In my experience aboard the Masagana, I noticed an invisible division between passengers inside the hotel-like interior of the vessel and those outside on the upper deck.
2GO Masagana: What’s on and below the deck? Read More »
This is the reality that gay people experience in the Philippines: homosexuality is tolerated more than accepted.
eh kasi bakla: The Love-Hate Relationship towards Gay Culture in the Philippines Read More »
In a world that is moved by collective ticks of clocks, PALABRA endeavored to melt the passage of time almost a week ago in The Poetry Hour: A Spoken Word Showcase.
The Poetry Hour: a spoken word showcase Read More »
I was only told moments after the curtains had risen and everything went dark: first, that this was set in 1940’s Bataan, during the Japanese Occupation, and second, that it was a musical. Both were enough to keep me in my seat already.
Risa: The Echoes of a Silent Brush’s approach on war and the death of dreams Read More »
Such stories depict a world wherein robots perform all the menial tasks that normally would eat a sizable chunk out of a person’s time and energy, and humanity is then left with whatever artistic passions and scientific developments are gained with such newfound time and energy. How depressing it is then that in reality the robots are making poetry while human people are clocking in at the factory lines.
Artificial Intelligence and The Value of Humanity Read More »
“All tortoises are in fact turtles—that is, they belong to the order Testudines or Chelonia, reptiles having bodies encased in a bony shell—but not all turtles are tortoises.” —Kathleen Kuiper (from Britannica)
The plan was simple. Visit every single one of the 22 museums participating in this year’s Gabii sa Kabilin, an annual one-night event where museums all across Metro Cebu have their doors open until midnight for people to stop by.
Gabii sa Kabilin 2024 And Everything Else Read More »
I always wondered, after watching and reading a lot about cancer patients, what gave them so much strength to find love amidst the pain and challenges that they undergo everyday. Love can be unconditional and our own way of viewing it can carry a different meaning for many people.
The Fault In Our Stars: Love In The Time of Sickness Read More »
Make sure to ready buckets of krill, fish, and squid because we are celebrating World Penguin’s Day!
True to our motto, we chose our programs in how we wished for our voices to be heard, and to most of us, art is an outlet to further express our thoughts, no matter how inane, or insane it may be.
Art: Creation Given Form, Pain Given Meaning Read More »