THE GALLERY

The full collection of artworks by the MMA students who kindly participated in our FGDs, and our project as a whole.

by AJ. "Naramdaman ko na importante pala ako sa mundong ito. Napapakinggan, nagiging magandang example sa ibang tao kaya ayun, mas prefer ko ang “Thank you”. Pero syempre, okay din “I love you.”

by NS. "Yung grief parang kang nasa limbo, nasa void, and yung ginagawa ko to kanina naalala ko lang yung mga time na mag-isa lang ako."

by SB. "May araw na hindi okay, may araw na okay. Tinatry kong tumingin sa positive side ng mga bagay, like kahit na maliliit na bagay, ganun. Na, it's not that bad at all. Then waves din kasi peaceful pakinggan."

by A. "Parang 'di mo naman siya nakikita pero tayo as a person, lahat tayo parang isang magtataho na mukha tayong masaya lagi."

by M. "Cinut-out ko yung part ng father ko. Kasi kung co-cover up ko parang dinedeny ko existence niya, ganun parang sama ng loob pero parang reconciled naman sakin may parts na 'di ko na maiiba ganun pero may parts na 'di ko na mababalik."

by D. "Kapag uuwi na dun mo mafefeel yung sorrow and like yung emptiness ba ng street. And yung lights nakakadagdag ng bigat, yung color niya."

by V. "It’s not just the bright colour sa labas. It’s also a grey fog during that state of grief. There are also shades of blue and purple sa may faces, to represent how you feel very battered and blue, so I wanted to add purple to make it look like — by V. "It’s not just the bright colour sa labas. It’s also a grey fog during that state of grief. There are also shades of blue and purple sa may faces, to represent how you feel very battered and blue, so I wanted to add purple to make it look like bruises."

by MP. "Parang walking aimlessly, nagd-drag down sila ng heavy part nila, and they can’t think properly because marami silang mga levels of denial, anger, like that."

by SA. "Sky, kumbaga, kasi peaceful. Tapos clouds kasi peaceful at malambot. Nanlalambot ka rin kapag nag-gigrieve ka. Double-edge sword. Tapos may swirls dito that are similar to a rainbow, pastel shades, kasi mas magaan sa pakiramdam."

by G. "Yung visual cue ng orbs or anything na container, hindi siya negative in a way na, hindi dark kasi yung orb nag-goglow pero versatile siya, even bad memory pwede i-carry din eh. Hindi siya inherently negative or positive."

by N. “You are the a mosaic of all the of all the person you ever met.” Nageevolve ka as a person, so yung lahat ng experiences mo or lahat ng natutunan mo, parang konektado yun sa kung saan kung kanino ka man nag-gigrieve. Kahit wala siya paligid mo — by N. “You are the a mosaic of all the of all the person you ever met.” Nageevolve ka as a person, so yung lahat ng experiences mo or lahat ng natutunan mo, parang konektado yun sa kung saan kung kanino ka man nag-gigrieve. Kahit wala siya paligid mo, physically, parang sinusurround niya naman yung sarili mo with the learnings and the memories."

by Y. "Element na ginamit ko mga flowy na lines. Ginamit ko yung idea na 'to, kasi gusto ko ipakita na parang continuous siya. Referring siya sa next part ng life, tuloy tuloy lang."

by MS. "I was thinking what she would want me to do, what would she want right now. And, maybe I made it out of the fact that if she were still alive, she would be just looking through something very beautiful, kasi mahilig siya flowers."

by VI. "Nilagyan ko lang ng quote. Galing sa Paradise Lost. “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” Katulad ng sinabi ko kanina, pwede ka parin tumingin sa positive. Open parin naman sa improvements. K — by VI. "Nilagyan ko lang ng quote. Galing sa Paradise Lost. “The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” Katulad ng sinabi ko kanina, pwede ka parin tumingin sa positive. Open parin naman sa improvements. Kahit 'di ako nag-coconform sa ginagawa nila, di ko kailangan maki-sabay."

by. S "A jumbled mess of lines to show how loud, how flowing, how happy this conversation is going. The gradient goes from red to cream, and the squiggle of the lines starts being confusing, almost flowing erratically. Grief could be shown through s — by. S "A jumbled mess of lines to show how loud, how flowing, how happy this conversation is going. The gradient goes from red to cream, and the squiggle of the lines starts being confusing, almost flowing erratically. Grief could be shown through shades, grayish. I had the artistic liberty of adding a little bit of light still reflecting on their face, still seeing all of this. You were still there, but as you think about the future, how this is going to be gone soon, his thoughts and emotions on the back get jumbled up even more."

by VE. "It's a person facing a mirror. These are the other people around them. The person is trying to become like the others. pero andun pa rin yung parang grief niya, yung sadness niya. The color red represents confusion, kaya may mga jumbled somet — by VE. "It's a person facing a mirror. These are the other people around them. The person is trying to become like the others. pero andun pa rin yung parang grief niya, yung sadness niya. The color red represents confusion, kaya may mga jumbled something diyan. Pero as you look closely, if you squint your eyes, there are words written inside the jumbled stuff," "I am not enough," "Outcast," "I want to..."

by JS. "Tao siya. Blue kasi malungkot. They are grieving, they are sad. Kahit na sad siya, meron pa rin siyang ilaw. Tapos messy, kasi maraming emotions na na-fefeel. Wonky yung perspective, kasi, to make it more parang disorienting. Alam mo yung pan — by JS. "Tao siya. Blue kasi malungkot. They are grieving, they are sad. Kahit na sad siya, meron pa rin siyang ilaw. Tapos messy, kasi maraming emotions na na-fefeel. Wonky yung perspective, kasi, to make it more parang disorienting. Alam mo yung panaginip na you're falling down? Tapos, they're casting a long shadow."

by VN. " I always experience grief, because I’m transgender. Tuwing titingin ako sa salamin, parang I kind of grieve na I could be this, but ayoko namang ganun. It's like you're trying to think of what you could have had. I could have been like just — by VN. " I always experience grief, because I’m transgender. Tuwing titingin ako sa salamin, parang I kind of grieve na I could be this, but ayoko namang ganun. It's like you're trying to think of what you could have had. I could have been like just a regular girl, but male din ako. I’m grieving that."

by CN. "It's just lines. They connect to each other, but they don't lead anywhere. I think yung idea ko nun is that grief is constant and that every step you take, sometimes it feels like you're going in circles. Like, whatever you try to do, anythin — by CN. "It's just lines. They connect to each other, but they don't lead anywhere. I think yung idea ko nun is that grief is constant and that every step you take, sometimes it feels like you're going in circles. Like, whatever you try to do, anything you do at all, you always end up in the same position, no matter how much you put them out."

by IM. "My artwork is a five-step process, katulad ng five stages of grief. Nagsimula ako with diretsong strokes lang pababa, that's denial. Kasi in denial ako sa ginagawa ko. Bargaining, sa second part, I was trying to form a face at some point. The — by IM. "My artwork is a five-step process, katulad ng five stages of grief. Nagsimula ako with diretsong strokes lang pababa, that's denial. Kasi in denial ako sa ginagawa ko. Bargaining, sa second part, I was trying to form a face at some point. Then, anger. Medyo naiinis ako at some point during this, which you can see from the messier lines. Then, sadness. May parts dito na lumalabas na yung medyo flowy lines, kasi wala na, sad na ako eh. The final part is acceptance na ganito na lang siya, hindi na magbabago. Ginawa ko na lang siyang airplane. Kasi ang grief, kailangan bitawan. Bibitawan ko 'to pagkatapos kong gawin yung airplane."

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AJ ∙ NS ∙ SB ∙ A ∙ M ∙ D ∙ V ∙ MP ∙ SA ∙ G ∙ N ∙ Y ∙ MS ∙ VI ∙ S ∙ VE ∙ JS ∙ VN ∙ CN ∙ IM —

A special thank you to all the MMA students who participated in our FGDs. This project wouldn’t be possible without all your help and your willingness to open up and be vulnerable.

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