My bio
GBL 2024
Vince Honrado Imbat is a writer and photographer experimenting with walking, drafts, and digital gardens. His Pangasinan poem "Gawat" and its translation "Tagsalat" were published by TLDTD and his hybrid image-poetry collection Mapa ng Los Baños Patungo Sa'yo and its accompanying essay "Ang Borador Bilang Panitikan ng Paglalakad" were published in the Buhian literary issue of Katipunan. Vincent is the co-author of "So we must meet apart," a collection of epistolary essays on walking. His hybrid essay entitled "Traversing Liminality Through Walking: An Autoethnography" won him a fellowship in the 20th Ateneo National Writers Workshop (ANWW20), and his Pangasinan poem "Obong" landed him a spot at the 17th Palihang Rogelio Sicat. He is also a fellow of the Ikalawang Saling Panitik: Bienvenido Lumbera Seminar-Palihan sa Pagsasalin. Vincent finished a BA in Social Science in the University of the Philippines Baguio. He currently lives in Los Baños, Laguna.
Likhaya
Vince Honrado Imbat is a walker, photographer, and writer in three languages. His poems, essays, and photographs are explorations of how a creative, inquiring, free, and liberative spirituality might be practiced in the Philippines. His hybrid image-poetry collection Mapa ng Los Baños Patungo Sa'yo, along with its accompanying essay, "Ang Borador Bilang Panitikan ng Paglalakad" were published in the Buhian literary issue of Katipunan. He is also the co-author of So we must meet apart, a collection of epistolary essays on walking. In 2024, his works received recognition from the Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera and the Gawad F. Sionil Jose. He is a fellow of the 20th Ateneo National Writers Workshop, the 17th Palihang Rogelio Sicat, and the 2nd Saling Panitik. Vince earned a BA in Social Science from the University of the Philippines Baguio and currently resides in Los Baños, Laguna.
TLDTD
Vince Imbat is a writer and photographer who walks the streets of Laguna and the dirt roads of Pangasinan in search for narratives and truth. In his website at vinceimbat.com, he writes two newsletters: Lilim (walk vignettes) and Uman (contemplative essays). He came to poetry via Tungko ng Tula, a nine-week poetry course, which started at the eve of the pandemic in 2020. Vince is a fellow of Saling Panitik 2019: Ikalawang Bienvenido Lumbera Seminar-Palihan sa Pagsasalin and is currently translating Thoreau in Filipino. Vince writes poetry in Pangasinan as a humble contribution to the contemporary literature of a dying Filipino language.
Philippines Graphic
Vince Honrado Imbat is a Los Baños-based Pangasinense writer and photographer who walks. His essays and poems, recognized by the Gawad F. Sionil Jose and the Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera, are explorations on how a creative, inquiring, free, and liberative spirituality might be practice in the Philippines. His works have previously appeared in Katipunan and TLDTD, and he has been a fellow of the 20th Ateneo National Writers Workshop, the 17th Palihang Rogelio Sicat, and the 2nd Saling Panitik.
Walang Kukurap
Vince Honrado Imbat is a Los Baños-based Pangasinense writer and photographer who walks. His essays and poems, recognized by the Gawad F. Sionil Jose and the Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera, are explorations on the convergence of place, history, and spirituality. His works have previously appeared in Katipunan and TLDTD, and he has been a fellow of the Ateneo National Writers Workshop, the Palihang Rogelio Sicat, and the Saling Panitik.
Si Vince Honrado Imbat ay taga Los Baños na Pangasinenseng manunulat at potograpong naglalakad. Ang mga sanaysay at tula niyang kinilala ng Gawad F. Sionil Jose at Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera ay mga paggagalugad sa tagpuan ng lugar, kasaysayan, at pananampalataya. Nailathala siya sa Katipunan at TLDTD at naging fellow ng Ateneo National Writers Workshop, Palihang Rogelio Sicat, at Saling Panitik.
Benilde Talk
Vince Honrado Imbat is a Los Baños–based Pangasinense writer and photographer who walks. His award-winning essays and poems—recognized by the Gawad F. Sionil Jose and the Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera—explore the convergence of place, history, and spirituality. His work has appeared in Katipunan, TLDTD, Mountain Beacon, and various zines, and his poetry and photography have been featured in exhibitions in Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal. He is a fellow of the Ateneo National Writers Workshop, Palihang Rogelio Sicat, and Saling Panitik. After years of spiritual wandering, he has since found refuge in the study and practice of jiyū shūkyō, best understood as a creative, inquiring, free, and liberative spirituality or religion. He draws spiritual support from Kiitsu Kyōkai, a budding international community that explores jiyū shūkyō through weekly online gatherings.
Mountain Beacon Rappler
Vince Honrado Imbat is a Los Baños-based Pangasinense writer and photographer who walks. His essays and poems, recognized by the Gawad Bienvenido Lumbera and Gawad F. Sionil Jose, explore the convergence of place, history, and spirituality. His work has appeared in Katipunan, TLDTD, Northern Dispatch, Mountain Beacon, and various zines, and his poetry and photography have been featured in exhibitions in Laguna, Cavite, and Rizal. He is a fellow of the Ateneo National Writers Workshop, Palihang Rogelio Sicat, and Saling Panitik.
References
It is difficult to write about what one does and what one envisions. I've written about it many times in different notes but can't always integrate them. There is also the challenge of changing one's mind about what one wants to do.
My musings about these things are captured in the following notes: