Karina Lagdameo-Santillan

December 9, 2024. A veritable who’s who in Philippine art and art lovers came to the opening of Luis “Junyee” Yee, Jr.’s exhibition in the Altro Mondo Creative Space Gallery. It was the second installment of Altro Mondo’s ICONS* Series…

                         Manila Symphony Orchestra and MSO Chorale presented the Majesty of Christmas December 5, 2024. An evening of yuletide music that resonated, reverberated, and enchanted the audience with the…

When loneliness bites you What do you do Do you do nothing Or do you try to sing Mournful melodies may seep Tears may roll down, in a heap Do you do something that can bring Remorse and relief From…

  To someone whose heart is hurting, To someone whose lonesome, alone, To someone, anxious, and confused, Can’t banish fears away.   Here’s a song, a hymn of hope. A story can be retold, And hope that all is well.…

  The memories of my life Are etched in my mind.   I play around with them As pieces of a colorful puzzle That interlock in infinite ways. The happy ones with the sad. The good ones with the bad.…

  We are the thread that binds that mends wounds, making bodies stronger with kind, beautiful souls.   We nurture and develop limbs that protects and soothes, that opens and extends without limit or measure.   We touch and enter…

  She flies, intoxicated, high so high Lifting me up from the mire   She flies, ecstatic, high, and ever so high Urging me onwards   There were no words could capture The rapture that erupts…   When you leave…

From October 20 to October 23, 2024, the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence was in the Philippines. It was a 4-day passage, going to three cities in different parts of the archipelago to bring its message of peace,…

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…

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…