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Drawing Orchid in Pastel
Drawing by Anna Rotor, 16Dr Abe V RotorHow innocent, how pure the flowerin spring and summer is far beyond;how innocent, how pure the artist;together they're in a Garden bound.What greater joy in...
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A Dying Tree and Its Shadow
Dr Abe V RotorYou live with your shadow from birth to death,Sunrise to sunset, pause at noon to pray,And never fear the seasons come and go;Your shadow lures many creatures to stay.Countless birds have...
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Humanities: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Founder of Expressionism
Dr Abe V RotorNoon: Rest from Work (after Millet) 1890, shows Van Gogh's peaceful and romantic mood; lower photo, Landscape showing the fiery and passionate van Gogh, with twisting clouds, trees and...
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Part 2: Distractions on the Road through the Eye and Camera
Let us restore our own dignity and decency as a people and country. And set good examples for the young.Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's...
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Part 1 - Disturbing Views on the Road: It's time to restore sanity and save ourselves from the "Quicksand Syndrome"Dr Abe V Rotor Living with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid...
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12 Ways to Enhance your Personality
Dedicated to the late Jesus T Tanchanco, former minister and administrator, National Food Authority (1971-1986).Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogDr and Mrs Abe V Rotor exchange...
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10 Frankenstein monsters roaming in our midst
Dr Abe V Rotor Hiroshima, aftermath of the first atomic bomb Holocaust, Nazi Concentration Camp in AuschwitzScene of Dr Frankenstein and the monster he created (Wikipedia),based on the celebrated...
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Will you draw me a ship?
Dr Abe V Rotor Ma Victoria M Primicias, 8; awardee, 1994 NFA Art WorkshopPlease draw me a ship.Will you draw me a ship?I am busy.Will you draw me a ship?I cannot draw.Do you like Captain Hook?He was a...
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Fisherman
Dr Abe V RotorKaohsiung, Taiwan 1992I wish I were this fisherman by the sea with the world at my back,that I'll be free; or that I'm seen this way through a keyhole,from a restless throng, yet part of...
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Where have all the wildlife gone?
Dr Abe V RotorAsian tiger, Zoobic, Subic Zambales I laid down my fishing rod a long time ago, and I haven't fired a shot since then, too,for the wild has shrunk, the places I used to go - the...
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Bleeding Heart of the Forest
"Oh, the bleeding drops of redwhere once a forest stood,barren, cold and dead..."Dr Abe V RotorBleeding Heart of the Forest, acrylic painting, 11"x14" (16"x19" double framewood natural finish), by...
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Ode to Children Fishing
"You bring back a boy of yesterdayin a kingdom called childhood."Dr Abe V RotorChildren Fishing, oil AVR 1995You who fish all daywhile other children push the pencatching up with the fleeting...
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The Art of Loafing and Frolicking
Dr Abe V RotorMorong, Bataan, April 26, 2014Let the world pass by - I am back to the wombof my mother and Mother Earthwith the sands of time blowing,shifting with the will of the sea and wind;who cares...
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Summer Ends, Schoolyear Begins
Dr Abe V RotorUST Bennavides Plaza fronting the historic main building, Manila.Light and heavy feet among petalsStrewn at last summer's end;Wish it had stayed a little longer,And school yet at the...
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Garlic crisis. Where have all the garlic gone?
Original title - The Wonders of GarlicGarlic not only makes food more appetizing and aromatic, it also has various healing and herbal qualities.Dell H Grecia Reprinted from August 26, 2000 article of...
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The KRAKEN exists - do you believe it?
Giant and grotesque creatures of the deep are emerging lately with the series of earthquakes occurring in different parts of the world. People are asking whether their emergence is prediction or...
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Who is afraid of the angry sea?
Dr Abe V RotorAngry Sea in acrylic by AVRotor (36" x 48") circa 1995 Who's afraid of the angry sea?“Not I," said the wind blowing hard."Not I," said the wave hissing loud."Not I," said the rock on the...
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My Rosary
Dr Abe V RotorIt is an old song, religious, meditative, calming. On piano the notes are easy to play by schoolchildren, and grand parents, too. On the violin, with or without piano accompaniment the...
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Listen to the Sea in the City
Dr Abe V RotorSaint Paul University Museum QCListen to the sea in the cityhushing in monotony;of roaring wheels and feet.on concrete walls and street;close your eyes to seeyesterday by the beautiful...
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Popular Literature
Bahay Kubo in acylic by AVRotor“If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that he has something of value to replace them.”...
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