In The Beginning was The Word

For quite some time I have not really taken serious blogging on any of my blog sites being too busy in my career as a "serious" Freelance artist. Also the fact that my internet connectivity can really be tiresome....so at certain point I lost the interest to update my followers here. Well, enough with the excuses, detours, and alibis anyway, I am here again to simply share with you my recent discoveries and why my Artworks have greatly improve. If you had been following my timeline on Facebook, you would know what I mean.

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Well, I've already told you about how the Verdaccio method had helped me a lot in my painting skills but this time it was the add-ons or rather the inner-core of the Software that I've just upgraded in my systems. It is nothing really New, you've heard it before so this might be just a reminder to some or reinstatement of  something very Essential but often times taken for granted. 

The Power of Words

Sometime ago on my Blog "The Wisdom of a Fool" I've tackle the secret codes behind Logos or to be specific Company Logos. There are very much truth in it but actually now I see or really understood why it's been said that "Truth are stranger that Fiction...." and the symbols really mean a LOT. Further and Stranger than what I have wrote on that blog. 

The power of Subtle words are greatly maligned but come to think of it The Holy Scriptures identify God himself and Yeshua/Jesus the Son of God as The Word, and in other transliteration as The Verbo, The Logos, or in Filipino Ang Salita....

Well, that wouldn't be my concern on this article for now but if they are Using our word against us then perhaps it would be of great importance to share with you the unraveling of the "Matrix" or decoded messages hidden on plain sights. 

My focus here would be how this knowledge of Word reclassification or identification can actually be used practically on your art improvement. 

First defining word or words as they really are help us focus in "Truth" on how it is being utilized in our Vocabularies because there are Wizards or so-called EXperts are everywhere who cast "spell" on unaware people. 

Perts definition, a management method of controlling and analyzing a system or program using periodic time and money reports, often computer generated, ... 

And the Word dwelt among us

The Great Reveal which are Happening now shall be part of my Art from now on...a revival of what I actually started before... Realizationism. After nearly finding no hope or purpose for my art than just construct them aesthetically, I am once again pointed to this path as an artist.
Defining words, looking them up again on dictionaries, what they truly mean has helped me a lot to expand my thoughts and be Truly AWARE of what's behind everything we see around us.

There are a lot of crazy stuff that I would be expounding but please bear with me from this day forward....if not on this blog then on my artworks.
Once we understand the mechanics on how Words or messages are formed we will see clearer picture of the world around us. And it is plain and plane Flat. ☺ 

MIX-Media 

The intentional defaming of Words amazing potentials must have rooted from the imposition of force ignorance thru sanitized Education system or the arrogance of considered "Experts" who claimed everything can be solved by Mathematical equation via Scientific methods. 

THE SIMPLICITY OF LIFE

I've been discussing about this Simplicity for quite sometime now and how we don't really need too much Knowledge but very simple innate COMMON SENSE. It has been written in our hearts from the very beginning of time. What was it? The ability to distinguished Right and Wrong. 
But your Education or rather Indoctrination has taught you that it's not Simple. No life is Complex indeed. Because we can create complex things but actually in very simple mechanics. That's what you call Miracles. 
Science love to define every single details and unravel millisecond details up to the sub-atomic level by using Mathematical blabbing but really those were just mere hypothesis...none of them were ever proven nor can be proven. Despite the so-called Advancement of science and technologies....

This blog isn't expecting to be popular anymore but hoping that it would reach those who truly Love and Seek the Truth. 

My Art are Mental Exercises for you to piece together the Broken fragment to unravel the matrix of Life. 

The Book of Life

God has always lead me to the Truth.....it seems I was always destined for these....or probably ALL of us only that I was so aware of it...my never quenching thirst for wisdom and understanding. It was as always, the usual casual cyber browsing when I chance upon another website which speaks of a very simple but startling truth and the obviousness of easy to get Wisdom, only if we act and think as a Child. The author simply identify himself as jpw, often times even in small letters. 

Here is the site:

Welcome

http://www.wisdomi.com/index.html

It doesn't really spoke about something New or strange but the obvious....the too easy things that we tend to forgot. The foolish thing of the world to compound the wise. 

He was right on target...No religion, no knowledge, can really save you...it is after all, at the end of all of these that we alone shall face the throne of God one day...to be judge. We shall all be judge on judgement day. 

Well, mankind does not decide who goes to Heaven:  only God decides this!  The real truth?  Only YOU control THE LIFE you choose to live here on this earth:  no person, no government, nor any other force of mankind can make you change the course you choose through this life.

And though I have all the wisdom and knowledge or understanding of all things...it boils don't to a certain point...that it is My LIFE which matter to God when it comes to my Final TEST. 

And so for now, once again I am on refreshing mode, reading once again to examine myself or my faith or my Living days. I would probably sharing bits of this info on this Blog as I go along.....so bear with me.

I am connected to my Art...and so my Life....and my life is always towards to learning the truth about God...and now, the simple truth that it is not the "whims" of any person that can save me.....no book...but my self alone....and it shall be judge according to what I have DONE. 

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; -- 1 Cor. 1:27

Let me reflect...

You will find here (and in all of God's Truths) that any person, anywhere in this world, can do just fine in God's Eyes:  regardless of their faith, creed, personal beliefs, or even the complete lack of the aforementioned!  All of this shall be proved by your own Scripture (whoever you are)!  Remember this and be patient with God:  His Truths shall find a home in your heart (because they shall come from your own Scripture). 

Fher

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. 

The Power of Life's Quest-ions?

Painting for the naked-eye....

Man-made lenses can't see what God's inventions can.

 

Manifesting  that thought pattern among the people in my immediate surrounding (now including the internet) those things that I want to happen in my career path...in Life in general as a very Wealthy and Famous artist painter celebrity. The vibrational sound of my Higher self all-embracing mankind. It is not a lost New Age thinking but that which is directed by the purpose of God. Jesus Christ don't want us to be powerless in these times of distress to come...He is giving me wealth and wisdom to surpass all the things to come. 

   I am creating questions that will eventually put my life in prosperity, sending them out to the Universe so the universal consciousness will be aware of my needs. 

Suboptimal thinking is when you ask questions like, “What’s a good/great way to do this?” or “How can I solve this?” Optimal thinking is when you ask, “What’s the best way to do this?” or “How can I solve this in the best way possible?” It may seem like a subtle and unimportant difference, but when you start applying this rule to your life, you’ll see an improvement in results.

   There is power in Word/s that we say...Jesus himself is a Word made flesh. 

   What is the best action so that people will patronized my Artwork?

   What are the Best word I can use to sell my Art so that they may want them to own? 

 

 

This (below) is what I called the Scratching Phase (optional) ito yung pagka-tapos ko mag-lagay ng makakapal na pintura ay kakayurin ko rin pala tapos papatungan ulit. Also called "Frustration Stage".... kapag sa tingin mo masama na ang ihip ng hangin, pwedeng lumabas ka muna at libutin ang iyong hacienda (naks!) tapos makipag-tsismisan sa mga farmers...or balik ka na lang sa Pisbuk at punuin mo ng Angry emoticon lahat ng post na makita mo.

 

Teared, Torn, Text, and Timber

Recognizable element of my art works are those teared or small torn papers with letters or writings which records my thought during the moment of its creation plus the wooden wall or planks and of course the frames or framing which divide the element. 

   You will also notice that my use of symbols doesn't divert very far from realism...at times in can be classified as a trompe l'oieil. I like to represent common things and the usual things that are often taken for granted or those things that are in my immediate reach.
   This insignia style appears accidentally during my Self-discovery phase right after the CCP visual art workshop (1985) and during that time, perhaps I was the only one with that characteristic...but now, I've seen several almost similar works....and maybe I can assume that they somehow able to spread this style...the internet has shrink the world very greatly.
   Those images came spontaneous but I carefully analyzed which item will go or where to place them, and some additional non-copied elements too and then at times stylizing to fit the thought I had in mind. During my early stages before I was greatly consumed by the domestic world, I frequently use pencil (Mongol) to represent that idea..or the concept in itself....

  

The Power You Have, as it is

One day, you will have your voice heard...wait for the right moment when all the Noisy crowd ran out of things to say.

One day, they will turn around and have a second look at what you are trying to say....

Keep on painting.... keep believing...

My father believe that, we all deserve at least an hour of Fame in our lifetime. But are you ready when that time comes?

Into my self-analysis once again....it seems a crack that I've overlooked is seeping in to distort my claim to fame or at least enjoy these recent achievement. I need to reconnect with my values...how to enjoy the fruit of these outpouring blessings. I don't have to be guilty or shy away....this had been what I really wished all along.

So why do I feel tired, consumed, and less expectant? The real pain in my aging body... and yet many much older persons are stronger and living the fullness of life but now why me? What was it all about that I feel drain....

I've been suffering from unknown depression even if I have reach certain heights. Yep, I knew all of these already that I can simply change my perception and ev'rything will simply change...at least on my mindset. How to maintain that joy? Perhaps, I was always to caring.... for others.

♫What’s there beyond sleep, eat, work in this cruel life

Ain't there nothing else 'round here but human strife

They say it’s difficult

Yes, stereotypical

You gotta be conventional

You can’t be so radical.....♪ ♪

It is when your material expectation didn't materialized. It is that uncoordinated thoughts again, and hesitation, and guilt. For no reason at all....

Circumstances....and true blue realities....and limited resources.

Never set expectations on those things that are beyond your control; like acceptance, fame, wealth etcetera. Those things are outside of us. You can Not expect everyone to Like you...there will always be haters remember. Like hoping to win a Contest, the power to win is not in your hands but in the hands of the judges. The best thing to do, is actually to do your best.........period. It can be achieved and it is within your power to control. Rejoice already when you are able to submit your entry. Call every finish artwork an achievement. Celebrate every step you have taken. 

If you set your goal that requires another persons approval, be ready to accept disapproval. The proper mindset should be, it is enough that you have communicated your request to that person.

Madalas ang tanong ng baguhang Artist, magkano ko kaya ito maibi-benta? Tanong muna natin kung sino kaya ang bibili? Ehek Mali... 

Ang tamang tanong, para saan ang lahat ng mga ginagawa kong ito.... dapat meron tayong Vision...at ang vision ay hindi lang dapat magka-pag exhibit or maka-benta. State your cause...Like, para makapag-aral ang mga anak ko, makapag-donate sa mga cancer victim... panis na yung dahilan na gusto ko i-share ang talent ko. Eh di wag mo benta kung gusto mo lang i-share di ba? 

Dapat mag-open ka muna ng bank account sa Heaven.

We don't define artists by their tools, for tools are only there to serve the message. Art is communication. And real communication comes from the heart. That's the only call I want to answer.- Crista Cloutier

Ang Art minsan parang comedy yan. Nasa bato ng punchline.

Kahit luma na ang joke basta maganda ang delivery pasok yan.

The Former Things

I can't understand what I'm feeling right now....I feel so lost, cornered and undecided. Everything seems not connecting...my heart distracted. I seem to be what I'm not....pretending I'm alright. 

   What are these series of bad luck wanting to say to me? Could be that nature is bringing me into a resolution of thoughts. These aren't normal anymore...I knew it couldn't be just  coincidences or chance....it was trying to reach out on my awaken state. 

   I have no answer right now... I have no clear answer...  I need to be embrace by God. To feel His Holy presence once again. Why I've become aloof and prejudice in the system... in fact on every human system there is. All the heartache and pain are coming back... nagging and pressing. The words of my love ones are condemning me, even my mother... and from the grave my father's memory reiterating the failure of loving too much... of dying in faith and hope. I can still see vividly the scorning and the threatening look. The fateful jinxes and hoaxes of circumstances. I've lied too much... and perhaps being too honest to obey my own lust....desires linger but it wasn't the same feeling. 
   And though I still create and believe.... even those same dreams of crafted illusions. I hang-on and not faltering but the constant shivering and fear of the future. The promises I can not give nor fulfill anymore. 
   Yet, I was still bless and provided.... and which I should be ashame at the same time. I should be thanking all the people for their love and undying support. I guess I did not become the person you expect me to be.
   I fearfully face the nightmare each time I lay down in my bed. What if death wont let go of me? What if no one is around to hear my agitation. Dying in agony... I crafted the illusion. 
   I will still build upon the collection. They've enjoyed it anyway... it's enough that I've made head turns... somehow I was on the train along the coast... amongst the circle. 
   I've stared at these same wall before....but I haven't felt so alive in years. 

This long overdue WIP is still waiting 

On our way to Sir Fredi's farm in Aurora province 2014.

"The luck of having talent is not enough; 

one must also have a talent for luck." -- Hector Berloiz

Pardon My Eloquence

I feel so blessed...

   despite recent turbulence that almost broke my reasoning capacity these past months; there are still enough reasons to laugh and cheer. I thought it would be a dry season for me since I have no line up of event on sched...yet last minute confirmation for my facepainting rescue  our financial worries for the most expensive season of all. Glory to God!!!

   At times, I had this tendencies to overspend...most especially on art materials. The addiction for sketching miscellaneous and to venture to realms only those that can afford to sustain the momentum will survive. 

Some are simply false alarm...

My philosophical humor resound the true sentiment of my domestic affairs.  No more need to covert the real status... I am still a struggling artist wishing for a corner of my own...never mind the centerstage, just a little space to call my own. At least recognized for all my worth. 

It is extremely hard to earn respect in my chosen playing field. There are evil crabs ready to snatch you in the air. Obviously there are far more talented people in the planet. 

    The need to return to my roots...being redirected by uncertainties...of new learning...and shocked. To be overwhelmed by enormous discoveries...of new found fame and re-installment to a pedestal. Which heights I feel dizziness embroidering my apparel. 

Re-aligning my direction as an artist, that is probably the best resolution I can focus into as the new year enters...

The Sporadic Resonance of 2013

Not yet sure if this is gonna be my year-end report for 2013. Usually an annual report should be written on the first month of the following year. I just feel like evaluating my life today. Too many upturns and downturns had happen this year...four or five years in the zone yet only this year have I realized the gravity of my decision... as a freelance artist, the sense of fear just arrived late this year. 

In the Art world; it's not just about education, talent, and resources...you also need connections and sometimes CONTROVERSY.

   Natural calamities somehow affected my artistry...who wasn't? Creative mind lingers on that premise of the Universal consciousness. 

   Tagged ArtLover Group, my baby mellows as I became too crowded with personal issues and building my own artistic career. Well from time to time I still re-share artworks from other artist. 

   Career path seems to be stepping up on its proper places. Fellow artist said that I now have a label, a name of my own...well at least on my circle of FB contacts. No major artworks sold except commissions. I've just realized that I'm now the most sought after face painter down here in Laguna area...No doubt about that. Haha. 
   Re-activating my membership on 4S (Styles, Strokes, and Sketches Society) on Friday the 13th of September.... was perhaps the most important decision I took this year. Re-joining the Master's Challenge are one of the biggest leap in my artistry this year no matter how simple the task given...realizing the importance of this activity to paint even if you don't like what you're doing. It's a matter of discipline and prioritizing. 

Let me review therefore some of the highlights of 2013 as far I'm concern...

   February this year when i started updating this blog again...(see Behind the Mask) also around this time when I started making individual pieces; as you all know I'm more into Visual Manuscripts these past 3 or 4 years...although it is my lifetime thesis I think I need to build up exhibition pieces too. 
   There is of course that love hate relationship with my visual manuscripts that subside when I enter Styles, Strokes, and Sketches Society or 4S. 

   Penetrating the Artworld via friends of friends on FB...attended some exhibitions especially ... During these times as you mingle with fellow artisan you realized the true colors of art in Philippine setting...politics plays a major role and so I step back for awhile. 

   Around the third quarter of this year I begun to explore various field and this I reported on Maturity in Artistic Variations...

   I've said I will make hundred of Fish series...well, so far I made fourteen...

Im-Fher-sionism...was simply an adaptation; or perhaps my default setting. 

My first entry to 4S Tournament...

2nd Entry Four Seasons...

   The underpainting that Maestro Jose Tolentino Jimenez mentioned became one of the most important tip for me this year. I think I over stock myself with green paint because of this. 

   November when I started to paint in oil pigment...still trying my luck on this area as I feel I'll be more comfortable in acrylic or anything that dries very fast...

My first one-man show via the internet...Thank you so much Ms. Turs Simsuangco for this opportunity to showcase my work. 

   Some of the highlight images of 2013...

Fher