Latest works
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The flowers in the cracks
“The flowers in the cracks” are my watercolor paintings, preparing for our creative book club last month (we read The Secret Garden). They were painted on a bright, fresh day with a dash of spring rains – perfect timing for… Continue reading
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2 feminine 2 function
Upon the stage at the Antwerpen Sportpaleis, Florence Welch cuts a striking, fiery-headed figure in a sea of smoke and lights and glowing devices. In rippling black robes and bare feet, she floats from end to end of the platform,… Continue reading
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One small day, I found it
“One small day, I found it” was created from loose items of a 2025 wedding invite from a dear friend: a wax seal, ribbon, and dried baby’s-breath. Later, I added a plastic butterfly charm from broken earring. This poem was… Continue reading
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Growing up with a messy sense of place
Alternate title: “Seventh Senseless: The UnManila Girl Diaries.“ The funny thing about growing up in Quezon City, Metro Manila is this curious, implacable sensation that no one is from here — or so it seemed to me. So many people… Continue reading
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Ang kwentong malansa ni Aling Isda
Ang hindi magmahal sa kanyang salita / mahigit sa hayop at malansang isda. Sa Aking Mga Kabata, 1868 The famous quote, often attributed to Jose Rizal, recently washed back up on the shore of my thoughts like a floundering aquatic… Continue reading
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Buggy ethics, part 2: Arthropod agency
This post is the second of a two-part series “Buggy ethics,” wherein I explore ethics, morality, and the insect-human eco-cultural relationship. This second part features an essay I worked on in July 2023 for an environmental philosophy elective, lightly edited… Continue reading
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Buggy ethics, part 1: The first win for insect rights?
For the first time in the world, in Provincia de Satipo, Perú, a group of insects have been declared subjects of legal rights by a local government. In October 2025, Amazonian stingless bees within the Avireri-Vraem Biosphere Reserve were granted… Continue reading
