Art: Muses I

10:01 PM Laura Clarissa 0 Comments


Art by Hajin Bae

Last night a friend of mine asked me for names of artists I follow. I thought I'd curate them here for easier reference, for me and for those who are also interested in getting to know more artists for their needed doses of inspiration.

Filipino Artists (Illustration / Watercolor / Acrylic / Mixed Media / Graphic Design)


Filipino Artists (Calligraphy / Hand-Lettering / Type) 

Foreign Artists (Illustration / Watercolor / Acrylic / Mixed Media / Graphic Design)
- Gabrielle Rose 

Let me know if you have any other artists or pages you'd like to recommend!

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Thoughts: When It Rains

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We've all heard of the saying "When it rains, it pours."


Oftentimes we say it in context of when something bad happens, or rather when a lot of bad things happen all at once. A series of unfortunate events so to speak.

These "pouring" days happen every so often. Sometimes, events that have been building up for a while coalesce in one day, as if the planets had aligned specifically for all of them to come together and bowl you over.

Sometimes, from out of nowhere, problems and crisis comes pouring in from all sides, like someone had just released the floodgates.


Days like this make me wish for two things:
On a positive note, I wish for the capacity, the strength of mind and body to be able to overcome these challenges. I never feel prepared for such things, but in the process of trying to solve them, I hope I can "become" ready.

On a negative note, I wish I could just disappear and not face the problems. It's incredibly tiring having to be there for everyone, having to fix problems that you didn't even create. I just want to hibernate from the world, even for just a while.

But, being alive on this earth entails that we can't do that. We have to go on, be brave, occasionally take a rest to refresh our spirits, but go on all the same.

When it rains, it pours; bring a bigger umbrella or stay at home



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Art: Where do you go to, my lovely?

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I recently watched the Wes Anderson short, "Hotel Chevalier". Like other Wes Anderson creations, the film's aesthetic is very distinct, and the dialogue though sparse and punctuated by silences was heavy with content. 

Throughout the movie, the song "Where do you go to my lovely" by Peter Sarstedt was playing and it got stuck in my head. It prompted me to draw the following illustration, my own version of Marie Claire and where she goes when she's alone in her bed - the contents of her head. 


"But where do you go to my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
Tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes I do."

- Where Do You Go To My Lovely, Peter Sarstedt

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Art: Practice I

7:06 AM Laura Clarissa 0 Comments

Trying to record the small things I create every week, just to keep track if I'm being consistent with practice. 


"How berry nice you are." 

"I find myself getting lost, in the jungle that is my mind and the tangled vines that are your words."


"A man can do all things if he but wills them." 
- Leon Battista Alberti



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Canvas

11:58 PM Laura Clarissa 0 Comments


Around April of this year, I made my first wreath painting and asked the people I know for words that could be written in the blank space. I got a wide range of answers, from "You have to make it okay." to "'E di wow.". In the end though, I left the original work blank, and only added the suggested text by using a photo editor. Thank you technology.

Now I've made my second full fledged wreath, and am once again asking the people for suggestions. 
I think I'll keep the original blank again though. There's something comforting about a blank space, you can make it into whatever you want it to be. 

I'm not sure how fitting of an introduction the above is for me trying to revive this blog, but it just seems right. I wanted to revive this blog, almost exactly for the same reason I started it. The search for the great perhaps is still on, but it isn't so vague now. The Great Perhaps has a fuzzy outline, fuzzy, but an outline nonetheless. Even with that outline in mind though, I'm still a long way away, and I'm not sure just how much I'm working towards my goals. 

Sometimes it feels as if there are too many things to be done. Or there are just too many things I want to do. And for the past year, I've felt like there isn't enough time to do all those things. Be it work, or trying to develop new skill sets, exploring new places, meeting with people - so many things to be squeezed into a week. Where does rest fit in?  I find it crazy and frightening how time flies by so quickly. It strikes me as dangerous, this fleetingness. Sometimes before we can even take stock of our lives and recalibrate, the end of the year is upon us and we try to make new resolutions again without really having accomplished most of the old. 

I envy people who either, seem like they found their Great Perhaps, or  don't really care if they find it and just live in the moment. But everyone has their own way, and for now I'm still trying out mine.

Here's to recording that journey (hopefully continuously) in this tiny helter-skelter space on the internet. 


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Words: Today I Hope (08.03.2015)

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Today I hope you remember, that though you may be caught in a fog now, it will clear, and you will understand why you had to go through it. 

I hope you remember that the world and people might make you forget who you are, but that doesn't meet you can never find yourself again. Should that time come I wish you could sit down with yourself, and rediscover who you are again. You and yourself, better friends than ever. 

If you want to dance, dance. Sing and be merry, share laughter and warmth.

Hey, maybe love might be the answer: to love yourself, love the people around you, and the world. You might not realize how much anger you've been carrying until you breath out, let it go, and find that the whole world has changed. 

It's easy to be cynical, but give hope a shot. 

You are more blessed than you know. 

I hope you are happy.

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