Armineonila M.'s Blog, page 2

A garden of us

A shelter of robins, his heart
breathes into mine flowerbeds
of ballads not thorned nor pitted
heartbreaks upon which spikes
may delay the casting of spring
when seasons run miles apart
to dance rivers with our thoughts
our fountains, deep in the roots
will meet among the shadows…

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Now, if only…
these words were so a garden of ours
as if I were a Wordsworth, rhymed
and you, a village his, a path shared
with the daffodils in a dream without
but we are no such garden, still, under
the metal c...

A message from our pockets

Half-empty words wash away
the narratives, spilt favours,
modern fatigue —
we owe the landowners —
as our worn out pleas
flee in silence.
Our kins rode the wings of fate
in begging fashion,
shoveling their own
craving for death.
We mourn for old debts,
for we are tiny pebbles
in a shore of gluttons.
What purpose do our lips serve
when we speak pass the clouds?
While we cease to embrace
the pen with our tongues?
We dug out the snare, fist and spine.
They fed on our spirit.

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-Armineonila M., 2...

Poem: Green dreams

Green Dreams
Armineonila M.

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I lost your grip
in the thunderstorm, and you,
likewise, lost mine
under the dragon’s breath –
ahuge firewall stood
between us – a dead end’s curse,
cirrus clouds loomed
from a distance tainting
the sun’s rays, no illuminated path
the rainbow’s bend dared
deny us a destination.

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Lunhaw
Tagalog translation by a friend

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Nawala ko ang iyong kapit
nang bumagyo’t nagrilim, at ikaw,
ganoon din, nabitawhan kita
sa lilim ng dambuhalang hininga –
‘sang ga-bituing pad...

Baybayin calligraphy by Alurij

It’s not everyday that Ibump into a dearfriend online. But what’s more thrilling is that,once I do,I amgreeted with such artistic charm and passion.This is what I seein these Baybayin calligraphic impressionsintricately pennedby alurij_.Dig into it and admire the beauty of a culture embedded in each delicate stroke.

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Mini musing: We read ingredients inthe same waywe read terms and conditions.

Tagged: ancient scripts, art, ᜊᜌᜊᜌᜒᜈ Baybayin, Baybayin, blogging, call...

Watch the line break in action (animated)

As I waspreparing for moreexciting features forLines of Lila, I triedout the Autodesk Sketchbook Flipbook and thought of making an animated teaser. It was fun!Watch the line breaker in action. Well…sort of.

As the shamisen gently weeps

Kubo and the Two Strings. I have a few words. It is a story that makes you cry from the inside. What it never tells is what moves you. I didn’t watch it in 3D or 2D or IMAX or with any cinematic paraphernalia. The experience was raw, down-to-earth, as the film itself manifests, it brought me closer to home.

But beyond the symbolism, the mythology, the haiku, the origami, the shamisen, the kabuki, the Edo period, cultural sensibilities, and all, Kubo and the Two Strings spins strings of flashb...

Autumn crusade

It’s been a while. But I’d like to share this piece Iespecially wrotefor Pluma’s third year anniversary (September 14). VisitPluma’s official website and blog for more features.

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If only the burning of bridges
remains an idiot’s idiom
and we could still dream of flowerbeds

and never hear gunshots
of freedom from a remote uproar

lay the sword to rest –
what powers does it hold under a child’s gaze?
even time halts for mourning
when the sharp edges of tyranny
dug deep down their tiny bellies

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Alice, through my looking glasses, progressive and 3D

BeforeI share my brief thoughtson Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass, first, I would like to share this adorablemessage from the Red Queen which I’m sure you’ll all heart.

Now, back to my thoughts.Disney’s production team, famousfor its elaborate visual fetishization ofTim Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland, bringsus this new not-so-Tim-Burtonish loose adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s1871novel, Through the Looking Glass. Disney’s film version,Alice Through the Looking Glass, which I will r...

A selfie of an artist amid a day job, an e-store, and bots

I’m sharing here my recent blog entryatLines of Lila. Nothing much, just something I thought I’d write to critic and contradict myself. And yes, it’s about the self, hence, the title “selfie”. I hope you enjoy reading it.

(An excerpt from A selfie of an artist amid a day job, an e-store, bots, and trolls)

And a blog, too! I cringe at the thought of having to balance between life as I know it and life as I imagined it to be. But there’s barely a thin line between imagination and reality. Oft...

Just dropping by to share my new artworks at Lines of Lila

It’s been a while! But I’m back knocking at your computer screens to share with you some of my latest artworks at Lines of Lila. Featuring Lines of Lila 9 and 19, my own personal favorites aaaand, most importantly, these pieces are close enough to reflecting some of the major turn of events in my ever jumbly sense of muse-dom as of late. I hope you like them.

The heart’s temperaments, at times placid, at times undaunted, ceaselessly palpitate the very essence of life’s recurrences. Lines of...