I Got in the First Tier. The Backlash of My Secret Life

I was included in an article about 10 New Filipino artists that deserve recognition.

The article is here by Spot.

Now, I've been living a quiet life recently and didn't know that this came out not until a friend sent me a message.

Still preferring a life of solitude right now. See you.

To Become the Black Horse

So I'm watching an online auction of an item that I want for the coming holidays. There are already 9 bidders, which I think is quite high so in order to win the bid - the plan is to snipe the bid. It is a technique that a marginalized group of bidders use to win auctions. Bidding at the last minute in order to get the lowest possible price yet higher than the other bidder's max bid.
Hopefully it works, since I've gotten a few options to fall back on in case I lose the bid.

This would be the start of my coming back to earth. :)

Substitute for Meditation

I didn't feel like talking to people in a while and have decided to stay in my cave. I wanted to rest and just be alone, a lot of people who doesn't know how to appreciate solitude often go bonkers. If I wouldn't spend time with just myself, I would have probably gone insane.

So to keep my sanity in check, I had separate myself from the trappings of the corporeal world and look at it from the outside.

After my solo show, I received encouragements and praise, got interviewed for a popular art magazine in the country and had gotten the attention of a few collectors.I got new offers for solo shows and other shows aside from opportunities of enriching my career. It's all good.

I am by no means obligated to follow them. At least that is how I feel, because I really have nothing to prove.

I earned enough from my show that I could take a vacation for a long time. But I still need to work to survive, eventually.

It will be frugal but comfortable.

I realized that though I have high aspirations as an artist, I am not as romantically chained to them as other artists think they should be.

It is more important for me to take a break and take it easy. :)

Great things are ahead. Soon, I will be making my descend back to earth. Or maybe I'll stay here awhile.