Anchoring on the project of modernity, Clement Greenberg argued that what saved art from its decay is its capacity for self-criticism. He took this self-referentiality as his basis for what he thinks art should be – art should be something that makes no references to anything other than itself. He emphasized this through paintings, he […]
On Taste and TikTok
Central to the argument of Montesquieu and Hume is the value of taste in aesthetic judgment – in a sense, taste is the judgment provided by our sensation to what is beautiful, pleasing, pleasurable or the other way around. Theorists would argue that it can be trained; that the senses can be manipulated, one can […]
BTS and the Inferno of the Same
In the third installation of art as imitation – Walter Benjamin has politicized art as it was emancipated from its cultic value, it has received exhibition value that would ultimately democratize art. Art is no longer for art’s sake rather it has lent itself to politics. In our discussion, the negative politicization of art can […]
Man has free will; thus, he has the capacity to decide and ultimately yield an action. Often, however, one is faced with a dilemma as to which faculty of the self shall take the steering wheel – reason or emotion. This concern is as ancient as the philosophers who attempted to provide us with solution […]
Vlogging Attempts (?)
Eto yung mga pagkakataon na naiisip ko nalang magvlog parang may kita don e sksksksk. Pero nakakatuwa rin naman pag napapanood mo vids, parang tanga e.
Langit at Mga Poste
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The word “culture” is derived from the Latin word “cultura” and Anglo-French word “cultus”, means “to cultivate”, and it is defined as “the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group”, it is remarked to be first used in the Middle English as in relation to cultivating lands (Merriam-Webster […]
Blog, Pipi, at Bingi Extension
Since this blog is created for educational purposes and it so happened that I posted some of my other works which are not required to be posted, it became my personal blog. But, I did not put anything too much personal here, I wrote those stuff in my personal journal which unfortunately is in Manila, […]
Is Sto. Nino ready?
MODULE III – SERRANO, JAIME II S. (L-AB-6) Masantol is a second class municipality from the fourth district of Pampanga, it is located in the riverbanks of Pampanga River (PSA, 2016). One of the barangays which compose the Municipality of Masantol is Barangay Sto. Nino – it is here where the public market is located […]