Baguio City is the home of up and coming artist, it is undeniably the education center in Northern Luzon and is able to attract some of the best and most talented minds the Philippines has to offer.
Elliot, a 19 year old student from Saint Louis University gives us a glimpse of what a silent but creative mind could do.
At an early age, she was already convinced by her parents to start drawing, they wanted her to become a Civil Engineer.
Most of her works, are inspired by her dreams- the doodles and scribbles are images that visit her, while in a lucid state of dreaming.
The colors in her dreams are vivid and alive, and the images and visions that she sees in her dreams are the ones that are transpired into her doodles and crafts.
Apart from the dream inspired creations, she is also a writer by heart.
There was a point where in, she was alone during the New Year's Eve, and she took the time to write something about the experience.
List of Firsts
Would you remember?
Where untouched lips disappeared without consent
Where acceptance of at fault without its repent
Where the last breath had faded away
Where words had disappeared without a say
Where the mind was a soundproof place
Where fear had not been courageously faced
Where hope and dreams had been a harsh knife
Where love had turned to strife
Where warmth had turned to ice and coal
Where skin is scarred and a deadly soul
Where pictures flashed but can’t be intervened
Where? Where? Where have those memories been?
The Solace of the Night has a way of getting her to write- the random spectrum and emotions visit her in time of solitude.
Her writings at times are able to evoke emotions from friends and classmates.
There was one time when her written thoughts had touched the emotion of a classmate, which led this person to write an entire reaction paper regarding the story that she has written.
Dance of a Puppet
A smile painted on its wooden face
Its backgrounds are the four seasons
Portraying a job on a dead end’s race
Just for pathetic and petty reasons
“Dance my Puppet.” Money says
Easily controlling the puppet’s strings
He looks at you with his plays
“Aren’t you one of my belongings?”
There are also some male friends, who have asked her to write Love poetry for their partner.
She has willingly done them in the past, but have learned the strength of poetry and no longer writes love poetry for other couples- it has to be properly done, and is not a game to write poetry for others. It involves emotions.
Elliot, is able to set herself apart from others by wanting to be different.
As of the moment, she is writing a novel about a teenage girl who is afraid to go against the will of her parents, and a boy who has a code name-
The title of the novel is " When I met Nicolas Calabash"-
Her works will be featured in a one of a kind Souvenir Shop at Ili likha Village, Assumption Road Baguio City- Basement that will open in February 2016.
