#KASILAG

[charm715]

A fantasy to fuel humanity’s hope

What does it mean to be hopeful? Is it a delusion to get us going, or a fine promise for a better future? In Gabriel García Márquez’ short story, “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” we’re placed in a sleepy seaside town living the same day by day, until a corpse washes up on their shore, providing men and women alike with the wonder of what such life this attractive, albeit dead man had lived. This story shows humanity’s need to cling onto something perceptively greater, in order to feed and cultivate hope.

Before our story, we’re placed in a city where lives are driven by nothing but the repetitive chain of events in their routines. While the men of the village went to sea, the day they found Esteban, they did not. From the setting of our seaside location, many of the actions and observations built off of the fact that their lives as fishermen had been halted for a moment. 

When the drowned man is fished out on their shore, mistaken for a beached whale, the residents of the village scamper to think up what sort of life this man lived, coining him the name Esteban. Their thoughts and fantasies are driven by preconceived notions that were never denied or confirmed, showing their trust in what may not be true. They judged and admired based only on bias and adoration, theorizing about this man’s loneliness and the life he chased before death.

They part ways with Esteban, sending him into the ocean that he may one day wash back up again on their shore. This well-dressed handsome man affected him in ways such as that. The people of the village are of the working class and the moment Esteban is within their care, even the men take pause from work to clean the body and tend to it. Being mostly working/middle class, and they assume Esteban to be upper class, it demonstrated just how big their divide truly was, in stopping their work to admire.

We can say that common men who feel far away from their dreams entrust them to whatever objects they worship and admire, in order to inspire themselves. Coining Estevan as a rich man, dropping work in order to clean up an already dead man’s body, and disrupting the cycle of work in their repetitive town shows such… that man reaches for the stars, but needs the nudge of an idol to cement our own confidence.

References:

The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World. (n.d.). https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/423/MarquezHandsomestDrownedMan.htm

The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World: Study Guide | SparkNotes. (n.d.). SparkNotes. https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-handsomest-drowned-man-in-the-world/#:~:text=%22The%20Handsomest%20Drowned%20Man%20in,of%20a%20small%20fishing%20village.

[rose-bookblood]

You thought I wouldn't do this with the BBtS gang?

Every group has a:

socially anxious leader who can't mind her own business

ice queen who's actually this close to blowing up

mom friend who lies for a living

'be gay, do crime' mad mechanic

giant man who's actually a sweetie

muscle who's cursed or some shit

one half rocker, one half ballerina

token extrovert party girl (gender neutral)

cinnamon roll theatre kid

Bonus:

Tired™ mom with a gun

irresponsible dad, but at least he's funny

The “every friend group has…” thing but with your ocs

[marcomarasigan]

Article 1334 of the Civil Code provides:

"Mutual error as to the legal effect of an agreement when the real purpose of the parties is frustrated, may vitiate consent".

Requisites:

○ The error must be mutual;

○ It must be as to the legal effect of an agreement; and

○ It must frustrate the real purpose of the parties.

For example:

Pedro and Juan executed an agreement to contribute 50% each in purchasing the land of Roger because they will use it to set up a business. However, when they started to raise funds, they found out that the amount they have agreen upon is insufficient due to so many taxes to pay aside from the principal amount of Roger's land.

Question:

Can Pedro and Juan backout from their agreement?

Answer:

Yes, applying Article 1334 of the Civil Code, there was a mutual error between Pedro and Juan in a sense that they did not anticipate the other expenses that may arise from purchasing the land of Roger. That mutual error touched the legal effects of their agreement since they can no longer buy the land of Roger because of insufficiency of funds. Lastly, their real purpose is frustrated. Therefore, Juan and Pedro can backout from their agreement.

Kasilag vs. Rodriguez

Facts:

In the case of Kasilag vs. Rodriguez [69 Phil 217], the parties entered into a contract of mortgage of improvements on land acquired through homestead to secure a debt. Subsequently, a verbal contract was made where possession of the land was conveyed to Kasilag under certain conditions. The issue arose when it was contested whether Kasilag was a possessor in good faith.

Issue:

The main issue in the case was whether Kasilag should be considered a possessor in good faith based on his lack of knowledge regarding the contract of antichresis, as stated in Article 1334 of the Civil Code.

Rulings:

1. The court ruled that the possession by Kasilag and the reception of the land's fruits, elements of the contract of antichresis, were illegal and void due to the contract being a lien, prohibited by Section 116 of Act No. 2874.

2. Despite Kasilag's ignorance of certain legal aspects, the court held that excusable ignorance could be the basis of good faith. Kasilag's lack of knowledge about the provisions of the law was considered excusable, thus establishing his good faith in taking possession of the land.

3. Kasilag's actions were deemed to be in good faith based on his belief that he was not violating land alienation prohibitions. Therefore, he was considered a possessor in good faith and was given options regarding the improvements introduced on the land.

@judgeprincess

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Finals: Three Questions on the Resurfacing of Juan Luna's Long Lost Painting, "Hymen oh, Hyménée"

Enlightening myself about the history of Juan Luna's sentimental painting, "Hymen oh Hyménée," has been tumultuous learning, from its production during the artist's honeymoon, winning bronze in the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle, to the killing of his wife and mother-in-law due to a fit of jealousy, towards the rediscovery of another masterpiece that reminded Filipinos that we are and should be treated as equal in front of the world, especially in front of the western world, and how this piece tackles yet another or rather many questions about the equality of the whole not just being Filipino but acknowledging questions about oligarchy and its hands on the production and distribution of the arts.

As joyous as the nation about the artwork's reveal, I have felt disconnected- disconnected because knowing its early discovery and now with the super-rich, being lent to the Ayala Museum as a loan. I cannot stretch the fact that this new blog feels like the continuation of my previous blog, an issue that the media almost blatantly ignore the schemes of the super-rich.

Therefore, I ask these questions to help us ponder. And to think critically with context on ethics of the art patronages of the wealthy and art patronizing in general. 

Why wasn't the piece shown in 2014, when discovered?

According to Kasilag (2023), the piece was already discovered by Ponce in 2014, so why not then? What was the wait for a few more years before releasing it?

Was it testing the waters to see if this, if released on a specific date, such as on the date of our independence day from our Spanish colonizers, would garner more attention, thus improving the already thirsty market to skyrocket the original price Jaime Ponce de Leon paid for it? 

No doubt it's an ingenious strategy because of the state of the painting, and its painter, who is a historical figure and prominent in the propagandist movement. Media and the social world would be roused, such as us talking about it and writing it on blogs. We already see news articles poured out in the coming weeks of its reveal! And because of its historical background big named galleries would want a taste of the wedding. 

Why didn't Jaime Ponce de Leon donate it to the National Museum of the Philippines?

The question might be a personal one for the owner. But for a piece of Filipino history, one must ask. It feels as though this celebration of rediscovering history is a mockery, a facade for more marketing. Why was it loaned to Ayala Museum? 

Was it because the painting acquired from a foreign unnamed aristocratic family was just too much money? Thus it was loaned to the gallery acting as collateral. Or so that this lending scheme was to fund another chance to secure another art exhibition, so collectors and partnered private galleries would keep piling valuable works of art into their vaults or freeports? Letting the super-rich exceed their titles. 

Many more factors come into play that can rouse the critical mind into guessing, such as forms of tax avoidance, wherein art has been used to deduce taxable incomes. 

As much as we want to celebrate Filipino art and its history, its distribution to the world, and its prideful production, a Filipino once painted this painting amongst the land of their colonizers. I cannot stress the darker side of our arts, the institutional, the neoliberal mongering, and the inequality this brings to the people. Art that was supposed to mean everything to another was gatekept by the richest. 

The modern art world is a smokescreen for capitalist agendas and money-making schemes of the elite one percent. Now I cannot stop but attribute the boda romana to the commemoration of the partnership of Jaime Ponce de Leon with the Ayalas.

 What art is relevant today?

This a dreading question for a creative who wishes to create their innermost thoughts but is drowned in a culture of finance and hegemony. 

I ask this question not because of sheer curiosity about what's in trend, but to ponder why is this silent discourse not being put into the limelight. As I've thought of this question with the previous questions in mind, I couldn't help but be nauseated because relevancy is a firm driving factor for the mega-rich to decide which piece is next to be showcased. And it leaves me thinking of how much more hidden art is stored just because it wasn't the "right time."

I cannot help but think of how many artists and creatives will ask questions such as: which great artist is so prevalent that we should feature in Vogue? What content would get us a lot of clicks? Should we adapt this dominating nuance to be considered relevant? Is this indigenous cultural art selling? Oh, it's the disappointing truth that these are hypothetical questions probable in the current status of the art world.

Yes, art is a commercial product, but doesn't it also deserve recognition as part of our culture and identity? 

Retrieved from: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/06/11/2273024/juan-lunas-long-lost-masterpiece-unveiled-ayala-museum-multimedia-show. Headline by Lisa Guerrero Nakpil. Juan Luna’s long-lost masterpiece, ‘Hymen, oh Hyménée! (Roman Wedding)’

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Indeed it's a celebration of history. Also, it's a wedding for the rich.

To conclude, these questions reveal the sad truth that art is increasingly becoming merely for financial capital rather than social or cultural. May these questions be reflected on the status of our local artworks and their future. As a personal question for fellow scholars, critics, and creatives, who are you in this circulation of arts- are you the commodity or the Bayani?

Reference:

Kasilag, G. P. (2023, June 12). Finding Luna: Hymen, oh Hyménée comes home. Business World. https://www.bworldonline.com/arts-and-leisure/2023/06/12/528032/finding-luna-hymen-oh-hymenee-comes-home/

[dariaandjanelanefanboy]

Kasilag – Burlesque (1957) Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of…

Kasilag – Burlesque (1957) Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of…

[werewolvesandaccordions]

Kasilag – Burlesque (1957) Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of…

Kasilag – Burlesque (1957) Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of…

[tinas-art]

Kasilag – Burlesque (1957) Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of…

Kasilag – Burlesque (1957) Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of…

[hushilda]

Kasilag – Burlesque (1957) Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of…

Kasilag – Burlesque (1957) Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of…

[mikrokosmos]

Kasilag - Burlesque (1957)

Lately I have been doing a bad job of keeping up with composer birthdays. Yesterday was the birthday of Lucrecia Kasilag, who was a renowned pianist and composer from the Philippines. This short piano work is charming and fun, but is most interesting for its percussive writing and its use of modes and chromatics, giving it a somewhat “jazzy” feeling. As the title suggests, the piece is like a diversion, a moment of fun and spectacle, and the open fifths and fourths in the chords and light dissonances give this work a lot of color as we watch the main festive melody transform into a somber minor-pentatonic song.

[rose-bookblood]

Fireplace, night sky, soup ans sled for the winter ask game???

have a good day/night Rose!!!

(@ink-fireplace-coffee)

Hi, Carmen!

Send me a question from this winter ask.

🔥 Fireplace: what type of scene are you most comfortable writing? Emotional, action, dialogue-heavy?

Dialogue! I have a lot of fun writing banter or character interaction in general. They're a big part of all my work and, you know, the more you do something, the more comfortable at it you get.

🌟Night Sky: what are your writing goals for 2023? Or: how did you feel about your writing in 2022?

For the months of 2023, the goal is finish the second draft of RWR. Then, start revisions on book 1 of BBtS and also draft book 2. Jumping onto book 2 without even having written a second draft of book 1 seems crazy to me as well, but I decided to embrace chaos! I'm afraid if I remain hung up on book 1 for too long I'll get frustrated, and maybe this experiment will bring a new perspective, who knows.

As for my writing in 2022, I'm quite proud. I've made a ton of progress on my WIPs. Might be that I'm in a good writing and mental health phase, but the bad moments of this year don't evel feel real at the moment.

🍲 Soup: share a snippet where a character does something kind.

Here’s Travis making sure his partner gets a healthy dose of sugars during the investigation:

 A cozy silence enveloped the sitting room. Wrapped in a red plaid blanket, Josephine glanced at the park outside the window. A carpet of brown and orange leaves covered the withering grass and a fine drizzle blurred the view into a leaden haze.

Travis made his entrance in the room, a charcoal curl falling on his forehead. He carried a steaming cup of hot chocolate in each hand. He sat on the sofa beside Josephine and handed her one of them. She tilted her head as a thank you and held it to savor the heat. The scent of cinnamon tickled her nostrils.

“Great idea.”

Travis smiled and clinked his mug against hers in a toast. “You have the best partner in the world.”

“And the most humble too.”

Josephine sipped her hot chocolate to hide the upward curve of her lips.

🛷 Sled: how has your writing process changed this year? Or: are you going to try anything new in your process in 2023?

I think this year my writing process consolidated. I found a method that works for me, and in 2022 I had the chance to test and develop it.

For sure, in 2023 I'll have to try revision! Going from the first to the second draft of RWR was kind of a special case, so I haven't really revised anything yet. BBtS will be the first project I actually revise.

Thanks for the ask!

@ink-fireplace-coffee

[ccp-visualarts]

The CCP collections, now on your screens!

The two other significant collections which the VAMD manages are the Museo ng Kalinangang Pilipino Collection and the Collection of Asian Traditional Musical Instruments which are both housed at the permanent exhibit space in the 4th floor of the CCP Main Theater Building.

In case you missed the announcement from CCP Website or CCP Facebook Page, this same area will be the location of the inaugural exhibit of 21AM, which is a new museum that the CCP is working towards. Be sure to watch out for it!

The Museo ng Kalinangang Pilipino Collection showcases significant Filipino artistic traditions and explores the development of Philippine art and aesthetics in the socio-cultural context. The Collection of Asian Traditional Musical Instruments, on the other hand, includes various traditional musical instruments that were acquired from 1969 to 1986 through donations to the CCP by the countries represented: Indonesia, Japan, China, and Korea. The Philippine musical instruments were donated by National Artist for Music Dr. Lucrecia R. Kasilag (1918-2008), a former president of the CCP.

What’s your favorite experience inside the Museo ng Kalinanang Pilipino? Share them in the comments section below! We’d love to hear from you!

[rethdis-love]

Hello, my name is Caslag.One of your super fans.I like all your poses very much.I am from China I want to share your mods to Chinese people .I promise I will write your name and your link on it. I hope you can authorize me. This will make more people like your work. Because this is a Google translation, please forgive me for any mist

Hello and thank you! You can reblog and give my links, of course! And do not apologize for the mistakes, English is also not my native language and I also use Google translator. Have a nice day!

[nicanorabelardo-official]

Weekly Filipino Art Music Feature #9 “Intermezzo” Piece for violin and piano Lucrecia Kasilag (1918-2008) Composed 1957

About time to feature something by a woman composer. :) Kasilag in particular was very influential in the development of Filipino modern art music. She especially composed pieces fusing Western art music forms with local musical forms, specifically through incorporating local instruments in the ensemble. Though, I’d reckon people here would most likely have heard of her through the pre-show chimes in CCP, which is based off her Prelude Etnika.

For now, I’m featuring something from her that’s neither that. This one’s a modernistic piece for violin and piano.

[flexingtyger99]

Thomas Wayne | Earl Vincent Kasilag

[jessasmiley]

More than a year has passed and I’m finally able to post something here on my blog. I’ve been very with teaching and photography that’s why I can’t catch up with writing hehe. So I’ll be updating few things about what happened to me during my so called ‘hiatus’.

Last school year was a blast and I’ve had the best set of students and parents. They were very loving and supportive. So many have happened and we’ve made different sorts of memories together. During the first months with them, they always follow the rules, but as we get closer to each other, they become hard headed, the usual kind of students. They made me angry, annoyed, made me shout, made me almost (but I didn’t) cry. Despite that, they made up for what they’ve done -cleaned the classroom willingly for almost (just) a week and  prepared a surprise to reconcile with me. And oh, I love their letters and fanarts of my faceeeee.😂 I’ll be uploading photos of them before I meet my new set of students.

Regarding my travel stories, we went to Batangas last May 2018 and I was able to see Taal Volcano up close (sort of😅) nah it’s still far😅. But the roads going there were scary because of rerouting so we had to pass through a very narrow road with sharp curves that are almost 70-90 degrees inclined😱! (don’t know if I explained it well😅).

I also had the chance to travel to Bohol and ride a plane since my first time last April 2014. I saw the famous Tarsier and Chocolate Hills, we even went to Panglao beach and did island hopping. I wish to get back there ASAP!😁😎

  My latest travel was in Bataan and Batangas. We went to Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar where you can fund old Filipino houses that was bought by Mr. Jerry Acuzar from different parts of the country and transferring it to Bataan piece by piece – I’ll explain further on my next post hehe 😉. We also enjoyed the island hopping. 😎

  On the other hand, we went for a swim in Laiya, Batangas and we’ll be coming back there this May 28.

  These days, I’m busy watching Korean dramas like He is Psychometric, Waikiki Season 2, Her Private Life, and The Abyss.  I’m also having trouble with sleeping, and I’m worried because school will start within two weeks and my biological clock isn’t working properly. I think I need to go camping and leave my phone to adjust my sleeping habits huhu.💔

This is it for now. I’ll be posting more details of my ‘adventures’ I was in my hiatus.😊

P.S.

I got married❤ and gained a lot of weight💔!

  P.P.S.

Here are more photos of what I did during my break. 😁🙋

  Back from Hiatus: What Happened to Me? More than a year has passed and I'm finally able to post something here on my blog.

[spidermannotes]

Spider-Man

by Earl Vincent Kasilag

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