John Lautner, i know. Keith has mentioned his name before but Enric Miralles, no. Enric Miralles is supposed to be a spanish architect who's said to have designed one of the superb-looking cemeteries ever, and since this i DIDN'T know (him or any of his works), Keith was compelled to give me a 10-minute lecture the Igualada Cemetery (where he was also buried after he died of brain cancer at age 45) as example.
Lautner and Miralles came about because of this ilonggo house, which Keith said appears to have Lautner and Miralles elements on it, not to mention Le Corbusier's. (The house is really amazing, i hope you are able to access the link.)
Incidentally the mini-lecture led us to this picture of the Igualada cemetery detail. I hope you view the bigger version of the picture so you will get what i mean.
keith proceeded to tell me about gabion walls (can be seen in Igualada cemetery), which prompted us to discuss our concept for my granmother's tomb. he finally got what i mean when i said that i want grandma's tomb to look like it's encased/enveloped in stars at night. or like it's radiating light or floating among the stars.
something like that.
i wish i knew how to draft. or sketch things.
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Lautner and Miralles came about because of this ilonggo house, which Keith said appears to have Lautner and Miralles elements on it, not to mention Le Corbusier's. (The house is really amazing, i hope you are able to access the link.)
Incidentally the mini-lecture led us to this picture of the Igualada cemetery detail. I hope you view the bigger version of the picture so you will get what i mean.
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"Sobrang ganda! idol! 2004."
Had he wrote it in english, we wouldn't have known that a filipino has seen and has been to -- and actually loves -- this amazing architecture. and august happens to be Buwan ng Wika. So, happy buwan ng wika to all Filipinos out there!
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keith proceeded to tell me about gabion walls (can be seen in Igualada cemetery), which prompted us to discuss our concept for my granmother's tomb. he finally got what i mean when i said that i want grandma's tomb to look like it's encased/enveloped in stars at night. or like it's radiating light or floating among the stars.
something like that.
i wish i knew how to draft. or sketch things.
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My kid is almost 5 and he refuses to write his name still, more-so go to a "real" school. he's been enrolled to a play school for the last 3 years. I recently bought him a Grade 1 (for 1st grade) pad paper hoping to inspire him to put aside his dream of becoming a fine arts student majoring in Trucks and Heavy Equipment sketching, and start writing alphabets. It didn't go as well but so far, he has shown interest in writing the first letter of his name.
Tonight, in the middle of Keith's mini-lecture, he prodded us to help him draw a MIXER (yes, the heavy truck, heavy equipment massive concrete mixer truck) until it was too much to handle. Keith convinces him to believe that anything he draws, no matter how they remotely resemble what he [the kid] has in mind, is ART and ART is always beautiful, even when ugly. Our household's definition of art is not based on Imelda Marcos' definition, anyway. For a while he believed us and worked on his own. And since we said that anything he CREATES is art, he asked if he could borrow his tatay's dry seal. permission was granted. then he asked if it's art if he dry sealed his pad. permission was granted and we convinced him it is art. and he believed us. (and maybe smiled sheepily while dry sealing.)
"Nanay, is it art if i drew on our floor?"
To which his Tatay replied, "Of course it is art! but we will have trouble cleaning that." and hence, no permission was granted.
kids. Really.
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List of films that i've tried so far:
1. ykl fujicolor 100 -- cheapest so far
2. kodak gold 100 (colored)
3. kodak colorplus 200 (colored) -- will see what difference it has with 100.
4. kodak cn400 (black and white) -- didn't get to see the results since the processing said all the frames were "EXPOSED". one of these days i will post a picture of the actual almost unprocessed-looking film roll that they returned to me.
2 of my films rolls came back with most of the first half of the roll underexposed. i'm still trying to see if it's a camera problem, a film or a technique problem. And also because, processing people and printing centers ALWAYS assume that an underexposed frame = bad photograph. one processing center decided to throw the negatives of the underexposed frames to the can. luckily i was able to ask them in time for the developing lady to retrieve them before they got covered in more trash. Again, i amazed the developing lady by my interest in things that are not valuable and she gave me a fresh roll of kodak pro image 100 film. it's now in my fridge along with the 3 other kodak gold 100s that i keep as reserve. i am gradually adding to my number of film stocks because Keith has recently acquired his own film camera in the object of minolta x700.
i'm almost done with the kodak colorplus 200 roll. will post pictures soon.
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2. kodak gold 100 (colored)
3. kodak colorplus 200 (colored) -- will see what difference it has with 100.
4. kodak cn400 (black and white) -- didn't get to see the results since the processing said all the frames were "EXPOSED". one of these days i will post a picture of the actual almost unprocessed-looking film roll that they returned to me.
2 of my films rolls came back with most of the first half of the roll underexposed. i'm still trying to see if it's a camera problem, a film or a technique problem. And also because, processing people and printing centers ALWAYS assume that an underexposed frame = bad photograph. one processing center decided to throw the negatives of the underexposed frames to the can. luckily i was able to ask them in time for the developing lady to retrieve them before they got covered in more trash. Again, i amazed the developing lady by my interest in things that are not valuable and she gave me a fresh roll of kodak pro image 100 film. it's now in my fridge along with the 3 other kodak gold 100s that i keep as reserve. i am gradually adding to my number of film stocks because Keith has recently acquired his own film camera in the object of minolta x700.
i'm almost done with the kodak colorplus 200 roll. will post pictures soon.
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