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When the heart yearns for the pure and unadulterated, only to realize that reality obstructs what it desires, it creates in the pure’s stead a doppelganger: similar yet different; ethereal…

Erik Matti’s technical expertise rivals, if not surpasses, those of Hollywood filmmakers. It comes as no surprise that many Filipino moviegoers have hailed Matti as a modern master of Filipino…

It is interesting to look at Art and social media as means rather as ends in themselves, especially in Art.  Regardless of age or generation, Art exceeds beyond mere form.…

Text by Audrey Kho “Loneliness is like a prison; that’s how Tony saw it.” On March 16, the Haruki Murakami Festival in Manila, organized by the Japan Foundation, brought Murakami…

Text by John Patrick Manio President Ferdinand Marcos’ infamous martial law regime had brought the Philippines to one of its lowest points in history. Since then, it had been then…

Photo and text by Mayumi Paras Filipina poet Joi Barrios once wrote, “Ang pagiging babae/ ay walang katapusang pakikibaka/ para mabuhay at maging malaya.” Now in its sixth year, the…

Text by Abby Zara Maricon Montajes found it strange to plan her own day for the first time after seven years. More than a thousand days behind cold bars and…

Photo by Maegan Gaspar Text by Jobelle Adan and Beatriz Zamora   In a kingdom where the iron fist reigns mighty above all men, the winds of an absent winter…

Photo by Jobelle Adan Text by Agatha Gregorio You reap what you sow. The words ring a sense of familiarity in most people’s ears, but it is nothing but cruel…