Karina Lagdameo-Santillan
A Filipina from Manila, Philippines. A longtime Humanist. A Creative Director and Advertising Communications professional for many years, she has been active in the Community for Human Development, facilitating workshops for personal and social change to help build a culture of peace, nondiscrimination and nonviolence. She is currently a freelance writer and a volunteer editor-writer for Pressenza in Asia.
Salamat, Silo
PERSONAL ESSAY May 4, 1969, more than 50 years ago, Silo gave his first public speech to some few hundred people high up in the Andes Mountains near Mount Aconcagua, entitled the Healing of Suffering. It was the first public exposition of his ideas, where he… »
Chris Wells: Three songs in the key of hope and joy
INTERVIEW/MUSIC https://cdn77.pressenza.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gentle-Little-Joy-Pr.mp3 Pressenza interviewed Chris Wells, one of the singer-songwriters and producer, featured in the album, Songs for Sala, released and available on bandcamp: https://salasongs.bandcamp.com/releases Chris Wells is a songwriter, actor, teacher and Siloist based in New York City. Karina L. Santillan: Could you… »
It all comes and goes
POEM The wind through the leaves The waves upon the shores The clouds crossing the skies The cyclones twirling across the land The petals that open and waft away… Nothing stays Nor remains the same In this temporal space. And so It is … »
Simple Joys on a Sunday Stroll
Image by StockSnap from Pixabay POEM On an early morning walk To the neighborhood bakery Fresh air, a light breeze A misty sprinkling of raindrops The thought of fresh-baked, warm pan de sal Butter melting on top A hot cup of coffee waiting at… »
When the Stars Descend from the Heavens
POEM Each day that comes into our lives Brings some beauty and some sorrows too. With the sun in its sky And the ground beneath our feet There, we go on With our lives, day by day. Then the night falls… »
Atlantics: Not your usual migrant story in Mati Diop’s award-winning film
FILM TIP Atlantics is Mati Diop’s first feature film for which she became the first black female director to vie for the Cannes Film Festival’s most coveted prize, the Palme d’Or. She was only one of four women accepted in the festival that year. The film… »
The three faces of Grace Nono: Filipina performing artist- ethnomusicologist-culture facilitator
Artist’s Profile Tracing the trajectory of Grace Nono’s career— As a performing artist and music producer… She worked on six painstakingly-crafted, multi-awarded, and high-profile solo albums that fused popular and traditional music styles. Tao Music, with songs about social issues like the exploitation of natural… »
The Stargazer
POETRY/ARTIFACT The shape of each life that has passed Through this tunnel of time Must mean something in the scheme of things If human beings leave behind bones, books Vases, paintings, all manner of artifacts Proof of existence and intention What are… »
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