“Our world is truly fascinating in all its glory if only we care to see how even a de-caying leaf dances and sings poetry even in its demise.” — This is me quoting my own words about how everyone should have a sense of awareness of the beauty that surrounds us in the everyday; even in the seemingly most mundane of things.

I was born and raised in a small village in Philippines where as a child, because of limited resources, I have learned to nurture the value of turning found objects into something aesthetically practical. Creating floral arrangements or rice pouches out of coconut leaves was one of them. This value, I believe, is what molded my crea-tive passion in art installations, photography, interior designing, poetry and paint-ing. I create just about anything which explains why I consider the British artist, Damien Hirst, insatiably influential.

My current project, INTERNAL MONOLOGUE, is a series of paintings that I start-ed in December 2021 in California where I’m currently based. I was motivated to start this project after going through some life-changing events that took a toll on my mental health. This ongoing body of work seeks to reconnect myself with the power of mindfulness. Every time I create, I pay attention to the “little voice” in my head and incorporate it as an integral part of my creative process. I’ve realized, so far, that by expressing on a canvas the inner conversations happening in my brain I am able to focus on “ME” and be more sensitive to my feelings and emotions. As a result, I achieve a certain level of self-actualization after creating a visual narrative of the monologues happening in my head. I am hoping that through this series I am able to provoke the viewers to listen to their inner voices and express creatively the essence of oneself.