Reflection Paper

The documentary produced by Jesuit communication "Sa Duyan ng Sining" features the
Filipino artists Kidlat Tahimik, Julie Lluch, Levi Celerio, Leonor Orosa Goquingco, and
Lucio San Pedro. In the documentary on some of the most prominent contemporary
Filipino artists.
The first Filipino artist to be featured in the documentary is Levi Celerio. Celerio was
born in Tondo Manila, he started playing violin when he was 11 years old and he is a
scholar in Academy of Music in Manila. He is amazing and resourceful person he used
the Leaf as a musical instrument and because of that he was awarded on the Guinness
Book of Records for playing music using leaves and also he wrote lyrics for more than
4,000 Filipino folk, Christmas and love songs, including many that became movie titles
and finally He was awarded the title of national artist for music and literature in 1997
by Philippines President Fidel Ramos. But before he earned that succession in life, Levi
Celerio, had his left hand injured when he was just a child due to climbing up a tree. The
reason why he did because he was following his father, the day his father abandoned
him and his mother.That's also the reason why in every show he couldn't play for a long
period of time.
The second artist featured is Lucio San Pedro. Lucio San Pedro was born in Angono,
Rizal. He studied the banjo, bandurria, and Octavian which inspired him to become a
serious musician. Lucio is popular for his contributions to the field of Philippine music
such as the lullaby a "Sa Ugoy ng Duyana", made with another National Artist for Music,
Levi Celerio, and the symphonic poem "Lahing Kayumanggia". He composed many
different types of music including symphonic, band, vocal, choral, theater, chamber and
movie, all of which boast Filipino pride and soul. Before he became famous in his field,
he studied harmony and orchestration and took advanced composition training in the
Netherlands and became a teacher in various universities like Ateneo de Manila
University, College of Music of the University of the Philippines, Diliman and many
more.
The third artist was Leonor Orosa a Filipino national artist in creative dance and was
born in Jolo, Sulu. She took graduate courses in theater craft, drama and music, Her pen
name was Cristina Luna and she was known as Trailblazer, Mother of Philippine
Theater Dance and become a great choreographer is because she knew the Philippines
thoroughly. Orosa-Goquingco has received numerous awards, among them the
Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award, 1961; the Rizal Centennial Award,1962; Art
and Culture Guide award and Republic Cultural Heritage Award, 1964; Presidential
Award of Merit, 1970; Tandang Sora Award, 1975; and the Columbia University Alumni
Association Award, 1975.
The fourth artist is Julie Lluch. Her highly personal art finds perfect expression in
Philippine indigenous clay to which she refers as a most "sensuous and pleasurable"
feminine medium. At the forefront of the national women's movement in the area of
culture and the arts, Julie helped form the feminist group Katipunan ng Kababaihan para
sa Kalayaan (KALAYAAN) together with women writers, activists and intellectuals in
1983. For her excellent work setting high standards in the field of Philippine sculpture
and for enhancing women's position in our society, Julie Lluch has been duly
recognized. Among her awards are: Thirteen Artists Award given by CCP, Outstanding
Citizenship in Art given by City of Iligan (1992), Most Outstanding Woman Artist
awarded by Quezon City Government (1995), Sining at Kalinangan Award sa Araw ng
Manila, given by the City of Manila (1997).
And lastly, the story of Kidlat silent or also known as "Eric De Guia". He changed his
name to Lightning. With his wife's name starting with K (Katrin). He is a movie director,
writer and actor whose films are commonly associated through their critiques of
neocolonialism with the Third Cinema movement. He received various awards in the
Philippines as a national artist and a great film maker, following his successes in Europe
and the U.S., and even with the precarious situation in the Philippines, Kidlat decided to
resettle in Baguio with his family. The environment of violence that greeted Kidlat upon
his arrival moved him to make a more explicitly political film. But Tahimik's 4-story
home in Benguet, Philippines burned down in February of 2004. The family was able to
escape safely, but the director's film stock and collection of art and artifacts were
destroyed. Overall, because of this video documentary I became inspired and to think of
it if I will become an artist, I chose to be a painter, I love painting people's facial
expressions, gestures, and emotions. I also love colors and light and being able to create
with my hands. When I paint, I feel like I'm solving a problem or creating an idea that
didn't exist before or maybe I can be in the field of photography, I am the type of person
who loves to travel a lot and capture the moment by taking pictures of it.