Lisa del Giocondo

          Mona Lisa, painted by the great Leonardo da Vince who’s one of the famous artists during the renaissance period. The first time I saw that painting was when I’m still a kid and looking through our books during our discussion about different painters. I was fascinated by the way it is painted and became one of my favorite paintings. Later on, we started learning things about the painting and I was shocked about the painting’s controversies. I didn’t know that even paintings have issues to others. I did a research about it and found out many things. I became more interested about the painting’s controversies and gathered different information. Some of it shriveled through my bones while reading facts and watching documentaries while others captured my attention for a while and started thinking things out. I also researched about how he came up to painting it in that way. I learned that he used to paint with a technique called Sfumato. It is one of the four canonical painting modes of the Renaissance. There are also other modes like the cangiante, chiaroscuro, and the unione. Sfumato is derived from the word ‘fumo’ in Italian which means smoke or fume and in English it is similar to blurred. According to Leonardo da Vince, the sfumato means without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke or beyond the focus plane.

          Going back to “Mona Lisa”, History accorded that she was the wife of a Florentine gentleman whose real name is Lisa del Giocondo. Although it’s painted, the appearance of the Lisa has no proof that she really survive. The real thing is her smile, Why, you might ask? She seems to be smiling but her eyes are in sorrow and sadness. They said that she is pregnant because her hands are folded to hide the bump. The original Lisa del Giocondo was actually pregnant during that time according to history. They say that Mona Lisa is also Leonardo da Vinci when he was still young and beardless which has similarities to his self-portrait. Some historians acclaimed that she is a combination of man and a woman which is Amon and Elisa in Latin which makes her a hermaphrodite. Many are curious why she has no eyebrows at all. During the 16^th century, plucking out eyebrows is customary to those noble women. They even said that Mona Lisa is perfect in terms of symmetry. An ancient symbol of chalice is formed when you look at it which is an indirect hint to the mystical Holy Grail. It was also included in the bestseller book of Dan Brown, ‘Da Vinci Code’. 

"pa'MMA'na"

    

    Anime- My childhood inspiration since the day I first draw my first figure on a sheet of paper my mom used to give me to solve my simple math equations. Also the reason why I was able to pass my exams from my pre-elementary to high school tests. I always idolized my older cousins because during those days, I'm just a kid with no idea how I will draw things like that. I'll be telling the adventure of my Multimedia Art career from the very beginning up to the present. It all started with a simple crumpled paper, a dull-end pencil and a little crazy world I would like to call as "imagination". I used to doodle up things with colouring materials every time I have colours on my hands and my would always shout at me because of my dirty hands and dirty wall. During those times, I was able to widen my imagination skill and continued to develop it. As I grow up, my drawing skills also improved. When I was still a pre-elementary student in our school, I used to do simple animations on a bundle of paper bonded together with stick figures which is also known as cel animation. My teachers always get angry at me because instead of listening to their lessons, I was there sitting on the back and drawing things in my mind. When I reached elementary, I started to compete inside the school every time our school conducts a poster making contest and even though I can't get any medal from that said event, I never quitted and joins yearly. My first out of school competition was very memorable because I was the one to present our school in mural painting in Pagsanjan, Laguna and luckily I won 3rd place and that became my motivation to continue what I started with art.

        When I reached high school, my name became popular when art is being talked about. That was the moment wherein I joined every poster making contest inside and outside of the school. I was able to meet my co-artists from different places and was able made new friends. My most memorable experience was my editorial cartooning when I was a 4th year high school student because I have no any about cartooning. They taught me every essential thing a cartoonist must know and undergo different seminars.  I was able to compete for the district and division level wherein I won 3rd and 4th place and a qualifier for the regional level but sadly I was not able to participate due to school issues. I become the chief editorial cartoonist of our school paper and it was a huge success for me. I almost took a different course because I passed the MAAP entrance exam but still, I followed what I wanted myself to be 4 years from now and my parents were able to understand me and accepted my decision. Now, I'm one of those Multimedia artists that were able to have their course of their choice. I am able to practice and enhance my drawing skills from freehand drawing to digital with the use of different drawing software. I am able to widen my knowledge and experience with photography with my position as a photojourn in Voyage, our school press. Now, I am also able to edit videos with video editing software that are used by people with video editing background. Most of all, I'm enjoying my study more because this will lead me to my success in the future.

MashItUp

We once had an assignment which will rotate around sound. We were all assigned to make a mash up of songs by our Communication and Technology professor, Miss A. Since I once had a band in our school during my high school years, I was a bit confident about doing it. After our class, I went home and during my travel, I analyse how my mash up should sound. I included some factors to consider for me to have the right mash up. I first choose the right beat and I came up to a final decision to have an upbeat pop rock music influenced by my background about music. After choosing for the right beat, I tried to reflect things about me until I relate the theme to how I should live my life. After that, I browse through my playlist and luckily I was able to find the right songs with the right beats. I chose "Somewhere in Neverland" of All Time Low wherein it talks about our career days where we will be experiencing nostalgia as time goes by and as we old. The other one is "Great Escape" of Boys like girls where it focuses on how we should live our lives to the fullest and being free from everything. They both suit me well including the fact that I'm from a band so I said to myself that it will be easier for me to mash up things up. Have I ever tried to mash up songs? The answer is no though I was able to use softwares like VirtualDJ v8 and Audacity and here is where everything will change around my music life.

| watched videos on YouTube first and hoping to find some helpful tutorials that can lessen my stress with the sound editing. Sadly, I was not able to find one so I did things myself by exploring the full capacity of the softwares although I think I was able to use only a minimal percentage of the over-all use of the softwares. I clipped certain parts of the songs which I used for the mash up. I also did some amplification for the parts wherein it is almost inaudible. I thought it was easy but while doing things up, it started to be more complicated because of technical problems. Good thing for me is that I know some things that I should remember like for example; the fade-in and fade-out of song and how to put them to a part of a song. While doing the editing things, I told to myself that exploring things is a wonderful experience especially to my course and because of that; I exerted more effort for my output. Although it is only an assignment, I still considered it as a weekly project and looked to it as a mission that I must complete cleanly to obtain more ideas. I finalize things up before extracting it and passing it. I'm impressed of what I've done and I'm proud of it since I was the one exerting effort for that. The day of the presentation came and I was so nervous that I accidentally raised my hand and be the first one to present. I was able to present it properly but the most memorable happening is when my professor nodded at me and smiled which means that she is impressed of the mash up that I did.

Tinay

Have you ever tried to go to a place you don't know for the very first time without anyone to accompany you? Experiencing new things on your own without limitation and boundaries? Have you ever felt things like this that gives you energy to explore the wilderness of the world? It's very exciting to think and imagine things that's out of your league and extraordinary. Different dishes from different places, different tourist spots or just a famous place to hang out to. Different custom and tradition to be experienced by our exquisite minds that will leave a very memorable experience. I once experienced things like this in my life wherein I visited the place where my mom used to go when she was still a teenager. She first told me things before the restoration of different places she used to visit after class. She told me a place in San Pablo, Laguna where my great grandfather used to bring her whenever she wanted to inhale fresh air. Sampaloc Lake, a place so beautiful and refreshing to those who wanted to be in a peaceful place. You can see living fishes that swims around the bridges there where you can feed them with breadcrumbs. But everything change now because of economic development and the technological growth of the society.

It's my very first time to go there on my own with my close friend. I was scared first since I don't know how to go there on my own with just a phone call from my friend to guide me. She just instructed me things I need to know for me to reach her and the place safely. Along the way, I saw different tech-things played by many younger kids than me. Unlike the old days, me and my brother play local games like the ‘luksong baka’ and ‘taya-tayaan’. During my stay there, I was able to talk to citizens living in that place for so long that they even managed to witness the bit by bit transformation of the place. While capturing scenes there with my camera, I was able to see the beauty of the place. Imagining the view of the place during the days is very nostalgic for me. A very memorable experience that I won't forget for the rest of my life. Visiting the place for the first time when I was still 5 and seeing the place again now that I'm 17 made a difference to what I saw before and now. It's still nice to roam around it and remembering everything with some pictures especially when you have someone to walk with. That day is considered awesome for a wonderful day even though the travelling part is a little bit epic due to heavy traffic.

FearLess

          

          Having so many things in mind that you can't express yourself the way you want others to see it? It's a problem most of teenagers experience nowadays because of lacking of communication to people they know and people they love. Because of so many things are happening that they can't deal with it properly, they tend to feel more stressful than teenagers during the earlier years. Older people always tell that sharing what's inside can lessen your problems but few still can't. They are afraid. They are afraid to hear other's side because they don't want to be judged by many. Because of that, they tend to hate the world. They are hating even the people around them who are just concern for their own good. Due to technological advancement, they tend to be more adult in thinking than most of the adults now. It is also a factor to consider for them to start hating almost everyone. Studies can also affect a person's own emotion because of things he learns from his or her studies. It is harder for the side of those who are affected with that kind of attitude since they can't predict a person's attitude on a day-to-day basis. I, myself, am one of those who’s emotion can't be considered normal especially when it's about showing it to others who are close to me.

          An experience of mine might teach you a lesson about what I had said earlier. My friends knows me as a boy who shows up a big smile as a front act but hides an abnormal emotional status that no one can even understand. Even I can't understand myself. I am often seen by others alone with my phone and laptop doing things I love. I rather express myself through music than being in other's company since they see me as a weird person. There was an event in my life wherein my personality changed my friend's approach to me. I was numb during that time and it's like I'm emotionless and alone. She yelled at me and asked me what's wrong with me. I was there just staring at her and answers none then left her crying. After a day, I was informed that she went to the hospital because she experienced asthma after what I did there. I then tried to understand the situation and approached her for a talk. I apologized for my personality and told her that if she can't deal with me anymore, just leave and forget all about me. I can't change myself for others to accept me, I just try my best to deal with them the way I can.

NOSTALGIA

Have you ever hoped to go back to time wherein you can experience again the feeling of important events for you? I always think about this kind of things in my life. Impossible things that obviously can't happen in real life. Just to feel the nostalgia, I often take pictures. In this way I can have a remembrance of my past that means a lot to me. I really love taking pictures of things I find interesting and worth it to be a part of my memories. It helps me to recall things that I almost forgot because of a long period of time. Since I was a kid, I take pictures of different events of my life.  Foods, Activities, Places, and people I met along the way. This type of activity is usual since the earlier years because they also took pictures of memorable events before you and I were born in this world. I often take pictures with my friends and my love ones because for me, that picture will remind me that I had a good memory with that person. One of my favorite subject to take a picture are foods. 

 

Since our family loves to travel to different places when me and my little brother we're still kids, I often borrow a   camera from my mom or my dad just to take pictures. They always make different alibis just for me to stop borrowing because I always take many pictures that will be the cause for their phones to slow down. Now that I've grown up, I took the course wherein I can develop my photography skills. I was able to discover things I didn't know back then. Because of technology, I may now discover new things through the internet that can educate me. Now that I've managed to study things about photography, I now apply what I've learned. I often do food photography wherein food is my model. Since travelling is our families holiday activity, we also do food trips where we discover new foods from different places. With this activity, I may now share the experiences and the taste of different places through the different menu that they offer. It really is a memorable activity and experience that I'm proud of. With the help of technology and my imagination and skills, I'm able to take a 'shot of life' that every each one of us went through. Many foods that aren't still discovered that I, myself, needs and wanted to share to other. Blog about foods? Why not? To make the others feel nostalgic.

INTROVERT

Loneliness, something I'm trying to avoid but still consumes me.

Trying to reach out to others but still fail to communicate with them.

Using technology to free myself from the burden, the hurt and the pain I feel inside.

I really hate the feeling of being alone.

I may have a handful of company but still, there is something which bothers me.

Why do I still feel loneliness?

Smiling as wide as the universe, laughing like there's no tomorrow and faking things to show the world that I'm fine and I can handle it.

Searching things on the internet which might help me from my condition.

Reading things but still can't put it to life.

Having this kind of feeling kills me inside and it is something I don't want others to experience.

I'd rather be invisible from the others to trap myself from my own little world.

I once talked to my choirmate about this. 

Her name is Krisha, someone I trust when it comes to my emotional state.

Every night, she'll call me through voice call or video call.

She always tell me things that I need to realize.

She's always there even if she knows that I hate the feeling of being in a company.

She'll always find a reason for me to be happy.

There are times wherein she can't call me due to different issues but she will make sure that she'll leave me a voice message or a mail.

She know what I feel because she also experience things I'm encountering.

We share the same story but different instances in life.

We both feel comfortable with each other especially when we're together.

It's like there's something in us that bond us together to overcome my condition.

Sadly, everything changed because of own reasons.

I'll still continue what we've started because she's one of the reason why I can control my mood sometimes.

The HAPPY PAST (Part 1)

Ex - Someone who loved me once but forgot to stay with me and decided to find someone new. I can still remember how we met each other. It's a funny story but it's the truth and also the reason why it lasted. It all started when My best friend asked me if I could help her with something and accepted it since she's a good friend of mine. She told me that there will be others who'll be there to help also and she said a name that intrigued me. She told me that Cha, a friend of her's, will be there to help me which after a while intrigued me more. After our class, we proceeded to the place where we'll work. I met her for the very first time and we discussed random stuffs even if we only met for the very first time. She is someone you'll want to be by your side for a very long time because of her unique attitude. After doing our work, we decided to have a little more chat then we left. I thought it was the first and last time that we'll see each other but we're wrong because Facebook was the reason why I was able to chat her and getting her number. She texted me for quite some times until I began to realize that I'm starting to fall in love to her. I hate it at first but after a while I realize that I do love her.

I talked to her personally if I could make up to her for everything she have done to me. After a few more months, she became my girlfriend. We do random things. We love taking selfies then laughing at our own pictures. We also love food and walking. Every time I see her, I always make sure that I'll take a picture or two just to remind me that I have someone like her in my life. I loved her so much that she's the reason why I excelled to my studies when we're still at high school. She always give me simple notes telling me that She'll love me forever and she won't leave me. She is someone I don't want to let go and want to have for eternity. She always comfort me every time I'm down and depressed with things I don't want to think of. She'll cook my food every time I'm alone at home since I don't have knowledge about cooking. She'll prepare my things I needed for school like my mom was doing when I was still a kid but everything changed..

DistanceLESS

                                                                                                       

                                                           

New media is a very great advantage for people of today. Love is an important value that every each one of us must value. Missing someone special is something one doesn't want to experience. Because of new media, reaching someone is not that hard. Internet access can be used for us to communicate with others. Sites wherein you can chat like Skype, Facebook, etc. can be the media for you to see each other. Now you can see each other, talk to each other, be with each other, etc. New media is a big help for those 'missing someone' problems. Having someone far from you is very challenging like what I'm experiencing now. Do you have someone far away from you? Do you miss him/her so much?My father is an Overseas Filipino Worker and this is where I'll relate how new media is so important nowadays.
    I'm already 17 years old but still, moments with my father is something I envy to those whose father is here in the Philippines to be with them. When I was still younger, I often ask mom why dad is far away from us. She'll always reply with a smile on her face and tell me that dad is just within the country even though she know that dad is traveling the world. I always cry because I'd always think that my dad hates us until I matured enough to realize things. My mom would often make me do a letter for dad. I will often write my message for him on a bond paper and design it with colors. my mom would write her message for dad in a love-letter-like paper.we'll be sending it to our mailman and he'll send it to the post office. Dad will be receiving the letter  few weeks before receiving another letter from us. That's our way of communicating with him for a very long time until we're familiarized with social networking sites. Every time dad come home, I'll be teaching him stuffs about computer.After that, he'll try to discover things until he can do it himself.
    When I reached high school, he was able to communicate with us through facebook easily that lessen his sickness. We were able to update all of the things happening to us easily. Now, we can eat with each other and sleep with each other. We're able to enjoy our bonding moments when we're traveling to other places by taking a picture or a video and sending it to him. New media is a big help for us and that is something I can assure. I can now tell him things happening to me every day faster than ever from the very beginning of my morning to the very last moment before I go to bed. His homesick issues are lessening because of new media. His communication problem is now solved even though he can only see us through our gadgets. He is now able to work and perform better. New media is so amazing that it can change something and someone depending on how you'd use it. It can now easily access to someone's life so it should be use correctly. New media, solution for peoples far communication.

NEDIA (NEw meDIA)

           New Media, one of the most powerful invention and discovery a human was able to produce.  A very useful tool to deal with things in life easier. The most widely fast-spreading disease-like a human uses with his everyday living. When a person says ''New Media",common things that a person will automatically think off are phones and gadgets. What they think are actually correct. People of today are very open to different gadgets. People who can afford things like that have higher versions of the gadgets from phones to tablets to laptop and other technological material. People who are having a budget problem can still buy things like that but surely most of it are in a form of copy or imitation. Nowadays, technological materials are very popular. Technology has reached from older to younger folks. Even I have my own experience. It all started like this.

          I woke up because my phone ringed due to the alarm and started stretching. I ate my breakfast while watching morning news. I took a bath and get dressed while looking at the camera of my laptop that serves as my mirror. I made sure that my laptop and phone are charged and organized their chargers. As I walked to get a ride, I saw a kid within the age of 5-10  while walking. He was so busy with his phone that he bumped onto me and he was very shocked. He, then, shyly walked away from me then I giggled for a few seconds. As I travel from my place to school, I was able to notice a lot of things that changed. The road is now smoother than before, greater number of architectural structures. My mom suddenly called and then I realized that even telling something important is faster than before. I arrived at my school and went straight to our office. I rid in the elevator for faster transportation from the ground floor up to the forth floor and like the usual thing, a more convenient way to go to your destination.

          I saw my choir mate inside and we took a picture together. With a click of the phone, another precious moment was added to my history. Within a second, a new memory was kept. I realized how life is easier nowadays. Capturing every important moments during the old media took longer than the way of today's generation. People can now capture every moment of their lives. It's true that new media is a huge help for us to function more efficiently but still, not all people are functioning that good unlike when they are still in the old media era. Without new media, precious and important moments would be forever forgotten by the people of today. Including ideas like these is very hard. but because of new media, files that must be kept in a clear book unlike now, just press CTRL+S and it will be saved. For me, new media is a great benefit to all people who are working hard for it. Eventhough it's new, it might still perfect bust still. No one knows.