Art.

It became a ritual for me to have a monthly art project so as not to let my creative mind left rusted. For the past month, I have decided to add touch of colours to my room by painting my favorite flower ( sunflower ) to my walls. Just last month, I am able to paint one (yey! Hoping to add a picture soon ). Yesterday, I have painted another one and I am quite excited to have again that quiet time to myself, deeply engaged into the splash of colours and the amour of paint.

What I love about art besides the tranquility you gain upon creating it is that it attracts creativity in the atmosphere. You can be yourself. You can express yourself. Failure is a gateway for another creation and the outcome will always be an art. It was quite amusing to find yourself painting forms that was not drafted to your mind before and the challenge of remembering the detail, the fusion of colour, the lines and the scent, of an image pictured to your mind. Art has thought me the adage 'Practice makes perfect' and the very essence of failure for creativity.

A Date with Nature.

It was about half a month ago when I spent my summer vacation in Calaguas Island. Of course, besides swimming, eating, and all that fun stuffs one ought to do, I did some meditation. The sun was up and was happily watering with sunlight things that hail him. The sea water is calm and the different forms of clouds above it invites you to stay silent and savour it. That was the time I knew my summer vacation was awesome. Nothing can replace Nature and if camera-captured images can be saved in the computer, that moment in time when I was seeing Nature on sail will be saved on my heart. 

One thought that I realized when I was having a date with Nature on that boat was that Nature sees you barely. It was as if you are nude. It doesn't care about what you wear, it strips off the jewelries, and money was worth nothing. Whatever you are, a president, a CEO or a simple fisherman, no status was given and in its eyes you are a mere human being, same as others. When it is joyous, it offers the relaxing breeze of the wind, the whistling of the trees and the warmth of the sun. When it is in rage, thunders may haul you and waves may crash things you built for years. And I'm grateful for that.

With a date with Nature, I was able to understand to give importance to being humane. To not live a life chasing money because Nature doesn't care. He cares how you appreciate it, how you survive it and how you mingle with it. When you have a date with Nature, He doesn't see the makeup, He sees you nude and sees the very person you are deep inside. I hope I'd be a person like Him, seeing beyond what ordinary eyes can see, and I also hope I'd meet people who are the same.