How to Watercolor Animals for a Baby Room (or How to Do Art After Not Doing It for a Long Time)
My wife and I are expecting our second child in a few weeks! I haven’t updated this website for a long time, …
How to Make a Mother’s Day Flower Painting with a Baby
I’ve never liked still life paintings of flowers or fruit. They’ve always looked boring to me and lifeless— invoking those dull days …
“Abide” in Baybayin Calligraphy
I haven’t done calligraphy for a while. I’ve been focusing on my academic medicine career and solidifying life as a husband and …
“First lived” Photo Series
On October 21, 2019 our first child was born. It’s been a week since his birth and my wife and I have …
July Blessing Rounds – Maternity Care, Filipino Rap, Anime
It’s been a wild few months due to work and life events– and so we are due for a sizable update. This …
March Blessing Rounds – Filipinos, Medicine, & Culture
This past month for me has been a barrage of lessons God is teaching me on health and identity. I’ve been given …
February Blessing Rounds – Art, Medicine, & Life
There’s something intricate and mysterious about joy. Whenever I find my self most happy the most natural next action is praise and …
How to Make an Andy Warhol Portrait Painting
We recently made a weekend trip to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to visit a friend and found out that the city was home to …
Examining Princess Mononoke: Death, Medicine, and the Direct Address
What makes a person not waver in front of death? One of the best parts about movies, literature, and art in general …
Logographing the Moon
Buwan Many poems of indigenous Filipino tribes contain imagery of the moon. Below is a poem (ambahan) of the Hanunoo people from Antoon Postma’s Treasure …