The very talented Elbert Or, together with girlfriend Lorra, has initiated an art collaboration project to commemorate the stories of tragedy, community, and hope brought about by Typhoon Ondoy. If you have something to share by way of artwork (traditional or digital), do send your contribution(s) to http://rebuild-starthere.blogspot.com. Visit the Start Here Web site for more details.
From http://rebuild-starthere.blogspot.com:
START HERE is currently collecting artwork from around the world inspired by relief efforts during the recent Typhoon Ondoy tragedy, with the aim of inspiring others to help in rebuilding affected communities in the Philippines.
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You are beeyutipol!
I just received a Beautiful Blogger Award from the very sweet J. My, my, my! All I can say is–well, it’s about time someone, other than myself, declares the obvious truth around here. He-he, absolutely made my day! Thank you, Joybz, altho. you deserve it more (for being the truly beautiful one, inside and out). But, beauty is something that I have always looked up to–to inspire me, to heal me. Beauty shines its light into the dark corners of my soul and resurrects me every time I fumble into the gloomy, depraved, and murky.
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“Daylight Fades. A great peace descends into poor minds that the day’s work has wearied; and thoughts take on the tender and shadowy tints of twilight.” –Baudelaire, “Evening Twilight,” in Paris Spleen.
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So many people have spoken so eloquently about Ondoy (and aftermath) in their blogs (people I read and like, like I, J, and W), that I don’t know if I have anything meaningful to add except maybe a few realizations. The storm came figuratively close to home (figuratively because we did not really suffer flooding in both homes in Laguna and Taguig), but one family member (who is freakishly stubborn!) got a close call in Pasig (last na yan, M!), an aunt lost everything in her ground-floor apartment because she was stranded at work and could no longer go home, with Mandaluyong 7-8 ft.
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