Thursday, June 30, 2016


How does FB feed static works....I said static because it seems that things comes randomly on your newsfeed unless you set it @ "see first"....then some of my other friends doesn't appear at all....irrelevant ones? 

This power of freewill enables us to choose how things should go in the moment so that we can make a choice in the present at that point. To reality create in the moment, slip out of normal awareness and lock yourself into a dream like state. Visualize what you need in that moment and then return back to normal awareness and continue what you were doing. We should do our visualization in the alpha state instead of the beta state. It’s the daydream state. Dreams turn into reality when you focus on them.
The entire process should take no longer than five seconds, and the results are amazing. You normally visualize a lot in the alpha state when you are daydreaming but you are unaware of what you’re doing, therefore you are surprised and shocked when the actual event manifest in physical reality. When you reality create in the moment, you are using this daydream visualization deliberately. This simple and powerful act is all you need to turn an uneasy situation into a pleasant one whenever you need to.




FB Post
Sa mga ayaw sa History dahil walang Future, ito dapat nyo muna malaman:
The first Filipinos landed in Morro Bay, California, in 1587, three decades before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. These Filipino men escaped Spanish galleon ships en route to Spain. Some Filipinos migrated in similar ways and settled in the bayous of Louisiana in 1763, giving Filipinos deep roots in the U.S.
JUNE by the way is Immigrant Heritage Month in the US.

Monday, June 27, 2016

Improtu Gathering with Fellow Artist



A mini-reunion was organized at Marko Bello's place since Rhandz Samar is here in Manila area for a short visit. Fitting on my sched since Ms. Flor Baradi message me to submit work on her gallery Arte Pintura in Mandaluyong for a June 19 event of SketchPod 2. And so it was a perfect time to meet up friends...unwind and perhaps recharge with the energy emanating from other artists. 
Met new friend-artist as well like Sir Benjie a on-the-spot artist for party events and nurse Czarina who became our on-the spot model.





Fher

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Retracing The Masters


There is a need to analyze and re-assess what's going on in my life. What are the right questions that would align me to my purposes as a human being. To many re...repackaging, reinforce, replay, recount, reassure, or could be reject. 
Work even harder...FOCUS on....
God help me. 

This popularity thing, I don't want that to get on top of my head but I also need to be known publicly..the wider the better.

Think I'll be centering for awhile on meaning recording of genre scene. But before that I just made a coffee copy of Da Vinci's self-portrait (header). To experience that moment with a great painter. What's on his head while doing these....

a rekindle affair with watercolor.... truly submerge on this one that I didn't even glimpse on my Facebook page the whole day....also on my head was my fellow artist...the frustrations that they tried to hide...to struggle...to continually paint for the love of it. 

People will not understand. I hope they will....haven't they? 



FB Post....

Ayan nagkaroon tuloy ako ng Walang Wentang Tip of the day...yun pong mga Woodless pencils ay nababasag, kaya ingatan nyo na wag mahulog.  wahhhhhhhhh !!! 
anyway, bukod sa mukha magandang praktis ang pag sketch ng Kamay lalo na ang palad, madaming nagaganap na mga kurba at linya sa kamay...DON'T JUST LOOK; TRAIN YOUR EYES TO SEE, what I mean is, REALLY SEE...wag mag assume ng linya...don't think ahead..just focus on the moment.... That's the secret of FOCUS.




♫ There are three ducklings that I saw... ♪ 
 
Rich kid: What's your baon today?
Poor kid: "Kamote again....  
Rich kid: Wow yummy! Sweet Poh-tah-toh 
 








Fher

Monday, June 20, 2016

With A Little Luck

soft-edges and invisible signature

Again, what about the life of a freelancer? No regular income and relying on Luck. Yup, talent isn't a real guarantee....many mediocre artists make it on top.

Always coming to that point of realizations that connections are one of the most vital element for success. 

Mediocre artists may make it on top....at times to the point similar to prostitutions. But real art, no matter how or what happened will re-emerge....

Just the other day, I feel so down about not having projects, and instantly...again, as if the Universe aligns if you truly needed a rescue...at least a push...affirmation that I must continue....

...so a portrait commission coming up...Big. He want it lifesize....




Thursday, June 16, 2016

The Freelance Life

So I will continue to paint even if no one buys...still without real commissions... and projects have just flew away without prior notice. Unpaid works and cancellations....what a luck. Why all this misfortune? 
   But people of the FB world thought that just because I'm an idol, someone they admired, that I'm brimming or overflowing with projects. Fallacy. 
   The last commission I had isn't enough to pay for school expenses of Elyona Jean, and I feel incompetent as a father because Elijah is requesting that he continues to College....he'd just finished a vocational course at TESDA and his only 17 to be hired. 

....the projects isn't coming as often and thanks if not with my facepainting gig I would be a total devastation and collapse. So I was still able to sustain my desire to paint....how long will this cycle go on?



A post I'm made last year when I attended the awarding and exhibitions of AAP contest:

Time to Exhale the smut, bad news, burdensome tele-novelas, sexually inducing pop music on radios with the endless ranting of DJs sharing their worldly views about lovelife...blah blah blah.... 
Thank God I was able to recharge and inhale great works of Arts.... No matter how busy we are please take time to visits galleries or your local artist's studios. You don't know what you're missing. Art will show you what was stolen from your identity...it will re-awaken your consciousness.... 
Listen from the heart....reclaim your identity as a Human being with Soul... we are not disposable like diapers nor a cup of instant noodles...nor replaceable gadgets... we are Spiritual by nature....
If you don't have a painting near you...Just go and smell some flowers!



I know God will provide....



Wednesday, June 15, 2016

"Re-con-Figured Intentions"


"Re-con-Figured Intentions"
18" X 12"
Oil on Paper
2016
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By simply using the power of FOCUS you will discover that this is the Secret of Creating out of Nothing...
It is natural for thoughts to attract more thoughts...when you understand the flow of The Creative universe....it'll become your Nature...your Thoughts are co-Creator as we are form in the image of God....and intentions, when in the Flow of universal Law...will never fail.

WIP after WIP and Fakery

 

Some of my artworks were unfinished....actually most of them remain waiting for my intentions and attentions to shift.  In fact, I have works that I've totally dismiss and re-coated to transform into another work. 
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.-- Jeremiah 29:11
    So what's the use of all of these mascaraed and displays of prowess? How much of those intentions needed to get that expected bounty?  

   How can I be so famous among fellow artists and yet not with buyers and collectors?   


   So about that Orlando, Florida shooting incidence there are those saying that it's a Fake...that there were obvious acting and some fake tears...and evidences are continually coming.... 


"Have you ever noticed that humans have made it so difficult and complicated to 'survive' in this world? It’s a vicious cycle. You go to school, and try really hard, so that you can get into a good college, and then you try really hard at college to get a good job, and then you try really hard at your job, so you can make money. And then your kids do the same thing. And everyone just keeps on doing this and no one even stops to think WHY they’re doing it anymore. Everyone just does it because it’s what you’re supposed to do. And before, when the human race had just started, the goal was to just survive. People just lived. I mean, that’s what really matters, right? Survival. Because after you die, it doesn’t matter what college you went to." —Dylan, my 12 year old brother (sillypandora) 

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Gun Banned and 50 Dead in Orlando?

Fresh news just bump from the Networld a few minutes ago.... another gun shooting incident in Orlando, Floria where as initial report 50 were already dead. What's with Florida and specifically Orlando? Could be coincidences but just this Saturday morning Apple asked me about my opinion on the murder of Chrisitna Grimme ....also while she's having concert at Orlando. 
  Anyway....this issue about those who are pro-Gun and the government's stand against it all sums up. Could be another false flag.
Where do we draw an idea or how to forge an inspiration?
ARTIST-BLOCK comes whether you like it or not, usually after we consumed great amount of effort from previous project....but we can alter this state if there is really a NEED to create. I say "need" because sometimes we just have to stay still and listen to silence...to being in a state of nothingness.
Now so you Need to create something...Here we must remember that YOU CAN NOT GIVE WHAT YOU DO NOT HAVE...Experience is always the best teacher...but of course we don't have to experience everything to learn MANY things...we can learn from others...in short, INVEST in learning.
visit Galleries, Libraries, and Gossips with friends. :D
So, what have you heard lately?

 


Mga kids kapag may napansin kayong trend ng depression sa post ng mga friend nyo...gawa naman kayo ng konting effort para mapasaya nyo sila, hwag kayong mainis na panay ang Hugot...malay nyo yun lang ang hinihintay nya...ang pansin. Malaking bagay na yun kahit mga short sentence lang na comment.
Be a Hero in your own little ways.
Try to practice: Random Act of Kindness and Senseless Beauty.



A friend just told me that the shooting happened (or is happening right now) is at a Gay bar. America is sinning so much...

This post will be quite late...my internet isn't favoring....anyhow, that inverted Philippine Flag could be a little symbolic. That was when FB accidentally posted an Independence day greeting with the red at the top. Which reminds me that a Fil-Am NFL player did after typhoon Yolanda. 







Confidence is Not Pride

Steve Jobs, w-i-p, watercolor...

Better accept the fact that you are being idolized and admired now for being a  good great visual artist....don't be bothered or feel guilty that you are getting praises and gaining respect from acquaintances, strangers, and mutual friends. 

Let's be clear on what are the differences of Humble Confidence and Insecure Pride...


Leaders have two seemingly-paradoxical postures they can lead from. The first is the paradox of insecure pride. The insecurity comes from a personal anxiety, a self-doubt that comes across as a deflated or detached leadership. It is feeling unsure about oneself and what you offer as a leader to others. Connected with this insecurity is pride, an inner desire to make oneself and one’s agenda heard in order to compensate for the insecurity. Pride often comes out externally through our mouths, while insecurity hides itself in the internal reaches of our hearts.
Insecure pride can manifest itself in all kinds of ways:
  • Loudly and brashly sharing one’s opinions in conversations in order to feel significant or heard.
  • Not inviting any input on decisions that affect multiple people; ignoring criticism or feedback, especially from peers.
  • Offering unsolicited input and advice, especially to other leaders, then being personally hurt or offended if they don’t go with your idea.
  • Choosing not to speak up around other leaders due to an insecure fear of being wrong or uncertain.
  • Choosing not to speak up around other leaders due to a prideful smugness that says, “no one else here could understand my awesome ideas.”
  • Storing up bitterness against those who don’t think like you do; speaking of them sarcastically or negatively when they’re not around.
  • Often makes comparisons between themselves and other leaders.
  • Knee-jerk reaction is self-preservation and defensiveness.
  • Failure is not an option.
There is a healthier alternative paradox in leadership: the paradox of humble confidence. Humility comes from a realistic view of oneself in light of the grace given us in Christ. The word originates from the Latin “humus,” meaning “earth, dirt.” It is knowing and embracing the reality that we are dust. Connected with humility is a confidence in one’s vocational calling and identity. A confident leader finds their identity in Christ, seeing themselves as a child of God, deeply loved and called to His mission. We’re loved dust. This Christ-based identity allows His love to foster a confidence in Him, knowing we are created in His image and any gifts, strength, or opportunities we have are a demonstration of His grace in our lives.
Humble confidence looks like this:
  • Quietly yet firmly sharing one’s opinions when one discerns that they need to be shared for the benefit and encouragement of others and the accomplishment of the mission.
  • Inviting honest feedback and evaluation; willing to be held accountable.
  • Has a posture of listening and a desire to hear one’s story; offering advice comes from a desire to encourage and strengthen others.
  • Choosing not to speak up around other leaders due to discerning spirit that is leading towards silence and contemplation in that moment.
  • Seeing the good in others, even ones who don’t think like you, knowing they are created in the image of God; finding at least one thing to praise in another person.
  • Doesn’t have time for comparisons due to an intense focus on the mission they feel called to pursue.
  • Knee-jerk reaction is self-sacrifice for the sake of others and the mission.
  • Failure is an opportunity for growth.
Insecure pride comes from trying to form my identity and calling in myself and by myself. Humble confidence comes from forming my identity and calling outside of myself in Christ.

If I’m honest, I know I’m plagued by insecure pride in my life and leadership. The only way out is repentance, a looking outside of myself for transformation and fixing my focus on Christ and His mission instead of my personal agenda or success. (Source)

 

Thursday, June 9, 2016

School Time Once Again

Kape para kay Titser 

School season once again....financial blows once more and I'm here, just here. If I could change the world. And my daughter Elyona is now Grade 5...how time simply skid into an enormous speed. 

Dahil may isang anak na na-challenge sa hamon na subukan ang iba't-ibang medium....
Somebody asked kung ano raw magandang paint medium kung nag-uumpisa ka pa lang...para sakin it should be Acrylic or Acri-color (industrial type preferably Boysen) Mas makakatipid pa kayo habang nag-aaral....oo nga naman hindi mo kasi pwedeng bilhin lahat..pwera na lang kung anak ka ni Tong-gresman. Hehe.
Very flexible kasi ang application ng Acrylic, it can behave like a watercolor and can also be stroke na parang oil paint. Also may deceivingly appear like a watercolor as well as oil medium...can be applied sa halos lahat ng surface.

 At times you will feel so bad that you we're unable to help financially to family members..you're heart broke....

2014

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Knowing: Faith is a deliberate act of trusting


Knowledge is power....whenever I heard that concept in one way or another I always remember a Filipino genius; Ernie Baron quoting "Kung walang Knowledge, walang power"....

When I first came across Mind Reality website of Enoch Tan, it seems just a bunch of hoax esoteric mixes of New age claims but then although it seems to be just a collections of all available feel-good positivism, it is still quite entertaining to read and somehow filled with sensible knowledge as well. Whoever Enoch Tan, I might say, he is a hardworking person and perhaps like me, love to research wide varieties of things both here and on Heaven above.

Faith is a deliberate act of trusting

Evil forces do not want you to learn the truth because when you increase in knowledge, it threatens their dominion in this world. Reading the Bible and applying the lesson naturally ups your defenses. Truth alone can set you free. The devils want to attack areas in your life that you are most unaware of. Jesus said, “I am the way, the TRUTH, and the life.” 

Continuous awareness or constant meditation of The Word (Jesus) alone is enough to deter attacks. It is very important to stay in the Light (Jesus) so that we can dispel darkness. Sometimes the devils re-attack because he sees an opening of weakness in certain part of your life. This may occur again and again not to teach us something “New” but to REMIND us of a lesson we have forgotten. That is why we need to REFRESH all the time. 

Bible stories are filled with refreshing incident from men and women who had sinned and repented. Moses was a murderer, King David was an adulterer, Paul was a self-righteous zealot, and Peter was not a loyal friend, in fact, it you can easily relate to each and every Lead character in it because they are just as human as you. They are not as Holy as you think they are suppose to be but became Holy (Acceptable) because of Awareness and Acceptance of their sins and by Choosing Jesus (The Light of the world) in their Life. That is the essence of REPENTANCE—bringing into awareness our past sins and renewing our understanding of Reality. 



Not all lessons must be experienced with pain, because it is obvious that clever people can learn from the mistakes of others.



Here's an excerpt from one of his writings:
You shall find God when you seek him with all your heart. The reason why God doesn’t exist in full manifestation automatically for you is because you create your own reality. You are the one that determines how much of God you experience. The intensity of your intent determines the strength of its manifestation. The movement of Spirit is the immense inner forces of your soul, the subconscious mind.

God is an inner experience. You have to feel your way to God. Let your seeking be feeling and emotion.

Behind all our manifestations, we must know God in order to have the proper consciousness. The reason is because we can only expect to receive according to our own perception of the Source. In the end all things lead back to God, The Source.
It begins with knowing what you want, and then knowing how to get it through intention, and then knowing that intention works through the power of God, and then knowing that your relationship with God determines how it all happens. Knowing God is the ultimate.

When you literally know the thoughts that God thinks, you will have certainty about the way God is, and have peace. The Bible is the only place that reveals the definite thoughts of God. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”

This is God Himself speaking in the first person about what He thinks towards you. God is a self aware,self conscious being as he declares with the word “I”. He himself says what he thinks.

God is aware of the thoughts that he thinks towards you. He is not an unconscious, automatic intelligence that runs the universe. He is an active intelligence that has a self conscious personality. He is declaring the thoughts that he thinks towards you. This means that no one can make conjunctures about what God thinks, because God Himself is stating what he thinks. No one can also question whether God thinks evil unconsciously, because God says he KNOWS the thoughts that he thinks toward us.

♫ Tonight I'm falling and I can't get up....
I need your loving hands to come and pick me up...♪


Ah yes you might think that what I'm posting isn't correlated because as I blog what's on my head or what I came across at the moment, I am also sharing the artwork that are on my easels and work area...or sometimes what I feel like sharing, so don't bother to synthesized these images with what I've written here....all realities are happening from different point or perspective. 







Tuesday, June 7, 2016

On Staying inside a Box

Patience! Oh my I need more of it. Patience....
Sharing a creation of my daughter Elyona Jean...

If you've notice that recently I'm reposting here what I have shared already as status on my FB timeline because I want to retain those knowledge that popped up in my brain. Also I would need to refer again on this bits of knowledges for the book that I'm planning to publish. This is all about artist, basically my personal experiences which I've temporarily titled as "Kulay-Serye: walang matigas na pintura sa artist na walang pera" © 
Hindi masamang meron kayong medium of expertise. Ito yung pambato nyo, ito yung kahit nakapikit ka kaya mong gawin, dito ka kilala...kabisaduhin ng husto ang color-pencils kung yan ang feel nyo sa ngayon. Maging pastelero...mag watercolor, mag bolpen, mag degital etc... Ganun din sa subject....Hindi porket Portraitst ka na puro mukha na lang; gumuhit ka naman ng paa. Nang Landscape, seascape, still-life...
Ngunit datapwat subalit bagaman, at dahil dapat kapag sumilip ang pagkakataon sa isang bagay handa kang harapin ito. Sayang ang RAKET. Hehe.
Napakadaming Artist ang pwedeng karibal nyo, at dumadami silang parang kabute... di ba mga ka-Guhit? Ano ang meron ka para hindi ka matabunan ng iba?
Sabi nga pala ni Lola Ganda, suggestion lang daw...subukan ang oil paint...kasi pang matagalan ito at henerasyon ang bibilangin may maiiwan ka pang ala-ala.
Try to go out of your comfort zone.
Recently one of the world’s biggest skeptics, Michael Shermer, had what he called a supernatural or paranormal experience that “shook his skepticism.” Perhaps it was an experience that can almost send a wake up call to remind us to be humble in what we think we know, especially when we hear the stories of others. For years, Michael had laughed at and considered crazy those who claimed so deeply to have had paranormal experiences or something they couldn’t explain. Finally he had his own experience and he could now relate.
The moral of the story here is simply that we must remember to not close doors until we truly have the means to do so. It’s important not to cast aside those who claim to have experiences we don’t understand and belittle their experiences with “logical” explanations all while shutting out exploration of something that can have huge implications on humanity as a whole. This is an all too common and celebrated behaviour amongst the scientific community and yet it is truly unscientific.





May mga bagitong artist na kapag nag-enjoy na sa isang medium neli-limitahan na nila ang posibilidad sa kanilang Future. Wala nang galawan ng pwesto. Sila yung may mga nickname na Totoy Lapis, Boy Uling, Neneng Noodles, Kikay Kape, et. al….. Huwag ganun! Huwag muna kayong mag-close ng door sa mga bagay na hindi nyo pa natitikman….hehe. Kadiri kaya ang kumain ng sinuka mo na. 
Pwede pa kayong mag-evolve at napaka-bata nyo pa para masabing yan na talaga ang gusto nyong gawin sa buong buhay nyo. Mahihirapan kayong ipakilala ulit ang sarili nyo kapag gusto nyo ng gumawa ng pangalan sa mas malawak na mundo ng Sining. 
Kung kayo mismo ang naka-imbento nyang medium na yan; pwedeng-pwede dahil trademark ang tawag dun ☺ 
Teka dahil nahihilig na rin lang ako sa coffee art ngayon, bagay ba sakin ang NescaFher? Hahaha.
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Ayan meron na namang mabubukulan sa ulo tapos Feeling nya sya naman ang pina-tatamaan. Eksyusmi, hindi kayo ang nasa center of the universe para mag-inarte.

♫ Smile what's the use of crying?.....
♫♪
Kaya okay lang po na magka-mali tayo, dahil ang mga pagkaka-maling ito ang magiging GABAY natin sa mga susunod na HAMON ng buhay....kung yung Basahan nga may silbi, ikaw pa kaya na kawangis ng LUMIKHA?
"You'll find that life is still worthwhile...
if you just smile." ♪ ♪
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Kung Laughter is the Medicine,
may RiteMed ba nito?

Changes Collectively


There is one thing that is constantly changing...and that is Change. And during these processes of Change we are presented with Choices. And what ever we choose will determine the Chance for the next Cycle of Change. 


Those are the basic C's in Life but the most important of all is that we put Christ at the Center of our Conscience. 
Now you C?

If the collective mind will change its perception of the world then the world will relatively change. Now how can I alter the thinking or influence my environment, into an outcome that I desire?


Great scenery at Venice Gran Canal in McKinley Hills, Taguig City which my wife and children visited with her sister Cynthia (with her kids also and apos) and to whom I was surprised that was now walking with a cane. 
Elijah said would want to visit the place again. I think I should get out more often...






Friday, June 3, 2016

Coffee Again



Inclined  to coffee painting as my second medium once again... it's like a second nature to me now...I feel relax doing these....including the smell although the aroma is quite hallucinating.
Today I made a real-time coffee painting tutorial on FB.


 


Can we really alter the thought pattern of the world around us? If mere words or intentions can affect the form of water and basically we are what? 80 percent water? 


Re-occurrences of physical malfunctions..it is because I've lost track of my eating pattern again. How easy am I to be lax....I need to return that intermittent diet once again. 

“Why is it that the normal diet is three meals a day plus snacks? It isn’t that it’s the healthiest eating pattern, now that’s my opinion but I think there is a lot of evidence to support that. There are a lot of pressures to have that eating pattern, there’s a lot of money involved. The food industry — are they going to make money from skipping breakfast like I did today? No, they’re going to lose money. If people fast, the food industry loses money. What about the pharmaceutical industries? What if people do some intermittent fasting, exercise periodically and are very healthy, is the pharmaceutical industry going to make any money on healthy people?” (source)