Art is Expression

When art is measured by numbers, something human gets lost.

The public invented “failure” for artists.

Not art itself.

Music was turned into a scoreboard:
• streams
• charts
• sales
• trends
• virality

Like a sports league—there are winners and losers.

But art was never meant to compete. It was meant to speak.

If it doesn’t earn money: failed artist.
If it doesn’t trend: no impact.
If it’s not for the masses: irrelevant.

The truth is, that’s not judging art.
That’s judging market behavior.

Art doesn’t fail.
Systems fail art.

They put a stopwatch on a song.
They ranked emotion.
They priced sincerity.

And the irony—
Most great art in history lost money first or was ignored.

Some were hated.
Some were misunderstood.
Some were discovered decades later.

By public logic, Van Gogh was an epic failure. Which is absurd.

Competition doesn’t elevate art.
It distorts it.

Artists don’t lose when they don’t chart.
They lose when they start creating to win.

Art is expression, not election.

The cover image draws inspiration from early Cubist forms, often associated with artists like Pablo Picasso.

Some people are built for systems. Some are built for creating.

⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ

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Deaf Awareness Week: The Unheard Rhythm of Equality

Deaf Awareness Week moves beyond sound—building equality, connection, and rhythm that even silence can carry.

Philippines—November 10 to 16, 2025

Some hear the world through music. Others feel it through silence.

This week is for those who prove that rhythm doesn’t belong only to the ears. The Deaf community has always known how to turn silence into art—feeling the beat through vibration, seeing melody through movement, and expressing harmony through sign.

The week’s main goals:

• Educate the public about the culture, rights, and abilities of Deaf Filipinos

• Promote Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as their official and natural language

• Push for accessibility in schools, workplaces, and public spaces

• Empower Deaf individuals through education, training, and employment

• Strengthen inclusion and equality in all areas of society

• Build connection between the hearing and the Deaf—through respect, understanding, and shared creativity

Here in the Philippines, Deaf Awareness Week isn’t about pity.

It’s about equality, visibility, and rhythm shared beyond sound.

Because silence, too, can sing.

⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ