The Homecoming of Henri Cainglet

Henri Cainglet has come a long way.

The bold, textured abstractions in his paintings and sculptures have topped the bill in countless, distinguished art exhibitions and competitions here and abroad. His piercing, fertile imagination has kept him moving, then, sojourning, from one international city to another, from Manila to Singapore to New York to Amsterdam to New Delhi to Berlin to Kuala Lumpur and back.

Eskrima: More than just sticks

It is said that concealed in the absolute darkness of moonless nights, with only the bright, red, glowing embers of the tips of their sticks as signs of animation, they would practice and pass on their arcane skill in an esoteric art. But only to those who they deemed worthy to learn.

Arya!

His model ships have sailed off faraway places, bringing with them treasures that smell of rice fields and banana plantations.

The House of the (Creative) Spirits

I clambered up the steps of Casa Rocha-Suarez to catch up with my friends who were already up on the caida of the house-cum-heritage-center during the tour component of the 1st International Conference on Heritage Houses and Vernacular Architecture. But as I was about to step onto the stairway myself, my feet freely trod on nimbly as though the very soul of the house came whispering into my ear: ssllohhww-lhy.