Some Changes

Hi All,

I'm not changing blogs or anything, but I'm replacing the name and URL of The Golden Pearls. I met with a reader of my old blog, which was inconveniently deleted by some annoying stranger, Creativity and Courage in Culture. I wrote about the same things -- the problems of heritage preservation, national identity and cultural awareness -- until early October of this year. Now it is a site where I re-blog pictures that explain my life in general or how I feel at the moment.

Now, this reader told me that she enjoyed reading my blogs and that it makes her feel safer in the twenty-first century, now that the younger generation is now becoming more enthusiastic about heritage preservation (we're a small group, but a minority can always change things). She asked me what happened to my blog, and I merely told her the reason and I directed her to The Golden Pearls.

She advised me to switch it to the old title because that's how I branded myself.

And so I am. I was known as Creativity and Courage and I'll stick to that title.

As of the upcoming blogs, I won't have much to write on yet, since I haven't been immersing myself in culture except in school. But when I get the chance I'll write as much as I can.

Much love,
Myta H. Santiago

Eid Al-Adha: The Feast of Sacrifice [blurb]

Many warm greetings to my Muslim brothers and sisters as they celebrate Eid Al-Adha today.

Let us be reminded that in order to attain peace and justice, we must be willing to sacrifice. My warmest greetings to you all!

Viral Series by Briccio Santos

If you check my personal ranting space blog, Crumpled Chronicles, you'd notice that I've been stuck at home for the past few days doing my thesis proposal on a very complicated topic, because no one has ever really done it before, and yet the answer is so obvious, but I just want people to know that there is such thing as European film. Thankfully, my mom has been able to bring me out of the house for the past couple of days. The other day we watched Megamind and bought some cosmetics, and last night she brought me to an art gallery opening by Briccio Santos in White Wall gallery in Makati.

For those who read my article about film archiving in the Philippines, Chairman Briccio Santos of the Film Development Council of the Philippines is also the Briccio Santos, contemporary abstract/surreal mixed media artist. You can say that he is a varied artist with an eye for both concept and reality, and meshes it all in his art. Unfortunately I wasn't able to interview him about his thoughts on his works last night, but I was able to take pictures.

 My mom looking at a piece from "The Viral Series".

My mom and I both like this piece. For my mom, it "switches her on," but for me, it gives me an idea I cannot put into words.

My favorite piece from "The Viral Series".

Among those who were present in the gallery opening are Doy Del Mundo, Boots Anson Roa and Impy Pilapil.

It's really nice to see some art once in a while, and this makes up for the CUT2010 photography exhibit I missed a few weeks back because of some misunderstanding between me and my mom.