“Visiting the Well of Memories are not only important reminders of one’s Ancestral past, but also varied displays of one’s origin, where Rivers stream to the vast Great Ocean."
Deep Reflections of cellular, Ancestral Memory. (Antique church made out of corals in Ticad, Bantayan, off of Northern Cebu, Philippines)
Gifts from the Ocean (Catmon, Cebu, Philippines, the author’s birth place)
A very old theatre (Ticad, Bantayan). The lower floor has become a store. Stories from the author’s late parents and grandparents were told.
Connotes the interrelatedness of all Life; A native banig (mat) made out of dried pandan leaves. (Zamboanga del Norte Southern Philippines)
Poetry is coming home. (By the seashore in Catmon, Cebu, Philippines)
Native medicinal plant grown in Bantayan Island, Philippines
Afternoon relaxation in Catmon, Cebu mesmerized by the Great Ocean’s nurturing quality that speaks of Ancestral, oceanic memory.
To lose myself in this water current is to find myself (Binaliw Springs, Sogod, Cebu, Philippines)
Hand-made sword and headdress for Sagayan Healing/Warrior Dance made by Datuan Kalanduyan (Cotabato, Southern Philippines)