12" x 9"
2004
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Amiel Gerald A. Roldan * July 8, 2000
Priorities seem to materialize as one matures enough to understand the many intricacies of life and develop their goals and aspirations.
Constantly realigning yourself in the ever chaotic turmoil of everyday decision-making has a sobering affect like a dunk in icy water.
We are not famous nor significant people to many but we constitute the norm and embody the traits of aspiring and self-worthy generation. We are the young artists.
The visibility of the young artists in the arts has been much on the minds of a lot of those expecting another phase in the Philippines art scene.
The younger people of the arts are geared up and expected to fill in the void. Here we should take in consideration that when these young people embody this vision of empowerment they should lead to the development and the continuation of what history has provided us for the Philippine arts. Young people tend to negate the history we inherit and null any advancement. Any major art contributions still remain fads or gimmicks of the age that as soon as is seen soaring would plummet back after the novelty wore off. Thus we remain reactionary in every action that we take and here we all lose. We remain as the rebels of the other cause and not the persons of worth we ought to be in practice. We should be aware of our history and particularly where we start from.
We have to visualize the idea and definition of the young artists to mean a person regardless of age or practice with a vision to improve the Philippine Arts to its full potential while striving to improve a worthy self to embody them. Redefining perceptions of the players is only one small step to rediscover our path. Creating appreciation, support and venues would propel the arts amidst it global brothers.
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