Contemporary Philippine Arts

A Personal Concept of Heroism  in the Everyday Lif e           Sometimes  heroes  don’t certainly do something that’s big, sometimes even the small practices of doing good we call it as  a hero  and one does not have to save the world or win a gold medal just to call him or her a “hero”. Sometimes the greatest acts of heroism are the result of thousands of small acts that ripple out to affect millions. Example is when our neighbor who is a taxi driver, got a bag that is full of money, it is from the foreigner who is his passenger last night. Instead of keeping and using it for his own needs ,  he returned the money that the foreigner left and he went to the nearest police station and asked if someone complained that he lost his bag ,  then there it is ,  the foreigner cried because that’s his savings ,  the foreigner thank our neighbor and offered him a work in the other country. As you can see and ob...

RIZAL MONUMENT IN PLAZA DIVISORIA, CAGAYAN DE ORO 1. How is this monument different from other monuments of a neighboring town? Even though there are also Rizal Monuments located in Cagayan De Oro but this one in Plaza Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro is different from other monuments of neighboring town because Rizal doesn’t hold anything unlike the other monuments who were holding things like book and he is just standing there while doing gesture. Overall, the Rizal Monument in Plaza Divisoria is similar to the Rizal Monument in other neighboring town whom we reflect as our national hero. 2. What is the relationship of these monuments to the surrounding space and other structures within that space? Do they dominate the space? Or are they overshadowed just like in Luneta? For me the monument is overshadowed because if you will visit the place where it is located there are a lot of buildings was built and constructed around the area and it is higher or bigger th...