An excerpt from the article of Poet Laureate Danny Gallardo
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The visions of three “nice” males about Doc PenPen and the making of the Philippines because the “Poetry Coronary heart of the World”
The imaginative and prescient of William Shakespeare
The invention of the Philippines by Ferdinand Magellan over 500 years in the past marked a pivotal second in historical past. Seventy-seven years later, based on Danny Gallardo, William Shakespeare—England’s nice poet—prophesied in Sonnet 7 a few land within the “Orient.” Shakespeare’s phrases, some consider, could allude to the Philippines.
Whereas Magellan’s voyage ended within the Philippines, it symbolized the beginning of a brand new sort of journey: the worldwide unfold of poetry. Main this poetic circumnavigation is the “honest youth” Shakespeare referred to, recognized by Gallardo as Dr. Epitacio Tongohan MD, often known as Doc PenPen Bugtong Takipsilim.
Beginning in 2010, Doc PenPen has traveled the world—from Manila to Antarctica (by means of Dr. Lanka Siva Prasad)—carrying a imaginative and prescient of unity and love with the mantra “no colours, no races, all colours, all races, all loves, embraces.” His mission, “to heal, to encourage, and to awaken,” underpins the Pentasi B World Friendship Poetry motion he based.
The imaginative and prescient of Dr. Jose Rizal
In his time, when there appeared little hope of Philippine freedom and progress, Jose Rizal (1861-1896) noticed {that a} new Philippines was inevitable. However to hasten that day, he prescribed a optimistic break with the previous.
He referred to as on his countrymen to redeem themselves from a popularity for indolence, to accumulate a brand new spirit for work, and to foster a brand new Filipino consciousness. There was little question in his thoughts concerning the necessities of progress: “So that (the Filipino) could make progress, it’s obligatory {that a} revolutionary spirit, so to talk, ought to boil in his veins since progress essentially requires change; it implies the overthrow of the sanctified previous by the current, the victory of latest concepts over the previous accepted ones.”
This imaginative and prescient is worthy of aligning with the pioneering spirit of Doc PenPen’s democratization of poetry and creation of avant-garde poetry often known as Pentasi B Poetry’s 5Ms idea: multilingual, multimodal, multiangular, multisensorial and multidimensional.
Within the Nineties, Rizal noticed the rise of “new males” and a “new social order” inside a century. In 1968, the New Filipino and the New Filipinism got here into being.
The imaginative and prescient of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.
In his fourth State of the Nation Tackle (SONA) in 1969, former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., father of the incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., envisioned a Metamorphosis and New Filipinism. Right here is an excerpt from his 4th SONA:
“I shall describe extra totally our achievements final yr within the subsequent part of this report. Altogether, they signify each an finish and a starting. The yr 1968 noticed the tip of frustration, resignation, cynicism, and indolence, of complacency, and of indifference—the chief obstacles to Philippine progress. However, the previous yr marked the start of purposive, concerted motion for nationwide progress—the start of our nationwide metamorphosis. For in 1968, we started to shed the habits of the previous and to put in of their stead new attitudes, new frames of reference and new values. The outcome has been a widening of our imaginative and prescient, an growth of our horizons, arising nationwide power. This transformation is basically non secular. It’s a prophecy come true.”
Within the Nineties, Rizal noticed the rise of “new males” and a “new social order” inside a century. In 1968, the New Filipino and the New Filipinism got here into being.
The guts of metamorphosis
In a roaring declaration, Doc PenPen’s “yesssSSS!” boils and ripples throughout the literary panorama. Pentasi B’s distinctive, “liberamorphic” and “therapeunigmatic” poetry symbolizes the enduring legacy of humanity within the quickly advancing world of AI, which is more and more felt and noticed because it takes over throughout all frontiers of life.
His works characterize “legahuman,” solidified by quite a few prestigious nationwide and worldwide awards, exemplifying a life devoted to the transformation of humanity by means of poetry. The distinctions of honors and respect from his friends because the “Father and King of Visible Poetry” have sealed his identify globally, marking the Philippines’ pivotal function in literature and the humanities.
Doc PenPen’s achievements stand as a testomony to his poetic management, bringing to life the prophecies and aspirations of William Shakespeare, Dr. Jose Rizal, and Ferdinand Marcos Sr., aligned with visions of those three nice males making the Philippines because the “Poetry Coronary heart of the World.”
Main awards and recognitions for Doc PenPen
— Joe Lad Santos
Concerning the Contributor: Jose Laderas Santos, often known as Joe Lad Santos, has achieved laborious analysis concerning the works of Doc PenPen.
Prof. Jose Laderas Santos is a former chair of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino and the Nationwide Fee for Tradition and the Arts. He’s additionally a previous president of FAMAS and a former board member of the Nationwide Museum, in addition to a former director of the MTRCB.
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