Harvey
San Miguel

Harvey Mañalac San Miguel (b. July 27, 1998), is a filipino visual artist, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts at Tarlac State University. He is well-known for his unique cubism-style paintings inspired by his daily life.

He is also a public speaker and active in community development by facilitating numerous seminars and workshops for various events around the country. His love for the Philippine culture is very much evident in his works and projects that he carries out in promoting art in the community.

Mananam, 2023
Oil on canvas

If There Is One Thing Mother Never Lets Me
Gretle C. Mago


It is to never go near her garden. Where all her plants are desperate to bloom. Where the sun is not the sun anymore: too bright, too harsh. Even the sunflowers and daffodils flinch and turn in on themselves. And the tulips? They never wake from the fall.

Mother never allows me to peak into her garden. When the thunder speaks and the storm announces itself, mother hurries. Mother, hurry. Keeping the windows…