Hindi ko sure kung related rin ito sa rason kung bakit walang Komiks Caravan na dumarating sa Komikon sa UP Diliman taun-taon ha? I dunno, kasi kung for the sake of Philippine Komiks ang habol niya, disin sana’y may Komiks Caravan na kong nakikita sa loob ng UP Bahay ng Alumni. Pero bakit kaya wala?

AS for Mr. Cholo Olauger, I totally agree with his point. Well-written and sensible. Hope everyone here can see it also.
As for the people who posted their comments, I read somewhere from a columnist in a well-known newspaper that appreciating art is somewhat subjective…from the way he wrote it, it seems that he’s trying to defend CJC as a titleholder for National Artist title.

Lastly, if you’re interested, you can read Mr.Penman’s blog (www.penmanila.net)for more in-depth response about this National Artist problems. It even have an entry about a letter sent by a National Artist himself to NCCA about his proposal to improve the selection process of giving titles for more deserving artists.

If you are protesting how the selection process wasn’t followed, I suggest including all those National Artists who were chosen through an override of the nominations committee from Ramos up to present, as a matter of fairness. Although it seems that other National Artists are blowing whistles only now, which saddens me that their sense of law is delayed, much like the law’s delay of which Shakespeare’s Hamlet speaks of.

Anyway, before I end, I’d just like to say that basically, almost every National Artist, if not all, have used concepts that are borrowed and copied from other artists, but in the end they are still artists. If the basis of being an artist is originality, it is difficult to be original because so many techniques and concepts were already tried and tested from thousands of years ago. Every artist has to borrow concepts and techniques made by other artists, because obviously they did not invent all the techniques and concepts that they use. Philippine culture in itself is a culture which has borrowed concepts from so many other cultures, but the fact is, any culture also has many borrowed concepts.

On whether Caparas should be a National Artist, I will withhold my opinion since I do not know him or his works to present a valid opinion. I’m just trying to rebut some of the arguments made.

Yun nga lang mukhang walang pag-asa na mabawi pa ang titulo kaya nakakaawa naman ang mga susunod na mahihirang na national artist, kahit legitimate ay ma-kwekwestyon ang kanilang “body of work” dahil sa isyu na ito.

Salamat po sa video sir gerry, sana naman mas maraming maliwanagan may mabawasan ang sumusuporta kay CJC na hindi man laman siguro alam ang pamantayan sa pag pili ng national artist.

Side note, ka batch ko po yata yung nag comment sa itaas, Saludo ako sayo pare. Isa rin po akong estudyante sa Fine Arts Diliman at nakaka lungkot isipin na ganito ang ginagawa ng gobyerno tungkol sa mga isyu sa sining.

sobrang yung mga gawa ni CJC, halatang pampapera lang. sinasabi niya na yung gawa niya daw ay tinatangkilik ng karamihan. kasi yung mga konsepto niya na ginaya niya lang ay alam niyang mabenta. sinamantala niya yon para kumita. HINDI SIYA ARTIST! MAGALING SIYA SA MARKETING STRATEGY! puro papera!

ako po ay estudyante ng fine arts sa up diliman. salamat ginoong gerry. hinding hindi ko kikilalanin si CJC