Amiel Roldan blog

09272009 Filipinos are willing to help but we also like to point fingers so there is never anything done but always someone to blame. We are always suspicious of the person beside us or the one in the position we helped out. They call us the smiling people but in our hearts we never always meant it. The nearest scapegoat for every ail is the next person beside us. Now we are faced with the onslaught of typhoon Ondoy. What we normally see every few years happening in and around the country might be occurring every rainy season because of our neglect as individuals. For a change we can't point all fingers at the government for this calamity. Ever heard of catch basins? Same thing happens to Boracay now every rainy season-- natural formation of water traps (small dams) on irregular terrains equals gradual floods or in this case flashfloods once they are removed... When we develop too much for subdivisions these are leveled or filled up. Add to it deforestations of mountains and hills,...

09252009 Alvin Villaruel opens a momentous solo exhibit of paintings with “Field Activities” today, September 25, 2009 at 6:30 pm at the SM Megamall Art Center sponsored by the West Gallery. Alvin Villaruel is perhaps one of the most understated contemporary artists in the Philippines today. He has for more than a decade now been exhibiting consistently photorealistic images on canvasses. His images were gathered unconsciously and rendered painterly on large formatted canvasses. His bodies of works are outstanding for a younger artist in his thirties. An ingenious play of light and perspective are always standard in his works. Even amongst the progression of photorealism in the Philippines with the likes of Nona Garcia, Geraldine Javier, Yasmin Sison, Keiye Miranda, Wire Tuazon and lately painter Eric Sausa, artist Alvin Villaruel has stood strong in works and concepts and have complemented the rich diasporas of Philippine arts in realism. He has enjoyed painting and reveling in the di...

09 24 2009 Perhaps the week could still end the tops for me. I really enjoyed a family gathering last week and all its preparations. I do not know that it could ever be surpassed. My youngest sister just got married in an almost intimate church wedding with a party reception afterward. It allowed for all close family members to witness this newest nuptial celebration. My other sister just tied the knot last February and it was quite unexpected in a pleasant way to have another too soon. Since this is the last of the four weddings I would attend for my sisters it was officially a momentous one for all of us. Until of course my own one. Looking for the right partner could be quite easy but building a lifetime of friendship is quite hard. I guess that I wanted still a person I could talk and be with for the rest of my life without being bored to death. Going back to the event. It was a culmination of six years of friendship turned mush... Ha ha ha ha... I am a bit sentimental and allowed ...

08 16 2009 It was drizzling this Sunday afternoon and I was again an hour late. I thought that they could have also started late. Ha ha ha ha. When I arrived, there were a lot of interesting people. This is a great time. Pity Eileen wasn't in attendance. On second thoughts. I wondered why? I caught a glimpse of other artists and some people at the end that I didn't know and sat put on the nearest vacant chair. I missed the opening last night again for the many times now. It still was a good idea to come today though. There was an informal talk happening and wanted to catch some ideas and maybe get a broader sense of the atmosphere right now in the Philippine Art Scene. I am sure there were a lot of going ons and plans that I am quite curious about. Hmmmm. Earlier, I heard that the space beside Finale Gallery would soon be a collection museum cum gallery for Charlie C. This is exciting. This person has been collecting the pieces I had seen at most of the better exhibits for almo...

08 10 2009 The day started clear as the blue sky. It was time go on the routine rounds and start writing again. Everything seems to come out with a new lease in life. I appreciated that I am alive, healthy and physically able. It was something basic that I could share hopefully with others. I just came from Erik Sausa's 2nd solo exhibit at Blanc Gallery Makati titled "Pretty Vacant." This was the first art exhibit I have been to after almost three weeks of resting – idleness is a state of mind and body that I am being adept at nowadays. I enjoyed the respite and the new perspective from the eventful months of July and early August 2009. The last SONA of the President, the stable state of the Philippines despite the continuing recession in America, flooding and typhoon “Kiko affecting thousands,” the death of President Corazon Aquino and another hint of conspiracy theory of “hidden wealth” were all in the headlines. Sigh… Some are really predictable especially nearing the ...

January 8, 2000 As you bloom in youth all I could is but hold on, From a sight that brings spasms of wanting; In times that make me seem so old and feel my age, A manipulating crone of bestial needs; Ever helpless in this emotion that awakens; To need the moments I could be touched, by your gaze of promises and caresses of want. To believe as if you feel the same passions; But to know that this, Is but a fleeting and all lying truth. * * * Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ Mandaluyong City, Philippines *** visit me at www.amiel-roldan.tk www.amielroldan.tk www.amielaceremoroldan.tk at my blogs: www.amielroldan.wordpress.com www.amielroldan.blogspot.com www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/a-g-roldan.html www.myspace.com/amiel_roldan www.amiel_roldan.multiply.com www.face-pic.com/amiel_roldan please comment and tag if you like my compilations. amiel_roldan@yahoo.com amiel.roldan@gmail.com

I feel the tight pain; As if I could not swallow, Watching the movements of a dance; That I know I could not follow, Steps that I don’t dare take; A path not dared to thread, Abandonment all too real; Loneliness and despair, In all these miseries I wallow. July 30, 2000 Amiel Gerald A. Roldan™ Mandaluyong City, Philippines *** visit me at www.amiel-roldan.tk www.amielroldan.tk www.amielaceremoroldan.tk at my blogs: www.amielroldan.wordpress.com www.amielroldan.blogspot.com www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/a-g-roldan.html www.myspace.com/amiel_roldan www.amiel_roldan.multiply.com www.face-pic.com/amiel_roldan please comment and tag if you like my compilations. amiel_roldan@yahoo.com amiel.roldan@gmail.com * * * Ang Huling Hari Amiel Roldan Aking nararamdaman ang mahigpit na sakit; Parang hindi ako makalunok, Habang pinanunuod ang sayaw, na alam kong hindi ko masusundan. Mga hakbang at unday na ikinatatakot ko; Isang daaning hindi-hindi ko mapupuntahan, Kawalan ay totoo; Kalungkuta...