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My niece in bike gear regalia for her ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. Helmet courtesy of her Uncle Josh, and entire outfit including bike gloves and sunglasses courtesy of her Auntie Elsa. She looks good in my clothes. I like to make sure she's appropriately dressed for the occasion. #BikeAdventures #GoldenGateBridge #MorenaBeauty

Getting lost in these corridors of former lives. #maze

Teamed up with Manila-based artist, Ina Nolasco, @inadoodles, for this latest piece, “Happenstance.” LINK IN BIO. For @willerierazote, who I haven't seen since our little tête-à-tête snorkeling in the sea. "We swam for a good while when I opted to chase the fish rather than them chase me for food. It’s hard to say how long we had been out there. The simple act of swimming with the fish could’ve taken twenty minutes or forty. Every second seemed swallowed as we focused on the fish that swarmed all around in colorful explosions. There was also a magic about the ocean and the intimacy that water can bring when you’re in it with someone else, drawing a fear and longing, maybe because to be completely submerged subconsciously reminds us of that original haven of floating in our mother’s watery womb. Willerie suddenly felt like a birth twin. We could’ve been in that water forever, until tired arms and tired legs remind us of our mortality, forcing us back to shore." #Coincidence #Fate #Friendship #Ocean #FemaleTraveler #Snorkeling #Sisterhood #Motherland #OlangoIsland #Cebu #PinayWriter #PinayArtist #AllPinayEverything

***UPDATE: In the spirit of Allen Ginsberg, I recorded "Howl" as it should be listened to as it was 63 years ago when Ginsberg first unveiled "Howl" to an audience at a poetry reading. Hope you have a listen to this Pinay's 21st century version. 👊🏽 * * On the 63rd Anniversary of "Howl." My version of "Howl" can be read and listened to at https://slicingtomatoes.com/2017/09/29/howl/. * * * In the days leading up to October 7, 1955, postcards circulated in San Francisco inscribed with the slogan, “6 poets at 6 Gallery.” The Six Gallery was a run-down art gallery at 311 Fillmore Street, and the six poets were: Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Gary Snyder, and one unknown poet from the East Coast, Allen Ginsberg. * * Organized by Ginsberg and his good friend Jack Kerouac, the poetry reading became one of the most notorious literary events of the 1950s. Wine flowed freely from jugs and crowds cheered during the reading. It was in this energized atmosphere that the twenty-nine-year-old Ginsberg, having published little up to that point, unveiled an early version of his poem, “Howl," to a mesmerized audience whose relentless cheers of “Go! Go! Go!” brought him to tears by the end of the performance. * * * So, here's my version of "Howl" that I had written during my first week in Portugal during summer 2017 on a writing prompt assigned by the gracious Denise Duhamel of DISQUIET, when my husband and I, jetlagged, both couldn’t sleep in our Rossio apartment, me writing while he played cards until 2 AM. "Howl" seems pretty fitting right now. Maybe we should all write our own version. * * * Image: "Blind" by @stainedpaper, thank you for the early days of Slicing Tomatoes and your stunning depiction of a well-matching howl. Love. #pinaypoet #pinayartist #allenginsberg #howl #allpinayeverything

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