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Las Casas Filipinas: Cast into the 18th Century

13:14 / BY Lavina
Merry Merry Christmas to you all!! :D Just recently, in celebration of my parents' 29th anniversary, my family and I took an overnight trip to Bataan, specifically to a resort named Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar. The resort, still in the process of completion, is a fantastic collection of 18th century Spanish-style houses, true replicas of structures found scattered across the archipelago.  The place is about four to five hours away from Manila; we left...

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Marco Mazzoni: Pencil Magic

10:44 / BY Lavina
I recently bought Vol. 20 of Hi-Fructose, a contemporary art magazine, because of the striking artwork featured on this issue's cover: Flipping through the pages, I discovered that this artwork, what I thought to be an oil or acrylic painting, is actually the result of color pencils! :O  Marco Mazzoni is an artist set on proving the excellence of the one medium that is considered "childish", and the works he produces are nothing short of...

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