I realized recently that when I think of my art projects as "doodles" instead of Projects™️, the perceived stakes go down and mistakes are suddenly tolerable, acceptable even, and I can keep going enough to finish the "doodle"
Now I have a whole *portfolio* of "mistake-riddled doodles"
And also the unhinged audacity to think I can expand that into a mistake-riddled career
Anyway heres todays doodle-in-progress, details in alt 🌾
#womenartists #philippines #filipinoamerican #filipinoartists
New Substack! 😎📔
The Zoot Suit: A Marker of Men's Self-Expression
https://maskulinitypod.substack.com/p/the-zoot-suit-a-marker-of-mens-self?r=5jv6zj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
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#fashionisresistance #masculinity #mensfashion #blackdandyism #dandyism #fashion #menswear
#suit #suits #tailoredstyle #tailoredclothes #blackmen #latino #mexicanamerican #filipinoamerican #zootsuit #drapesuit #zootsuitriots #tsotsi #gaga #sapeurs #blackmasculinity #podcast #manhood #masculinitypodcast
We came to the US when I was less than a year old. When I was about 6, I came to the wise conclusion that we were in America now and thus had to be "Americans". This was in an age where assimilation into the melting pot (vs. adding additional flavor to the salad) was the norm. So I proudly told my parents about this seismic shift in my diet.
At a Filipino party that weekend, my dad called for me to tell his kababayans (fellow countrymen) the thing I had told him earlier that week. With all eyes on me, I proudly proclaimed, "We're in America now - I'm not eating rice anymore!" The room exploded in laughter and I walked out confused.
That swearing off of rice didn't last long, maybe a couple of days. And as I've gotten older, I've realized that Filipino food - including rice - is an important way for me to stay connected to my roots, and I encourage the younger generations in my family - even as they enjoy food from around the world - to stay connected via our food.
When I'm traveling for days and weeks at a time, I'll regularly seek out a Chinese or Thai restaurant to get some rice. Eat Meditate Live recently spoke about homesick foods. For me, it's rice.
Lately, I've been trying to eat better and have cut down my rice consumption. In the Philippines, rice is served with every meal - breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In a Filipino home, there is always cooked rice - either in the rice cooker or in the fridge waiting to be microwaved.
It's quite a shift in mindset to sit down for dinner with a nice piece of salmon or steak and not have rice filling a third or half of the plate. It just feels wrong but I'm getting used to it. As this article suggests, it's often 25% of my plate. And sometimes I skip it altogether. I'm not giving it up again though, it's just too good.
#Philippines #FilipinoFood #FilipinoAmerican #Immigrant #Immigrantlife
Filipina-Led Reality Show ‘Manila Matriarchs’ Confirms Cast, Includes Singer-Actress Karylle Tatlonghari-Yuzon
#News #BreakingNews #FilipinoAmerican #JCreativeEntertainment #ManilaMatriarchs
#FilipinoAmerican Chelsea Manalo became the 1st #BlackWoman to be crowned #MissUniversePhilippines.
Born to a #Filipino mother & #AfricanAmerican father, her win was celebrated on SM as helping to “shatter” traditional #BeautyIdeals long held in the country.
Manalo’s win is part of a wider conversation about #diversifying notions of beauty in the #Philippines, a country where certain #WesternIdeals have long persisted, shaped in part by the country’s #colonial past.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/05/24/style/chelsea-manalo-miss-universe-philippines-intl-hnk
Actor-Director Chris Soriano’s ‘The Master Chief: Subic Bay’ Confirms August Shoot, Actress Heart Evangelista Set To Appear
#News #AmazonPrimeVideo #AppleTV #BreakingNews #ChrisSoriano #FilipinoAmerican #HeartEvangelista #TheMasterChief
https://deadline.com/2024/05/chris-soriano-master-chief-subic-bay-navy-1235911400/
Excited to share that the full video covering the #FilipinoKomiks Marketplace held at @cartoonart is now live on YouTube! 🎉
It was an awesome gathering of #filipino & #filipinoamerican #comic #artists, #publishers, #creators. Check it out!
Issue #136 of Eulipion Outpost is up, where I get disillusioned with selling art online, and start using only brush and ink. Also: Here & Now, Art, Kenneth Tan + Lola Crescenciana, Michael deMeng, Open Studios 2024, Solar Punk Stories, Mark Young, Olafur Arnalds, et al.; Washburn & Hunkin, et al.; and Bandit.
Thank you #FilAm kasamas :neocat_heart:
https://yt.chaotic.ninja/watch?v=nXU4xt6xAO0
#Philippines #EDSA #EDSArevolution #EDSA1 #FilipinoAmerican #Filipino #PeoplePower #Pinoy @pinoy@chirp.social @pinoy@a.gup.pe
Marketing Agency J Creative Entertainment Launches Production Arm To Champion AAPI Stories
#News #BreakingNews #FilipinoAmerican #JCreativeEntertainment #JPMallo #JustynReyes
https://deadline.com/2024/02/j-creative-entertainment-aapi-filipino-production-arm-1235831541/
Latest issue of Eulipion Outpost (#127) is up, "Still Life with Ebike and Garlic Fried Rice." https://jeanvengua.substack.com #artists #culture #ebikes #music #filipinoamerican
Issue 5 of Commonwealth Cafe is up, featuring "Urban and Rural Chinatowns," urban "renewal," and much more. Https://commonwealthcafe.substack.com
Image: vintage cartoon drawing of a snorting, kicking carabao. #archives #AAPI #chinatown #salinas #sanfranciso #asianamerican #filipinoamerican #japaneseamerican
you’ve probably seen this norman rockwell painting before called “freedom from want,” but did you know that it had an accompanying essay by a Filipino American writer?
the essay was written by Carlos Bulosan, probably the most renowned Filipino American novelist and poet. you can read it here: https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/12/carlos-bulosans-freedom-want/
#FilipinoAmerican #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth #FAHM #TootSEA
Issue #117 of Eulipion Outpost, "Autumn Reset," is up! https://jeanvengua.substack.com Featuring Sakada stowaways, Macintosh suits, Artist Studio Tours, #Monterey #Jazz Fest, "grass 'n roll" (music), and links to some very interesting artists and musicians.
#newsletters #artists #culture #sounds #filipinoamerican
Eulipion Outpost #115 is out with Six Questions for #FilipinoAmerican artist Edward M. Corpus, who is from Carmel Valley, CA. Also links to fantasy author Robin Hobb, museum and art gallery angst (3 articles), Allison Parrish on LLM and poetry, FreeSkool Santa Cruz classes, JC Jazz Crew, Taga Jazz Collective, and Shapaley raps about tsampa. #artists #newsletter #culture #jazz #rap
