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Karina Lagdameo-Santillan

A Filipina from Manila, Philippines. A longtime Humanist. A Creative Director and Advertising Communications professional for many years, she has been active in the Community for Human Development, facilitating workshops for personal and social change to help build a culture of peace, nondiscrimination and nonviolence. She is currently a freelance writer and a volunteer editor-writer for Pressenza in Asia.

Waking Up Each Day

A poem bestowed on me One morning upon waking up… To carry forth this aging body Wearing lovely memories Like a richly embroidered robe Exuding warmth of protection.   To carry forth in each moment Stepping lightly Like a free…

Despite

A POEM   Despite all the destituteness of the times All poverty of soul and spirit. Despite all rancor, greed and violence.   Despite all terrors of the night All tears and twilight sighs. Despite all shadows and eclipses of…

To O

  We are stronger than we think. We are deeper than we feel. We are wider than our gaze. We are endless, like the sky.   We are forever, as the stars. We are eternal, luminous suns. We are everything,…

Tones of Colour: “It’s all about the music- turning deepest, darkest feelings into pure joy, is life, is in everything, is the pulse of life”

AnjChito’s new album “Tones of Colour” was just released on all the streaming services including Tidal, Qobuz, iTunes, Apple Music, Amazon Music. “An album of songs that convey a touching collection of emotions that encompasses the complexity of human feelings…

Intimations: A haiku journal #3

  “At times a total comprehension has overwhelmed me. At times a perfect communion with everything has filled me with ecstasy. At times I have broken through my reveries and seen reality in a new way.” – Excerpt from Chapter…

Singer-songwriter/Producer Chris Wells: Planting Peace and Opening a Heart that’s Peaceful, Fearless and Free

Meet Chris Wells…a songwriter, actor, teacher, and Siloist based in New York City. Since the early 90s, he has been part of the Humanist Movement, an all-volunteer international movement launched by Silo, working for deep social and personal change through…

Crossover

  On wordless wings, she soars, she flies. Bold and loud, vibrant with life. A phoenix from fire, she alights. She carries bright dreams and hopes.   To the east, she hovers, she looks and lingers. Over temples and mosques,…

Now, I try to see myself…

Now, I try to see myself Myself as a very good friend.   I’ve seen myself Someone who has to be perfect at all times.   I’ve seen myself Someone who has to please others, always please.   I’ve seen…

Peace Will Come. What Can Peoples Do to Avoid a World War? 

May 19, 2024. I joined over 90 people coming from different parts of the world who got together for a dialogue, an interchange, on a dire prospect facing humanity- the threat that another world war, a third world war might…

Ode To My Father and My Mother

To Father This morning, As the clouds move soundlessly across the sky I stand up to honor your constancy Ground of my existence. In my belly, father lives Through him, the patriarchs speak. They utter, wordlessly of the constancy Engraved…

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