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City of Manila, Philippines, 1979 In drawing faces I find company. They are characters whom I could speak my mind. They don?t have voices to answer back but they could hear me. They could comprehend my thoughts even in my silence. I know their character, their flaws, every detail, every curve on their faces. They know who I am. I am their creator. They are a part of me and yet they have their own identities.. Do they get hurt? No.They are feelings personified. You would see in them your purest emotions. They pierce with their gazes as if they could read your inner most thoughts.________ "Faces are not basically individual: they define zones of frequency or probability, delimit a field that neutralises in advance any expressions or connections unnameable to the appropriate significations" -Deleuze and Guattari I write poetry and playwrights as a means of expression. Both are influenced by my experiences in theater and creative writing during my undergraduate course. Drawing and writing have their similarities . Drawing is the closest artistic process I can associate to writing I have been using oil pastels and pencils as coloring mediums every time I wanted to draw or just doodle when dealing with my artist block. We use pencil and paper in both conventional writing and drawing. I also paint with acrylic and oil but I am more comfortable in drawing because it is the fastest way I can express an idea visually. I would like to relate my work to the process of playwriting. In playwriting we create characters. We command what the characters do, we resolve their problems. We create their lives, the world they live in. Just like making a character sketch, I would be drawing multiple images of faces to cover up a specific area or site. Each face would stand for a certain character. Filling up a specific site with drawings of faces would create an overwhelming experience for the viewer. I would like to show the congestions happening in the metro during our present time. The myths of modernity and urban life as compared to a masquerade. They would represent individuals which are not classified by gender but as emotional beings in this drama of life.