Monday, August 13, 2007

Grandpa's Friends

Handsome and well-chiseled faces, immaculate clothes...

La Mer II

The sea beckons like a mother to a child lost in the unfamiliarity and confusion of life. A magnetic, primeval attachment, an invinsible umbilical cord that binds us to our humble origins, an inextricable past... la mer as the French would call her, a matriarchal haven for distressed souls...

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Paco Park, 1974

Maynard, Nelson, Roy, myself, and Alfredo. There comes a time in one's life when you feel most invincible - failure or sickness or any ill event is hardly ever imagined. Success is certain and death is unknown or outside the sphere of existence...


Silent Beauty, Macatbong

Silent Beauty, Macatbong
The pond is teeming with freshwater fish. The trees in the background are home to brightly colored avians and occasional migratory birds. Ramos Pond is Eden revisited !