I think I now know why I resonate with Trish's work. I've done what she has done in some measure. Collage in poem and lyric essays and the artifacts my walks have borne.

I like this voice. Meditative. Quiet.

But I like the style of putting multiple images and jumps into a poem rather than one linear narrative. I like a narrative that isn't obvious.

I want to feel the cosmic cooperative community in a poem.

This is what I want my voice to become.

I need to move away from Rofel and Rem although these poems (solitary voices) still have some place in my archives and may still be published in a different time.

This is my voice. This melancholic gratitude filled existential voice. I have a humorous voice too but. This voice is me and this is what I want to cultivate. And I kinda feel it more when I write in Filipino and when I write poetic prose and take photographs.

I want to write personal, honest, sincere, and earnest writings rather than authoritarian pieces. I need to be super clear about what I truly stand for and what I am doing to uphold what I stand for. I need to be true to myself. I need to be aligned. Learning how to better my life, bettering it, and sharing about this process is what I want to do—no, need to do.

I want to combine personal story, story-telling, and good research to try to create works that teach “values” in a subtle, facilitative way. I want to use the first person voice but I also want to demonstrate good research.

Also, an atheist spiritual voice that moves, inspires, and reminds us of our existence through verse and story.

Models

I like simple yet elegant sentences. Models:

• Ben Hewitt
• Rofel Brion

My style

• aloof, measured, careful, deep, reverent

What people say about my writing

To do

• Return to my eulogy for Rem: Kung natuloy sa pancitan - ang huling ala-ala ko kay Rem