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Friday, June 05, 2009 |
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Grand Vistas as seen through the lenses |
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By Sherma E. Benosa
Nature has always awed men since time immemorial. Its spellbinding
beauty has inspired many a poet’s scrawls, and many a heart’s
songs of love. It has been the subject of many painters’ and
photographers’ masterpieces, and it will always be so, as long as
the eye remains faithful to its purpose of appreciating beauty.
In the recently concluded Baler Buena Vista
General Landscape Photography Contest, photographers yet again paid
tribute to the beauty that is nature, particularly Baler, as it was
made the subject of the competition. Expectedly, the resulting
photographs were so powerful they did not only appeal to the eyes
but also to the soul, weaving in different emotions that could
inspire even the feeblest poet to weave poetic lines.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Voices
From THE Ncca
By Malou Jacob
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NCCA initiates
Artists for Crisis Program
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IN January, I sent out an open letter to the Filipino Artist through
the website. It was actually an invitation to join NCCA in an
experiment—to form Lumad, Moro, and Christian artist groups that
will give creative arts workshops in time of crisis among the
victims—the children, the young people, and the women.
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Romanticizing Art Deco
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The oft-mentioned yet hard to find architectural style in the
Philippines is Art Deco. Most of these majestic buildings are
flanked by avant-garde and modernistic skyscrapers, or are in
lamentable states of dilapidation, partly...
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2009 Independence Day Celebration
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The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) will
actively participate in the 2009 Independence Day Celebration
through a series of activities it has lined up in cooperation with
various partner agencies.
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HI!
SOCIETY
By Becky Garcia
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A birthday tradition
lives on
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For restaurateur Kathy Park, it has become a tradition to host a
birthday luncheon for her longtime friend, the respected
publicist/columnist Donnie Ramirez.
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