In your Art Practice, think like the ant #7 To finish this series I wanted to talk about the statement, “go to the ant, consider her ways and be wise.” To consider and be wise. To consider, to think carefully about. To think carefully about all that the ant does and how she acts in such single mindedness of purpose, always for her best possible outcome. I think if I could say what I learned out of this series was that the ant was relentless in purpose, saw no obstacle as a barrier but something to over come and she always considered the future. The ant was always thinking future and working hard in the now to assure that future. It did not waste or use up all its resources in the now, but saved up resources so that it knew it would always survive, so important for Artists to do the same, be wise. As Artists, because of the volatil...

Pacquiao Fight Among the assortment of artworks just posted, and being a critic to my own creations; I choose this sketch as my very best because of the spontaneity and (facial) accuracy of how it was done. It was drawn from the front page news of November 13, 2011, right after Manny Pacquiao's triumph over Juan Manuel Marquez III . On the roof and done with much gusto!  I don't think I can ever do this lead/graphite sketch with the same abandon as I remember doing it then...and achieving the same result.  But let's not cross our fingers just yet! Oh, my crazy, fruitful days under the sun!* Hashtag #ThrowbackTuesday *Just a footnote to history.

  I just noticed that I haven't refreshed this blog since January of last year (quite a long time of Internet ennui) and recently have I discovered a worthy blog to post and a new story to tell. So listen up! One annoyingly quiet day in the Summer of 2015, out of sheer boredom and quite serendipitously, I found myself driving to  UP Vargas Museum  where I used to study College and is very near our place (quietly hoping for work); then enrolling in a Saturday morning Art class which I would spend otherwise idly by.  I didn't end up finding suitable work but surprise of all surprises!  After a couple of months of basic training, I ended up bagging several medals including Excellent Workshopper of 2015 from renowned Filipino artist Master Fernando Sena , all without the usual fanfare one enjoys with family and friends.  I distinctly remember not even attending graduation maybe because I hated to go the event all by myself (which really shouldn't be th...